Below are scenarios in which critical thinking plays a distinct part in the decision making process. Read all three, then select one that offers you a challenge if you were the manager in the situation. What would you do if you were in Human Resources, and were faced with a like scenario.

Human Resources

An example of critical thinking within the context of human resources involves an employee relations specialist responsible for conducting workplace investigations. The decision whether to suspend or terminate an employee alleged to have engaged in sexual harassment must be based on critical thinking. How will you determine if the accusations are true? If you determine they are true and you then decide to suspend the employee, what effect will a suspension have on the employee and his performance, as well as the employees s/he works with?