Consider how long the situation has been going on.
Because no amount of information is ever complete or comprehensive enough, critical- thinking skills, discussed earlier, help the manager examine the assumptions, evidence, and potential value conflicts.
4. Develop solutions. As an individual or a group analyzes information, numerous possible solutions will suggest themselves. Do not consider only simple solutions, because that may stifle creative thinking and cause over concentration on detail. Developing alternative solu- tions makes it possible to combine the best parts of several solutions into a superior one. Also, alternatives are valuable in case the first-order solutions prove impossible to implement.
When exploring a variety of solutions, maintain an uncritical attitude toward the way the problem has been handled in the past. Some problems have had a long-standing