MGT 312 SEU Decision Making Better Brainstorming Article Review

https://hbr.org/2018/03/better-brainstorming

Title:                    “Better Brainstorming” 

Author:                Hal Gregersen

Date of Publication:        March-April, 2018

Published:            Harvard Business Review

Read the article titled as “Better Brainstorming” by Hal Gregersen, published in Harvard Business Review, and answer the following Questions: 

Summarize      the article and explain the main issues discussed in the article. Discuss      the three steps of ‘Question burst’ in brainstorming in relation with the      text you learnt in the course.   

Part-II- Critical Thinking Question

“Critical      thinking is the opposite of creative thinking.” Do you agree? Provide      examples of why you agree or disagree. 

Suppose you are a      member of a group asked to find ways to cut costs throughout your      organization for the upcoming year. Sales have fallen sharply, and the      company is in danger of going out of business. After gathering      information, your group concludes that the company will save the most      money by freezing pay for a year, despite a tradition of annual salary      increases. How can you make sure this is a fair decision? How can you make      sure that others in the organization will see it as a fair decision?