Evaluating Decisions
I am always faced with circumstances that require decision making. Make the right decision may seem an easy task at first. However, decisions that are always made in haste regularly last in the long run. With the current covid-19 situation, most companies resorted to lay off some workers due to the increased operating costs. In my organization, however, all employees were requested to receive a pay cut due to the hard economic times, which would last until everything returned to normalcy. A few days later, my friend connected me to a new job opportunity whose salary was relatively high. However, the employment was temporary, lasting for only three months. I declined the offer.
I believe I followed the steps in the evaluation process to come after not living my current job. The new job indeed offered new opportunities for increased earnings in the short run. However, the opportunity wouldn’t benefit me one year down the line. Secondly, my current job offers numerous fringe benefits such as employee leaves, rewards, recognition, and regular training opportunities, among other benefits that are not offered in the other job positions. Moreover, the company did opt to retain all the employees by reducing the salaries.
The first technique that can enhance reasoning is a deduction, which will facilitate comparing different premises to make a logical conclusion (Huber, 2017). The induction technique is also essential since it enables one to use personal experiences and observations while making a decision (Hayes & Heit, 2018). The most effective types of questions in the thinking process are mainly factual, divergent, and evaluative questions.
References
Hayes, B. K., & Heit, E. (2018). Inductive reasoning, 2.0. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 9(3), e1459.
Huber, F. (2017). On the justification of deduction and induction. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 7(3), 507-534.