According to Lipman (1987), critical thinking provides three methods of solving problems and making a decision, they are “self-correcting thinking, thinking with criteria, and thinking that is sensitive to context (p. 5). This document is being prepared to provide an analysis of the Recommendation for Revision of Penn-Mart’s Health Care Strategy memorandum. This memorandum was developed by Salvador Monella, who is the senior vice president of human resources for Penn-Mart. To ensure that the memorandum is analyzed effectively a critical thinking model will be utilized to assess the arguments that have been made and its elements of reasoning. As a result, this document will be categorized into several elements that will break down the memorandum and provide a more clear and concise analysis. These categories are:
• purpose of the thinking;
• question at issue;
• information;
• interpretation and inference;
• concepts;
• assumptions;
• implications and consequences; and
• point of view (Eichhorn, 2002).
Additionally, another category has been added to identify and analyze any fallacies that the memorandum may contain. This category will provide the reader with another analysis tool and verify the “consistency and …show more content…
The goal of this memorandum was to revise the healthcare strategy of Penn-Mart to control costs. According to this memorandum, it named the root cause of the problem and provided recommendations to help control the costs. These recommendations include that all employees must participate in a mandatory wellness program. Additionally, these employees must complete a health screening and an online health profile. If there are any employees who do not want to participate then they will have to pay an annual health surcharge of $1000, decline medical coverage, or leave the
• purpose of the thinking;
• question at issue;
• information;
• interpretation and inference;
• concepts;
• assumptions;
• implications and consequences; and
• point of view (Eichhorn, 2002).
Additionally, another category has been added to identify and analyze any fallacies that the memorandum may contain. This category will provide the reader with another analysis tool and verify the “consistency and …show more content…
The goal of this memorandum was to revise the healthcare strategy of Penn-Mart to control costs. According to this memorandum, it named the root cause of the problem and provided recommendations to help control the costs. These recommendations include that all employees must participate in a mandatory wellness program. Additionally, these employees must complete a health screening and an online health profile. If there are any employees who do not want to participate then they will have to pay an annual health surcharge of $1000, decline medical coverage, or leave the