Identification of the Effective Factors in the Development and Enhancement of Managers' Critical Thinking

The ability to think critically is one of the skills that empowers managers to deal with new and unique issues in today's world and the age of information and communication. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors affecting the formation and promotion of managers' critical thinking. Which provided the ability to implement and operationalize in field studies.

This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlational based on data collection. The statistical population of this study included all managers, numbering 174 people, of which 117 people were selected as a statistical sample based on Cochran's formula by simple random method. The data collection tool is a questionnaire of factors affecting the formation and promotion of researcher-made critical thinking with 49 items.

The research findings of the ks test showed that the test was parametric and Pearson correlation test showed that the effective factors in formation (communication and information, education and learning) and effective factors in promotion (media literacy, risk-taking and ambiguity tolerance). ) Has had a positive effect on the formation and promotion of managers' critical thinking.

Based on the research findings, it can be acknowledged that organizational managers are more successful by strengthening the effective factors in the formation and promotion of critical thinking in the organization.