Critical Thinking for Managers is designed to provide business leaders with a deep understanding of and framework for thinking critically about the issues facing modern organizations. Participants will analyze issues, problems, and situations using eight elements of thought, evaluate their analysis using nine intellectual standards, and reflect on their thinking in order to improve it.
Dr. Eileen Z. Taylor is a Professor of Accounting at NC State Poole College of Management where she teaches in the MBA program and is the Undergraduate Program Director for the Department of Accounting. Dr. Taylor also teaches in the Fuqua School of Business MQM program at Duke University. Her research focuses on whistleblowing, fraud, ethics, and accounting information systems. She publishes in a range of journals, including Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Forensic Accounting Research, Accounting Horizons, and Behavioral Research in Accounting and serves on several editorial boards. Dr. Taylor is a CPA in North Carolina, and is a Certified Fraud Examiner. She holds a BS, MAC, and PhD, all from the University of South Florida.