DESCRIPTION
In this module, staff accountants will practice applying critical thinking skills to their professional careers. Next, participants will learn how to ask effective questions on the job, and then they will work through scenarios derived from real-life client documents. Third, we provide practical day-to-day examples of what it means to take ownership of one’s work. The module culminates with a call to action encouraging participants to apply the knowledge they have learned.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Define critical thinking.
- Identify common psychological barriers to critical thinking.
- Identify opportunities to apply critical thinking skills on the job.
- Identify elements of effective questions to ask on the job.
- Define the concepts of responsibility and ownership.
- List examples of taking ownership on the job.
