Question 1:
Identify and research a critical and creative thinking model, which is NOT discussed in the
APC student book.
a. Define the model.
b. Define its benefits.
c. Explain its stages.
Question 2:
A manager at your organization explains that two employees in his team are not
performing according to expectations. Prepare a list of 8 questions that you could ask to
identify the knowledge gap.
Question 3:
Based on answers that you received from the manager (question 2 above), you determined
that both employees have knowledge gaps for the following reasons:
• Employee A is a new employee working on a new project
• Employee B has been in the organisation for two years. He is on job rotation.
Answer the following questions:
a. What approach would you follow to identify the gap for both employees?
b. What learning opportunities would you offer to Employee A?
c. What learning opportunities would you offer to Employee B?
Question 4:
One of the gaps that you identified for both employees is a “lack of critical thinking”
skills. The manager assigns the task of articulating the concept of critical thinking to both
employees.
a. Prepare an outline of topics that you could use to introduce critical thinking to both
employees.
b. Explain what you will discuss in each topic