Examining the Critical Thinking and Decision Making Skills as Graduate Attributes

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to examine the critical thinking and decision-making skills of graduating students taking up a Business Administration major in Management Accounting, Marketing and Finance as well as their language proficiency levels as a determinant of critical thinking and decision-making skills. A total of 176 respondents from the three different degree programs participated in the study. Results revealed a Beginning Thinker with an over all CT score of 25.92. While Decision Making skills fall under the “often” category. Language Proficiency appeared to be significant for CT but not overly significant. Whereas DM correlates highly with LP. Further, there is a need to develop a more comprehensive understanding and application of Critical thinking in the business programs. Future related research may be conducted by adding more variables not found in the study.