problem solving

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the thought processes involved in solving a problem

the area of cognitive psychology that studies the processes involved in solving problems

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problem-solving

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We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So we set out to find an alternative way. This is the basis of any improvement that is not fault correction or problem solving. Edward de Bono

Successful problem solving requires finding the right solution to the right problem. We fail more often because we solve the wrong problem than because we get the wrong solution to the right problem. Russell L. Ackoff

When you're trying to solve a problem on a new product type, you become completely focused on problems that seem a number of steps removed from the main product. That problem solving can appear a little abstract, and it is easy to lose sight of the product. Jonathan Ive

Problem solving is hunting. It is savage pleasure and we are born to it. Thomas Harris

Problem solving has traditionally been taken to be an essential function of management. Through systems thinking, however, we have come to doubt the existence of problems and solutions to them. Russell L. Ackoff

In reactive problem solving we walk into the future facing the past - we move away from, rather than toward, something. This often results in unforseen consequences that are more distasteful than the deficiencies removed. Russell L. Ackoff

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