{"product_id":"9781430241539","title":"Common Sense: Get It, Use It, and Teach It in the Workplace","description":"\u003cp\u003e“He may have an MBA, but he’s got no common sense.” Assessments like that by a boss can stop a career dead in its tracks. Unfortunately, many believe that common sense is a trait you are either born with or you are not. This book dispels that myth. Through the pages of \u003cem\u003eCommon Sense: Get It, Use It, and Teach It in the Workplace\u003c\/em\u003e readers will learn not only what common sense is, but how to acquire it and use it to enhance their careers, increase their confidence, and take better advantage of business opportunities.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003cem\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/em\u003e explores the use—and non-use—of common sense in the workplace and the world around us. It shows how you can become a person of great wisdom and good judgment by simply learning about all the ways people stumble in the thought process. Author \u003cstrong\u003eKen Tanner\u003c\/strong\u003e, a seasoned manager, consultant, and former regional vice president for two major U.S. restaurant chains, shows readers how to make better decisions, how to spot and avoid fallacious thinking, how to better assess ambiguous situations, and how to become a mature thinker with a knack for making the right move at just the right time.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Best of all, \u003cem\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/em\u003e shows how to teach this trait to others, especially subordinates and co-workers who can and will do nonsensical things unless you help them learn to reason through their decisions and actions quickly and confidently. The payoff? Your staff will make you look good, greasing the way for greater responsibility and opportunity. This book: \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e   \u003cli\u003eTakes you through an understanding of the term \"common sense\"—what it means and what it doesn’t mean. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eShows how fallacies create barriers to using common sense. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eProvides dozens of examples of the application (as well as rejection) of common sense in the business world and elsewhere. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eShows how to teach common sense to others. \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  What you’ll learn\u003cul\u003e   \u003cli\u003eWhat common sense is and is not How common sense affects your daily life \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eHow and why common sense leads to career advancement and opportunity \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eHow to instantly improve your image of having good common sense \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eThe many fallacies in thinking that can destroy common-sense thinking \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eHow to teach common sense to the people you manage and work with \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  Who this book is for      \u003cp\u003e     \u003cem\u003eCommon Sense: Get It, Use It, and Teach It\u003c\/em\u003e in the Workplace is for managers and employees who want to capitalize on opportunities, make the most of their personnel, and become more valuable to their employers. You can’t get a degree in common sense, but you can still learn the discipline and teach it to others. \u003cem\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/em\u003e is an excellent choice for those who want to grab an advantage in the workplace through clear, rational thinking and a mature thought process.         \u003c\/p\u003e     Table of Contents\u003col\u003e   \u003cli\u003eWhat Is Common Sense, Anyway? \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003ePerception Is Reality \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eCommon Nonsense Based on Faulty Appeals \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eCommon Nonsense Based on Muddled Logic  \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eUrban Legends, Conspiracies, and Other Perversions of the Truth  \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eDecisions, Decisions, Decisions \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eCommon Sense Behavior in the Office \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eTeaching Common Sense in the Workplace \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eUnderstanding People \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eWhen Common Sense Fails \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eCoda \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127997939952,"sku":"9781430241539","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781430241539_p0.jpg?v=1763750274","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781430241539","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}