Mastering Problem Solving

"Mastering Problem Solving: Strategies for Success Work and Life" is an empowering resource for breaking down challenges and building up excellence in personal, academic, and professional realms. The book describes structured and creative methods of problem solving such as analytical thinking, brainstorming, mind mapping, lateral thinking, and analogical reasoning. It covers different kinds of problems well structured, ill structured, and wicked and introduces a detailed, thorough-structured analytical process as well as a model of how real life problems can be solved by that process in a holistic sense. As practical for learners, teachers, practitioners, and decision makers, the book positions and conceptualizes thinking critically, adaptively and innovatively. It encourages readers not only to solve problem, but to view them as opportunities for growth, collaboration, and lifelong learning.