Specialized Subject: Trends,

Networks and Critical Thinking in the

21st Century
Quarter 1 – Module 3: Strategic
Analysis and Intuitive Thinking

Self Learning Module for

Senior High School Learners
Grade Level: Grade 12
Specialized Subject: Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century
Semester: 2nd Semester
Grade 12
Supplementary Learning Module
Quarter 1 – Module 3: Strategic Analysis and Intuitive Thinking
First Edition, 2020

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 LEARNING COMPETENCY:

MODULE 3: WEEK 3
At the end of the lesson, learners shall be able to:
a. Explain strategic analysis and intuitive thinking(HUMSS_MCT12-Ic-e-2)
b. Apply strategic analysis (HUMSS_MCT12-Ic-e-3)
c. Apply intuitive thinking in solving a problem in the community using a
map of social networks (HUMSS_MCT12-Ic-e-4; HUMSS_MCT12-Ic-e-6)
 STRATEGIC ANALYSIS AND INTUITIVE THINKING

Introduction

Human beings are homo sapiens, species who have the capacity to think.
But Socrates said that human beings are not just homo sapiens but homo criticus-
species with the capacity to think critically.
Critical thinking is thinking about your thinking in order to improve your
thinking. This lesson will present the intuitive and strategic thinking processes. It
will show how one can come up with a quick decision or conclusion without being
partial but promoting the common good. It will introduce as well the rigors of
intuitive and strategic analysis and how both could work hand in hand.

At the end of the module, you should be able to:

a. Explain strategic analysis and intuitive thinking (HUMSS_MCT12-Ic-e-2)

1. Define strategic analysis and intuitive thinking (HUMSS_MCT12-Ic-e-
1)
b. Apply strategic analysis (HUMSS_MCT12-Ic-e-3)
c. Apply intuitive thinking in solving a problem in the community using a
map of social networks (HUMSS_MCT12-Ic-e-4; HUMSS_MCT12-Ic-e-6)
Direction: Read each item carefully and use your notebook to write your answers.

PRE TEST
Direction: Identify the following. Choose your answers on the choices found in the
box.
Intuitive thinking Homo Sapiens Greg Githens
Strategic thinking Critical Thinking Homo criticus
Socrates Lao Tzu Anne Wilson Schaef
Opportunistic imaginative Uncritical persons

1. He said that human beings are not just homo sapiens but homo criticus.
(_________________________)
2. A quick and ready insight (______________________)
3. Individual’s capacity for thinking conceptually, imaginatively, systematically
and opportunistically with regard to the attainment of success in the future.
(____________________________)
4. He said that the power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm
until the end of your days. (___________________________)
5. Species who have the capacity to think. (____________________________)
6. It is a thinking about your thinking in order to improve your thinking.
( ________________________________)
7. Species with the capacity to think critically. (_________________________)
8. She said that our intuition often saves us from disaster.
(__________________________________)
9. Those who have not developed intellectual skills. (_____________________)
10. Being creative and visual. (______________________)

Task 1: Recall
List down the things you do every day which you think are a result of Intuitive
thinking or Strategic Thinking.

Intuitive Thinking Strategic Analysis

Task 2:

Identify if the following situation used strategic analysis or intuitive thinking. Write
S if its for strategic and I for Intuitive. Write your answer on the space provided
before the number.
__________1. Putting up a business
__________2. Helping a friend
__________3. Moher’s hug
__________4. Conducting a seminar
__________5. Sleeping
__________6. Marketing
__________7. Having a fight with a sibling
__________8. Studying for an exam
__________9. Stage fright
__________10. Giving alms to street children

Empowering One’s Mind

Strategic Analysis and Intuitive Thinking Defined
Greg Githens defined strategic thinking as the individual’s capacity for
thinking conceptually, imaginatively, systematically, and opportunistically with
regard to the attainment of success in the future.
He continued by saying that strategic thinking employs mental processes
that are conceptual (abstractions using analogy to translate across contexts),
systematic (composed of different components with interfaces that interact to
produce intended or emergent behaviors, pattern finding, and connecting
situations that are not obviously related), imaginative (creative and visual), and
opportunistic (searching for and grasping new information and value propositions).
The strategic thinker applies all of these cognitive processes in the orientation
toward future success.
Task 3:
Try to create an analogy by doing the following:

1. Describe your problem in terms of a story, a symbol, a natural phenomenon,

etc. For example: “ The client is like a tornado- he gets us going around and
round and causes nothing but destruction.”
2. After describing the problem, determine the steps to be done.

Problem:
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

Story or Symbol:
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

Abstraction or Analogy:
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

Creative Solution:
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

The process above requires you to follow a pattern to creatively

address a situation. This involves Strategic Analysis. Intuitive
thinking is “quick and ready insight” (Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary.
Intuitive decision-making is far more than using common sense because it
involves additional sensors to perceive and get aware of the information from
outside. Sometimes it is referred to as gut feeling, sixth sense, inner sense,
instinct, inner voice, spiritual guide, etc.

Task 4:

Direction: Apply intuitive thinking in solving a problem in the community using a

map of social networks.
Write your answer in the space provided.
1. During natural disasters (flash floods or strong typhoons)
___________________________________________________________________________
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___________________________________________________________________________

2. Fire in a certain place

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

3. Arrival of unexpected visitors

___________________________________________________________________________
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___________________________________________________________________________

4. Surprise class recitation

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

5. Wallet is suddenly lost

___________________________________________________________________________
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___________________________________________________________________________
 6. Coming home very late at night
___________________________________________________________________________
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___________________________________________________________________________

7. Coming to class unprepared

___________________________________________________________________________
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8. Meeting a very popular person

___________________________________________________________________________
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___________________________________________________________________________

9. Helping a helpless individual

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

10.Getting lost
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

Task 5:

The following are some great quotes from great personalities of intuition. (Time for
change.org):
Directions: Select two (2) authors and reflect on their quotes. Give your reactions in
each quotes

1. Albert Einstein
- “The only valuable thing is intuition.”
- “There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is
only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying
behind the appearance.”
2. Steve Jobs
- “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.
And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”
3. Lao Tzu
- “ The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until
the end of your days.”
4. Anne Wilson Schaef (writer and lecturer)
- “Trusting our intuition often saves us from disaster.”
 A. Direction: Identify if the underlined word is true or false. If false,
replace it with the appropriate word/s.
1. Strategic Analytical thinking involves a logical and step-by-step process of
decision-making.
2. Being emotional is a characteristic of a strategic-analytical person.
3. Strategic Analysis requires an individual’s capacity for abstract thinking.
4. Intuitive thinking is sometimes referred to as gut feeling or instinct.
5. A strategic thinker has the capacity for thinking opportunistically.

B. Directions: Discuss the following

1. Write your own explanation of intuitive and strategic thinking.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
____________________.
2. Explain whether you consider yourself strategic analytical or intuitive.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
__________________________.

Glossary

The following terms used in this module are defined as follows:

Critical thinking is about improving your skills to think critically.

homo criticus - species with the capacity to think critically.
homo sapiens -species who have the capacity to think
Intuitive thinking -is “quick and ready insight” (Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary
Strategic thinking - individual’s capacity for thinking conceptually, imaginatively,
systematically, and opportunistically with regard to the attainment of success in
the future.

Answer Key

Pre-Test
1. Socrates
2. Intuitive thinking
3. Strategic Thinking
4. Lao Tzu
5. Homo Sapiens
6. Critical Thinking
7. Homo Criticus
8. Anne Wilson Schaef
 9. Uncritical person
10.Imaginative

Assess What You Have Learned

A
1. True
2. Rational
3. Logical/Rational Thinking
4. True
5. True

B (Answers may vary)

Note: Answers in different tasks may vary.

References

Trends, Networks, Critical Thinking in the 21 st Century by Gladys P. Mangiduyos,

Rex Bookstore, pp.49 -61
http://darrentnct.blogspot.com/2017/02/understanding-local-networks.html
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_09.htm
http://www.andyeklund.com/stenthening-your-intuition-in-ten-steps/
http://www.andyeklund.com/stenthening-your-intuition-in-ten-steps/