Assessing ability for strategic planning
Abstract
The ability to find parsimonious solutions to
problems, make good judgements and
decisions relates to the intelligent
functioning of humans. These are
particularly significant functions of
managerial work. However, standard
intelligence tests and aptitude tests of one
sort or another predominantly measure the
ability to code information, to store it and
retrieve it when necessary. Whereas these
abilities are necessary for academic and
scholastic success, what counts outside the
scholastic environment of classrooms is the
former. This, in essence, is called "planning."
The research reported here by J P Das,
Sasi Misra and Rama K Mishra includes the
development of a test of "planning" that is
contextually relevant for management and
examines its psychometric properties.
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