Strategic Thinking and Results Focus

Question 1

Organizational management is the process of

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organizing, planning, leading, and controlling resources within an entity with the overall aim of achieving established goals.

Question 2

At what level can strategic thinking be applied?

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At any level

Question 3

On what scale and term is strategic thinking applied?

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both a large and small scale as well as a long and short term in order to identify and achieve desired goals.

Question 4

The three fundamental components of a strategic thinking mindset are

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Intellectual Flexibility, Intellectual Inclusiveness, and Intellectual Humility.

Question 5

Intellectual Humility

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Comfort level with being wrong or having an incomplete understanding, accompanied by the tendency to check oneself, examining issues as if one’s understanding is wrong in some way.

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Intellectual Inclusiveness

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Welcoming of information and opinion from a broad range of sources (individuals, groups, disciplines of study, etc.).

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Intellectual Flexibility

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A willingness and proclivity to adjust one’s understanding, opinions, or approach when conditions change or new information is presented.

Question 8

Strategic thinking consists of four main activities:

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Scanning, questioning, conceptualizing, and testing:

Question 9

Scanning

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Scanning is the identification of emerging patterns in the environment. This

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Questioning

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Questioning (asking questions of others and oneself) is needed to more fully understand an issue from different perspectives.

Question 11

Conceptualizing

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Conceptualizing potential options is needed to identify possibilities for future direction.

Question 12

Testing

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Testing allows for informed speculation to anticipate the impact of a proposed action on organizational performance.

Question 13

Goal setting is most likely to improve performance when goals are

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Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound (SMART).