This study examined problem recognition ability and its importance to strategic managers. Few studies have empirically investigated problem recognition as a separate activity preceding strategic problem solving. The overall goal of this research was to develop a measure of problem recognition ability and to explore the relationship of a manager's ability to identify strategic problems with his/her personal and organizational characteristics. / The problem identification instrument developed was pilot tested among a student sample. Managers were then surveyed in a two-phase study to collect demographic information, the sensing-intuition scale of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), managerial style, and scores on the ability of managers to identify problems from written case scenarios. / Analysis of covariance tests yielded support that problem recognition ability is related to the personality type of the manager, as measured by the MBTI, with intuitive (N) managers have significantly higher skill at recognizing problems than managers with a sensing (S) preference. Conclusions of other tests for differences on managerial style, structure, and size variables did not lead to significant results. / Further research into this area should be conducted in an attempt to overcome some of this study's limitations. The findings suggest that individual personality preferences are related to problem recognition ability, yet organizational variables such as span of control, line vs. staff position, level in the hierarchy and size of the organization do not influence the ability to identify strategic problems. Other personal or organizational variables may need to be examined to provide firms with more valuable predictors of skill at recognizing strategic problems, a critical first step to successful strategic management. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-10, Section: A, page: 3083. / Major Professor: William A. Shrode. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77862 |
| Contributors | Hunt, Tammy G., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 226 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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