Strategic Analysis -- Using many information sources (inside and outside the organization); understanding financial, economic, and technical information to identify ways to improve effectiveness.
Many employees must understand broad issues and trends, deal with unfamiliar information, and cope with unexpected changes. This requires them to use a wide general knowledge and to understand matters outside of their own professional or technical background.
This is a high-level version of Analysis, which emphasizes vision and the big picture of the organization and the outside environment.
Key Behaviors:
Key Words -- interpret, comprehend, complex, unfamiliar question, relate, national, economics, political, social, trends, change, big picture
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