Question: What is your approach to developing short term and long term plans for your organization?

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Follow-up questions:

How effective is your approach? Please give examples.

Question Details:

Question Type:

Knowledge/Skill Based

Skills:

Basic – Monitoring (Making observations of self and environment)

Other Factors:

Management Level,Personality-Organization Fit

Work Activity (Task):

Information Input – Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events,Mental Processes – Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work,Work Output – Process Management

Work Context (Person-Job/Team/Org Fit):

Interpersonal Relationships – Coordinate or Lead Others,Job Structure – Level of Responsibility (Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Organization Results)

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Achievement/Effort (Action/Result Orientation),Analytical Thinking

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What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s organization skills.
The candidate’s management skills.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s poor organization skills.
The candidate’s poor management skills.

Sample Answer:

In developing organizational goals and objectives, I usually benchmark against competitors and we do our research. Then I brainstorm with the other unit heads to determine where we want to be. Once everything is aligned, we figure out how everyone can contribute to achieve our short term and long term goals. This approach has been working for me because the unit heads take ownership of their goals and they feel motivated to contribute because they know that they are valued members of the organization.

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