Griffin Management 7e: Self-Assessments





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Management , Seventh Edition
Ricky W. Griffin - Texas A&M University

Self-Assessments

Assessing Your Mental Abilities

Introduction: Mental abilities are important to job performance, especially in this Information Age. The following assessment surveys your judgements about your personal mental abilities.

Instructions: Judge how descriptively accurate each of the following statements is about you. In some cases, making a decision may be difficult, but you should force a choice. Record your answers next to each statement according to the following scale:

5 = Very Descriptive of Me
4 = Fairly Descriptive of Me
3 = Somewhat Descriptive of Me
2 = Not Very Descriptive of Me
1 = Not Descriptive of Me

1.	I am at ease learning visually. I readily take in and hold in mind visual percepts.
	Very Descriptive of Me 5 4 3 2 1 Not Descriptive of Me

2.	I can produce remotely associated, clever, or uncommon responses to statements or situations.
	Very Descriptive of Me 5 4 3 2 1 Not Descriptive of Me

3.	I can formulate and test hypotheses directed at finding a principal of relationships among elements of a case or problem.
	Very Descriptive of Me 5 4 3 2 1 Not Descriptive of Me

4.	I am able to remember bits of unrelated material and can recall parts of such material.
	Very Descriptive of Me 5 4 3 2 1 Not Descriptive of Me

5.	I can recall perfectly for immediate reproduction a series of items after only one presentation of the series.
	Very Descriptive of Me 5 4 3 2 1 Not Descriptive of Me

6.	I can manipualate numbers in arithmetical operations rapidly.
	Very Descriptive of Me 5 4 3 2 1 Not Descriptive of Me

7.	I am fast in finding figures, making comparisons, and carrying out other very simple tasks involving visual perception.
	Very Descriptive of Me 5 4 3 2 1 Not Descriptive of Me

8.	I can reason from stated premises to their necessary conclusion.
	Very Descriptive of Me 5 4 3 2 1 Not Descriptive of Me

9.	I can perceive spatial patterns or maintain orientation with respect to objects in space. I can manipulate or transform the image of spacial patterns into other visual arrangements.
	Very Descriptive of Me 5 4 3 2 1 Not Descriptive of Me

10.	I have a large knowledge of words and their meanings and am able to apply this knowledge in understanding connected discourse.
	Very Descriptive of Me 5 4 3 2 1 Not Descriptive of Me