51 Problem Solving I:STRATEGIC SKILLS
B:MAKING COMPLEX DECISION
!Overused Skill
May tend toward analysis paralysis;may wait too long to come to a conclusion;may not set analysis priorities;may get hung up in the process and miss the big picture; may make things overly complex;may do too much of the analysis personally.
- UNSKILLED
Not a disciplined problem solver;may be stuck in the past,wed to what worked before;many times has to come back and rework the problem a second time;may be a fire-ready-aim type;may get impatient and jump to conclusions too soon;may not stop to define and analyze the problem;doesn't look under rocks;may have a set bag of tricks and pull unfit solutions from it;may miss the complexity of the issue and force-fit it to what he/she is most comfortable with;unlikely to come up with the second and better solution,ask penetrating questions,or see hidden patterns.