MGMT 363 - Chapter 10 - Ability

-the relatively stable capabilities people have to perform a particular range of different but related activites -the level of a given ability generally limits how much a person can improve -a function of both genes and the environment

-capabilities related to the aquisition and application of knowledge in problem solving -includes verbal ability, quantitative ability, reasoning ability, spatial ability, perceptual ability, and general cognitive ability

-refers to various capabilities associated with understanding and expressing oral and written communication -most important in jobs in which effectiveness depends on understanding and communicating ideas and information to others

-refers to two types of mathematical capabilities (number facility and mathematical reasoning) -important in jobs such as statistics, accounting, and engineering

The capability to do simple math operations (adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing)

The ability to choose and apply formulas to solve problems that involve numbers

-a diverse set of abilities associated with sensing and solving problems using insight, rules, and logic -involves problem sensitivity, deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, and originality

The ability to sense that there's a peoblem right now or likely to be one in the near future (ex: anesthesiologists need to sense if someone is about to have a bad reaction before it's too late)

-refers to the use of general rules to solve problems -important in any job in which people are presented with a set of facts that need to be applied to make effective decisions (ex: judge)

-the ability to consider several specific pieces of information and then reach a more general conclusion regarding how those pieces are related -required in police detectives and crime scene investigators

-the ability to develop clever and novel ways to solve problems

-capabilities associated with visual and mental representation and manipulation of objects in space -two main types: spatial orientation and visualization

Refers to a good understanding of where one is relative to other things in the environment

-ability to imagine how separate things will look if they were put together in a particular way -important for decorators and interior designers

-refers to being able to perceive, understand, and recall patterns of information -includes speed and flexibility of closure, and perceptual speed