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Question 2

Which of the following is a personal trait that is characteristic of strategic thinkers?

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  • Keeping an eye on competitors' actions and plans

  • Not the best choice. Watching competitors is a behavior that characterizes strategic thinking. Defining personal traits of strategic thinkers include a positive outlook that enables them to view challenges as opportunities, curiosity about their company and industry, flexibility in the face of new information, a focus on the future, and a breadth of knowledge and experience.

  • Viewing challenges as opportunities

  • The best choice

    Correct choice. In addition to a positive outlook that enables them to view challenges as opportunities, strategic thinkers demonstrate other characteristic personal traits—such as curiosity about their company and industry, flexibility in the face of new information, a focus on the future, and a breadth of knowledge and experience.

  • Evaluating the pros and cons of alternative courses of action

  • Not the best choice. Evaluating alternative actions' pros and cons is a cognitive capacity that characterizes strategic thinking. Defining personal traits of strategic thinkers include a positive outlook that enables them to view challenges as opportunities, curiosity about their company and industry, flexibility in the face of new information, a focus on the future, and a breadth of knowledge and experience.

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