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Survey Questions: Administrative Skill

• My division analyzes the environment to develop strategies to achieve competitive advantage in the marketplace.
• My team leader considers the implications of decisions made and possible effects on the organization.
• The project leader incorporates data to support strategic decision making.
• My supervisor leads teams responsible for analyzing competitive weaknesses within the organization.
• Our manager addresses complex and ambiguous problems.
• Leaders look for opportunities to enhance contributions to the bottom line.
• The project leader is effective in using strategic tools such as value chain analysis, business environment analysis, and competitor analysis.
• My manager analyzes the organization's competitive advantages and threats.
• My supervisor considers risks and rewards when making key decisions.
• Our team sustains or achieves a competitive advantage for the organization by analyzing the best practices and lessons learned from other organizations.

• My manager determines what actions are needed to maintain broad strategy for the department/organization.
• Our manager understands the organization's competitive advantages and threats.
• Our team develops strategies to effectively use company resources and exploit potential opportunities.
• Employees in my department develop a strategic focus on internal factors to improve efficiency or conserve limited resources.
• Leaders understand & contribute to development of strategic goals.
• Senior executives understand how to achieve strategic financial objectives.
• The project manager uses strategic thinking to make better strategic decisions.
• My manager understands the position of the [company] in the current market place and industry.
• The department head determines the best approach to achieving desired goals.

• Our team maintains a strategic focus on external factors impacting the success of the company.
• My division identifies sources for developing a global competitive advantage for the company.
• Our manager identifies business strategies to strengthen competitive capabilities.
• The project manager identifies and focuses resources on strategic growth opportunities.
• Senior executives identify strengths that competitors would have trouble imitating.
• My department identifies and addresses strategic risks impacting operations.
• My team identifies and understands competitors in the marketplace.
• My team leader identifies ways in which the company is better able to meet the customers' needs than rivals.
• Senior executives identify the role of each department in meeting the strategic goals.
• My department identifies areas where return on investment can be improved.
• My manager identifies bottlenecks in the production process and develops strategies to correct these issues.

• Our manager creates measures of performance and profitability to assess financial objectives.
• My supervisor assigns individuals the responsibility of keeping track of progress toward achieving milestones.
• Senior executives monitor company performance and make adjustments to the strategic plan as needed.
• My team scans the environment for opportunities to exploit.
• Leaders scan both the internal and external environment to identify strategic opportunities to improve the organization.
• Supervisors recognize the need for strategically developing unique capabilities.
• The project lead understands the importance of developing strategic capabilities.
• The project manager makes plans to handle unforeseen events that could impact the achievement of strategic goals.
• My team acts upon relevant information affecting the organization.
• Our team monitors performance of each market within the area, utilizing reports to ensure sales growth, cost management, and profitability targets are met.

• Our manager ensures that the department's goals are strategically aligned with the company's goals.
• Managers set strategic objectives to be achieved.
• My manager lets employees know how their roles contribute toward the achievement of strategic company objectives.
• The project manager aligns projects to the strategic goals of the company.
• My supervisor inspires employees to adopt the strategic plan.
• Senior executives create a vision for the organization based on how the organization should appear in the future.
• Senior executives create a mission statement describing the purpose for the organization.
• Senior executives understand how to grow the business and increase customers.
• Supervisors create a values statement to ensure all employees are working under the same guiding principles.
• Supervisors develop a strategic vision for the future.
• Leaders develop an organizational strategy for each functional area within the mission statement.
• The department head pursues strategic alliances with valued partners.

• My team develops strategies to increase efficiency and reduce environmental impacts.
• The team leader determines the best strategy for achieving elevated levels of performance.
• The project manager develops strategies to seek new opportunities.
• Our manager is able to formulate strategy at the corporate level.
• The project leader develops a strategic plan to focus on strategic issues.
• My manager ensures the department has a viable strategy for moving forward.
• My supervisor creates innovative strategies.
• Our department creates a strategy to pursue and maintain a competitive advantage in business.
• Our manager creates plans to develop and promote organizational and area strengths, as well as to address weaknesses.
• My team uses the organization's goals to guide (or influence) the development of goals within the department.
• My manager determines a strategy for advancing the department.
• The supervisor gives adequate consideration to the time and resources available.
• My manager creates effective and strategic plans to address issues facing the department/organization.
• My team leader develops strategies that are practical and can be feasibly implemented within a reasonable period of time.
• My division creates strategic objectives to increase revenue and profit margins.
• My manager creates a strategy to achieve departmental objectives.
• Managers develop a corporate strategy to establish business operations in different locations.
• Managers develop a strategic plan for adapting the organization to better respond to external change in the marketplace.

• My team leader communicates goals and objectives to others.
• The project manager implements and executes the company's strategy for advancing production capabilities.
• My manager communicates the company's strategic goals and decisions to teams and departments.
• Managers make sure that all departments/teams are contributing toward the success of the corporate strategy.
• Our manager executes strategies to benefit the department.
• Supervisors make sure the objectives are clearly communicated and understood.
• Our department reinforces the strategic messaging in various teams, meetings, seminars and workshops.
• The department head implements a strategic plan.
• Supervisors create deadlines for various components of the strategy.
• My supervisor is able to decline a poor strategy by proposing alternate strategies.
• Managers strategically deploy resources to areas of the greatest need.
• Managers make sure employees understand the strategy and goals.
• My department evaluates and reviews the implementation of the strategic plan to ensure achievement of the objectives.
• The supervisor strategically positions resources to meet the needs of field based employees.
• Our department addresses problems and issues.
• I know how to translate strategy into operational decisions.
• Senior executives are able to communicate a broad picture, overall view, of the organization.
• The department head executes strategies to benefit the organization.
• Our department turns strategic priorities into action plans.
• Employees at the company are able to strategically respond to unforeseen issues.
• Operations managers strategically positions resources to meet the needs of branch locations.
• My manager communicates goals and objectives to employees.
• Managers coordinate the implementation of the strategy with stakeholders.

• Our team makes strategic changes to stay ahead of changes in the business environment.
• My supervisor maintains strategic focus by regularly reviewing the strategic plan and taking corrective actions as needed to stay on track.
• My team leader makes quick and creative decisions to adjust the strategy to meet the demands of changing situations.
• Managers detect change in the environment and update the strategic plan to address new opportunities or threats.
• My manager remains vigilant of changes to the business environment and recommends new strategies as needed.
• Managers maintain a strategic focus to sustain competitiveness in changing business environments.
• My team leader supports changes being recommended from senior management.
• Leaders make strategic decisions that take into account a dynamic situation.
• The members of my team modify strategic decisions depending on change in the business environment.
• The project manager exploits resources and capabilities strategically to increase production and responsiveness.
• Our department avoids complacency and strives to be ahead of changes in the business environment.
• My manager aligns cross-functional teams to the strategic plan.

• My team leader focuses efforts on specific marketing strategies.
• Supervisors exhibit a strategic orientation to identify and capitalize on opportunities to advance the organization.
• Supervisors ensure adherence to the strategy to sustain achievement of targeted level of organizational performance.
• Team leaders craft and execute strategies to advance the company.
• My division says "no" to strategies that will detract from the organization's objectives.
• Our department keeps the team focused on established goals and objectives.
• Executives mobilize change through leadership to implement corporate strategies.
• Our department is effective in strategy formulation and execution.
• The project manager makes strategic decisions to optimize the returns on capital investments.
• My manager makes decisions that yield more competitive advantages.
• My manager strategically focuses efforts to improve operational efficiencies.

• Senior executives are able to identify internal strengths and weaknesses and the opportunities and threats that impact the company.
• The team leader develops high-level strategic planning models to identify opportunities to improve the company.
• My manager creates a SWOT matrix to help analyze data.
• Supervisors undertake a SWOT analysis to determine the best strategy to move forward.