SBIR-STTR Award

The overall goal of this project is to improve the assessment, diagnosis, and prediction of direct leadership. To achieve these goals, the following objectives will be addressed in Phase 1. These are: (1) conduct cognitive task analyses to define direct leadership performance; (2)develop an event-based measures of performance and effectiveness; (3) utilize cognitive test design to develop new measures of job knowledge, skill, effort, and experience; (4) develop a detailed plan for validating the direct leadership battery; and (5)develop requirements for software tools to support the assessment effort.The application of a principled approach to test design should result in significant improvements in the diagnostic utility and predictive validity of direct leadership. The resulting products should have broad potential for the assessment and development of leadership talent.

Keywords:
Performance Measurement, Cognitive Test Design, Tacit Knowledge, Effort, Job Knowledge, Cognitive Task Analysis, Emotional Intelligence, Experience

The overall goal of this project is to improve the assessment, diagnosis, and prediction of direct leadership. To achieve these goals, the following two objectives will be addressed in Phase II. First, we will develop software tools to support an event based approach to assessing and diagnosing direct leadership performance. Second, we will conduct a detailed study to investigate the validity and usability of the resulting performance measures. The application of a principled approach to performance measurement should result in significant improvements in the diagnostic utility and construct validity of direct leadership measures. The resulting products should have broad potential for the assessment and development of leadership talent.

Keywords:
LEADERSHIP, TRAINING, EVENT BASED MEASUREMENT , PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT, DEVELOPMENT