Strategic Planning Exercise (EPSI)

Identification Code

SPE

About the assessment

The SPE is a text development, in-basket exercise that assesses a candidate's ability to react appropriately, in writing, to situations that may be encountered in a senior level management position.

This exercise assesses the following Key Leadership Competencies (KLCs):

• Create vision and strategy
• Mobilize people
• Promote innovation and guide change
• Achieve results

During the exercise, you will be invited to play the role of an employee from a fictitious organization and to review background information on this organization (for example, organizational chart, job description).

You will be presented with six situations that may be encountered in a senior-level management position. You will be asked to prepare a five page document outlining strategic directions and proposing an action plan to resolve problems in the short, medium and long term, based on your analysis of the internal and external environments of the organization.

Your decisions and answers must be based on the circumstances stated in the background information and scenarios given in the exercise. The correction of the exercise does not take into account spelling, grammar or punctuation errors.

Assessment Format

Unsupervised Internet test

Location of assessment

Virtual

Portability of result

Yes, see additional information

Retest period

180 days

Validity period

5 years

Time to complete assessment

90 minutes

Number of questions

6 situations

Categories to evaluate

Behavioural Competencies

Type of questions

Written

Sample question(s)

No

Practice test

No

Possible result

For each of the qualifications assessed, you will get a score out of 5.

Additional information

Regarding the portability of result, you can transfer your test results to other staffing processes if the same test is used.