Systems thinking is a valuable skill that may be required for an individual to be promoted in the business arena to managerial or leading positions. Thus, assessing systems thinking skills is an essential transaction for decision makers in the organization as a preceding step to the promotion decision. One of the well-known and validated tools for this task is a questionnaire. However, because some of the questions invade the employee or candidate’s privacy, the answer may be biased. In this paper, we consider this potential bias, a phenomenon that is becoming more and more significant as privacy concerns and awareness continuously increase in the modern digital world. We propose a formal methodology to optimize the questionnaire based on the privacy sensitivity of each question, thereby providing a more reliable assessment. We conducted an empirical study (n = 142) and showed that a systems skills questionnaire can be enhanced. This research makes a significant contribution to improving the systems skills assessment process in particular, and lays the foundations for improving the evaluation of other skills or traits.

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将隐私方面引入系统思维评估方法

系统思维是将个人提升到业务领域中的管理或领导职位所必需的一项宝贵技能。因此，作为晋升决策的第一步，评估系统的思维能力对于组织中的决策者而言是一项必不可少的工作。一项用于此任务的众所周知且经过验证的工具是问卷。但是，由于某些问题侵犯了员工或候选人的隐私，因此答案可能会有所偏颇。在本文中，我们考虑了这种潜在的偏见，这种现象在现代数字世界中随着隐私关注和意识的不断提高而变得越来越重要。我们提出了一种正式的方法，可以根据每个问题的隐私敏感性来优化问卷，从而提供更可靠的评估。n = 142），并表明可以增强系统技能调查表。这项研究尤其对改善系统技能评估过程做出了重大贡献，并为改善其他技能或特质的评估奠定了基础。