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MCPA™/MCPQ™ Languages
MCPA™ is available in:

English
Portuguese (Brazil)
Portuguese (Europe)

MCPQ™ is available in:

English
Chinese
Dutch
French (Ivory Coast)
German
Portuguese (Brazil)
Portuguese (Europe)
Spanish (South America)
Swedish

 
MCPA™ Growth Curves
 
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The MCPA™ is a powerful research based instrument, with an online assessment called the MCPQ™ that records a candidate's responses to a series of phrase cards in 30-45 minutes. The data collected supports a structured interview, in which a counsellor will establish the candidate's current level of capability and potential for this to grow over time.

MCPA™ assessment of potential is based on the Bioss theory of Levels of Work that identifies 7 levels of organisational complexity, ranging from the direct, through the organisational to the strategic. The MCPA™ is an exceptionally powerful and useful instrument because it directly addresses two of the most important issues in executive development - assessment of capability and assessment of potential. It is also one of the few assessment methodologies to have been the subject of a full independent validation at national research institute level.
 

MCPA™ Levels of Complexity

Complexity Band Theme Management Tasks and Responsibilities
Strategic Management Corporate Prescience Bringing into being current and nascent contexts for future generations
Corporate Citizenship Creating and sustaining a climate to protect strategic units, embed them in host cultures and alert them to possibilities of evolution
Organisational Management Strategic
Intent
Ensuring the external and internal viability of the enterprise as a financial and social entity
Strategic Development Underpinning the future of the organisation by managing or supporting interactions between current products/services, systems and practices, and the innovations and changes needed to align them with the strategic intent
Direct Management Practice Providing practices and systems to support production or service, to contain costs, realise purpose and enhance reputation
Service Responding to both the obvious and underlying complexities of particular situations or people
Quality Making or doing something on which the viability of the organisation depends, and where the output can be specified beforehand

MCPA™ produces a narrative report showing the candidate's responses to the phrase cards, and his or her position on an array of curves - derived from historical data - which link levels of complexity with age. The candidate will be able to compare this output with his or her current position in the company or organisation, thereby obtaining important information to support the executive development process. By indicating current capability and potential, MCPA™ makes a powerful contribution to talent bank management, executive selection, career development, and succession planning.

The MCPA™ program is held by consultants, or by company or organisation HR professionals. Candidates complete the MCPQ™ questionnaire online or offline as appropriate. Results are handled electronically, and can be made immediately available to the consultants or company or organisation HR professionals who will be handling the feedback.

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