Reading 1.3: Martin

In the article ‘How successful leaders think’ (2007, in De Wit & Meyer, 2010, Reading 1.3), how does Roger Martin define integrative thinking?
1. Integrative thinkers seek simplicity
2. Integrative thinking is a conventional ‘either-or’ thinking
3. Integrative thinking is acceptance to settle for the best available bad choice
4. Integrative thinking is a process of consideration and synthesis of two opposing ideas at once.
With respect to the article of ‘How successful leaders think’ (2007, in De Wit & Meyer, 2010, Reading 1.3), judge whether the following statements are true or false:

I Conventional thinkers consider only obviously relevant factors while weighing options.
II Conventional thinkers consider multidirectional relationships.
1. Both statements are true
2. Statement I is true, statement II is false
3. Statement I is false, statement II is true
4. Both statements are false.
Martin mentions, in ‘How successful leaders think’ (2007, in De Wit & Meyer, 2010, Reading 1.3) four stages in decision-making, to observe what integrative thinking looks like in action. Which of the following steps in NOT mentioned?
1. Determining salience
2. Analyzing causality
3. Testing a hypothesis through trial and error
4. Achieving resolution.
In ‘How successful leaders think’ (2007, in De Wit & Meyer, 2010, Reading 1.3), what does Martin answer to the question “If I am not an integrative thinker, can I learn to be one?”

I If there is greater general awareness of integrative thinking as a concept, all of us can consciously develop it: it is a ‘habit of thought’.
II Integrative thinking is only for people with ‘first-rate intelligence’ and is a tacit skill in the heads of a select few.
1. Both answers are true
2. Answer I is true, answer II is false
3. Answer I is false, answer II is true
4. Both answers are false.