Communication · Executive Insight Brief · 417
Elicit the distinctions before scoring them
Repertory Grid Technique elicits a person’s own bipolar distinctions, then structures those meanings for analysis without pretending that an idiographic map is a standardized trait measure.
Premise
Repertory Grid Technique makes hidden discriminations discussable. Instead of beginning with a universal competency list or researcher-defined categories, it asks participants to compare relevant people, events, products, or situations and articulate the contrasts they actually use. The executive value is diagnostic precision: the method can reveal how someone organizes experience while keeping the resulting grid traceable to that person’s meanings rather than turning it into a generic personality score.
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In this series, Tool names the editorial family primarily used to act on, examine, measure or organize communication. It includes instruments, methods, practices, protocols, codes and institutional arrangements. Membership does not certify effectiveness, portability or safe use in every setting.
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Establishes procedures for collecting, coding, comparing or interpreting information for inquiry or analysis. Its contribution is a defensible route from observations or materials to an account, finding or interpretation.
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