The cognitive domain in good governance

Ihe cognitive domain comprises of six different categories or hierarchical levels known as the Blooms Taxonomy.

- PIA ROCES MORATO

These six levels are identified as knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Particularly in the case of applications, the long and short of it simply means that one must have the ability to demonstrate the necessary critical thinking skills and proper information processing in order to solve problems.

However, to achieve this, the cognitive capital of both leaders and the general public must be enhanced. But what exactly is cognitive capital? In a nutshell, cognitive capital focuses on the value of any individual or group of individuals’ mental assets — a valuable resource recognized as an essential part of institutions and organizations, that can be traded with money, social influence and even political power.

It seems to me that only a few fully understand that these collective assets called the cognitive capital, combined with good governance, makes up the wealth of all nations. When talking about good governance, it must be understood that this is a highly complex cognitive process because leaders need to acquire and interpret information well especially when it comes from multiple and contradictory sources in order to arrive at the right decision and govern.