management perspectives

what is management perspectives?

It is a simple, but highly effective, on-line management skills assessment tool which provides a snapshot picture of the skills of managers and directors as judged by those that know them best – the people that work with them every day!

 

It provides businesses with invaluable information about the skills of their managers and directors. By benchmarking these skills of against those of others, Management Perspectives is able to pinpoint individual and business skills development needs.

 

What management skills does Management Perspectives cover?

Management Perspectives provides a detailed analysis of the six Core Management Skills:

Planning

Communication

Team-working

Leading

Personal Effectiveness

Managing People.

 

Unlike many other management skills assessment tools, Management Perspectives provides a detailed breakdown of each Core Management Skill into twenty-five Specific Skills and includes a set of personal development actions.

 

How are individuals assessed?

Management Perspectives is an on-line questionnaire-based system. Each behaviour-based questionnaire takes just 10 – 15 minutes to complete. There is no complex process, no paperwork and no need to wait for the results of the assessment as they are instant – Management Perspectives is simple to implement and simple to administer. Management Perspectives can incorporate the views of up to eleven respondents.

 

What does the report cover?

Managers receive a clear and concise report describing how they were assessed in each of the Specific Skills. Following is an extract from one of the pages of the  Management Perspectives Report.

 

The report also includes a set of Personal Development Actions, which are specific to the development needs and skills profile of the individual being assessed. All of the Development Actions are practical and can be implemented straightaway meaning that managers can benefit from the assessment from day one!

 

How can Management Perspectives be used?

There are many ways Management Perspectives can be used including:

·                 A diagnostic tool to identify the development needs of individuals or management teams

·                 A benchmarking tool to compare one organisation’s management team with that of another organisation

·                 An evaluation tool to evaluate the impact of management training and development programmes (using a before and after model)

A personal development tool to complement personal development planning

 

 

 

 

 Look what Cathie Wright (HR and Development Manager) for Golden Wonder has to say about Management Perspectives?

 

"The Management Perspectives framework has enabled us (Golden Wonder) to focus upon the core skills and key competencies that we look for in 'best practice' managers.

The way in which the reports are written and the feedback is given encourages managers to think about their own personal development needs, which is one of the Golden Wonder values.

We will be looking to repeat the 360 degree exercise (Management Perspectives) as a means of evaluating the Management Development programmes that we will be delivering in 2006"