Through the lens of the leadership identify development theory (LIDT), this exploratory case study addressed how managers in Northeastern community colleges assessed management readiness and the systems in place for the growth and development of technical employees who move into managerial roles. The study consisted of open-ended interviews with…

Appraisal is a tool for maximising management performance, part of a two way and constructive learning relationship, designed to improve standards throughout the organization in aiding top management to make the best use of its human resources. (Author/EB)

A textile manufacturer's (Graniteville Co.) highly successful management assessment procedures are explained by describing a one-day management simulation workshop. (AG)

Analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of assessment center methodology and then outlines an innovative system--the integral appraisal system--that uses some assessment center principles to examine managers' behavior on the job. (Author/IRT)

Development and implementation of a program for identifying, developing, and promoting employees with supervisory and management potential. Evaluation criteria and methods, training of personnel evaluators, and accomplishments to date, are covered. Three references. (LY)

Outlines the development of the program of an assessment center designed for use in management and trainee development. (Author/IRT)

Counters the following myths: competence has been defined; managerial effectiveness can be identified; management is generic; effectiveness can be measured; management is composed of skills, behaviors, or traits; and only maximum performance counts. (SK)

The author offers practical advice on how to recognize and develop potential management talent. (BP)

In this speech, the author addresses the issue of how school administrators can be formally evaluated. A plan is described for evaluating administrators that has as its primary purpose improving their performance and stimulating their growth. The plan integrates supervision and evaluation; is individualized and consistent with sound educational…

Reports a management consultant's system of employee appraisal, as outlined in a seminar he conducted for business executives. In addition to improving productivity, performance appraisal is needed to insure nondiscriminatory personnel practices and to provide employee recognition without a compensation link. Most companies can't afford money as…

The assessment center can be a mechanism for providing a highly sophisticated evaluation of the training effort. The article describes how the training manager can successfully incorporate the assessment center concept into an overall training evaluation strategy. (Author/MW)

A positive and creative results-oriented management appraisal system is needed. This article reviews the benefits and requirements of such a system, lists the common pitfalls of shoddy evaluation attempts, describes the four basic kinds of performance appraisal systems, and offers suggestions for creating a successful system. (DC)

The majority of empirical studies on performance appraisal (PA) systems focus on the search for the perfect form in which subjective traits are replaced by objective and job-relevant, measurable behaviors. Organizations using a PA system to evaluate their employees struggle with issues of implementation, adaptation, and linkage with other human…

This last article in a series on a process for the evaluation of training programs covers the "implementation" phase. The article presents a dramatization of the decisions and actions involved in evaluating a supervisory training program, with a flow chart for the entire evaluation process and several rating figures. (MF)