Suggests that team building can be enhanced by employing career anchor concepts to identify individual perceptions and by developing a "shared perceptions" model about performance related issues. Provides a guide to applying the model and includes a case study. (JOW)

Describes ways training is linked to levels of organizational efforts, results, and impact; an allocation of functions to organizational personnel; cases-in-point concerning responsibilities; tools used by organizational personnel; and a training requirements identification and development cycle. Relationship of this Organizational Elements Model…

A project developed a content model for international project management training. It also compiled a bibliography of project management references, identified specific project management training needs based upon a survey of international sponsors and contractor personnel, and documented the training needs of international project managers. Data…

Explains executive coaching, which is traditionally focused on individual executives, and how it can help align individual development with an organization's strategic goals. Describes a counseling model of identifying an individual's goals, challenges, and development needs and then helping him or her gain insight on how to address these needs.…

The authors describe a six-step need-based training system for managers. It includes (1) identifying job duties, (2) describing jobs using competency statements, (3) identifying relative skill importance, (4) identifying employee strengths and weaknesses, (5) evaluating employee proficiency, and (6) preparing individual career plans. (CH)

Discusses reasons for the lack of effectiveness of management development programs and suggests solutions for improvement. Topics discussed include analysis of good management skills; motivation theory; popular psychology models; self discovery tests; management fads; insufficient skills practice; conducting a needs analysis; and performance based…

With funding made available by the World Bank, activities were undertaken in Bangladesh to enhance business management education and training. A model for management development was explained and carried through with the Commerce Faculty of the University of Chittagong. Steps in the model were as follows: (1) analysis of the current status of…

Based on a systems approach to management and organization, the Instructional Leadership Model identifies leadership tasks in clusters under school planning, staff and program development, and evaluation. A summary of analysis of research on effective schooling characteristics and leadership tasks supports the model and provides parameters for…

This study reports on an approach for assessing managerial development needs. The approach uses multi-methods such as qualitative career plots, critical incidents, a skill rating form, and surveys to identify the critical managerial development needs for a target managerial position. In addition, it uses multi-subject groups in an effort to…

Describes a three-phased needs assessment approach used to identify lending skills and knowledge for loan officers at Wells Fargo Bank. Beginning at the corporate level and ending with job-relevant assessment of individual employee skills, the program used diagnostic tests with a computer-based system for scoring and reporting results…

This report details the plans and procedures developed by the Task Force on Management Development at Bucks County Community College, as well as the activities which resulted from that planning. The report begins by stating the charge of the Task Force, and the time frame during which the long- and short-term goals of management development could…

This paper outlines a model of psychometric needs assessment developed by the author and discusses how the model, which is designed to profile key abilities and weaknesses, could be applied to the needs assessment, counseling, and training of middle and senior executives. A pilot study on 130 middle management executives is examined in conjunction…

With funding made available by the World Bank, additional (Phase II) activities were undertaken in Bangladesh to enhance business management education and training. Executive Development Programmes (EDPs) were planned and carried out according to the model previously developed and validated. Eight seminars were offered for the Institute of…

Activities and findings of the Higher Education Management Institute are reviewed as of October 1976. In general, the initial assumption of need is borne out by responses from 557 colleges, since no more than 2 percent of higher education institutions have any management development and training programs underway. This report describes the project…

This paper describes a training management system developed by the Center for Development of Social Services. It is a set of practical, systematic procedures designed to manage and evaluate training programs. It is a complete model that meets the necessary criteria for competency-based training system. The system integrates the complex procedures…