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It occurs to me that there ought to be a market for a really good
assessment of management skill and knowledge, one that could be used to
formulate a program of education and development for specific individuals
as well as groups who might share certain needs.

It also strikes me that a prerequisite for any such assessment would be
some kind of general agreement about the kinds of skills and knowledge
worth assessing; in short, some kind of canonical description/definition of
these skills, knowledge and, though I shudder to use the word,
"competences" (or, if you prefer, competencies).

I'd be interested in any canonical references and pointers to any existing,
highly regarded assessments of managerial skills, knowledge, abilities,
competencies, whatever.

Thanks in advance to any who respond...
--
Fred Nickols
The Distance Consulting Company
"Assistance at A Distance"
http://home.att.net/~nickols/distance.htm
nickols@worldnet.att.net
(609) 490-0095

Fred,

The book by Dave Whetten and Kim Cameron on management skills is a good
resource. Also, the OB text by Phil Hunsaker and Bob Coffey has a section
on skills that is quite good. The classic resource on skills and abilities
(and how they relate to performance and satisfaction) is, of course, Lyman
Porter and Ed Lawler's book from the 1960s. Hope this helps.

Larry

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>I'd be interested in any canonical references and pointers to any existing,
>highly regarded assessments of managerial skills, knowledge, abilities,
>competencies, whatever.
>
>Thanks in advance to any who respond...
>--
>Fred Nickols
>The Distance Consulting Company
>"Assistance at A Distance"
>http://home.att.net/~nickols/distance.htm
>nickols@worldnet.att.net
>(609) 490-0095
>

Fred Nickols wrote,

"I'd be interested in any canonical references and pointers to any existing, highly regarded assessments of managerial skills, knowledge, abilities, competencies, whatever."

Fred:

I stumbled on the "Survey of Management Practices," by Clark Wilson in about 1981. It and later versions of it have become the focal point of my research and consulting. I have done a number of validation studies on it as an instrument and as a learning tool. You can find them under Frank's Works on my home page: http://faculty.ssu.edu/~fmshippe/home/welcome.htm. It is now distributed by the Booth Company in Boulder, CO (800-332-6684/303-581-1408).




Frank Shipper, Ph.D.
Professor of Management
Perdue School of Business
Salisbury State University
Salisbury, MD 21801
Phone (410) 543-6333
FAX (410) 546-6208
E-mail: fmshipper@ssu.edu
Home Page: http://perdue.ssu.edu/~fmshippe/home/welcome.htm

Many thanks, Frank. This promises to be very useful.

At 03:33 PM 11/29/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>Fred Nickols wrote,
>
>"I'd be interested in any canonical references and pointers to any
>existing, highly regarded assessments of managerial skills, knowledge,
>abilities, competencies, whatever."
>
>Fred:
>
>I stumbled on the "Survey of Management Practices," by Clark Wilson in
>about 1981. It and later versions of it have become the focal point of my
>research and consulting. I have done a number of validation studies on it
>as an instrument and as a learning tool. You can find them under Frank's
>Works on my home page: http://faculty.ssu.edu/~fmshippe/home/welcome.htm.
>It is now distributed by the Booth Company in Boulder, CO
>(800-332-6684/303-581-1408).
>
>
>
>
>Frank Shipper, Ph.D.
>Professor of Management
>Perdue School of Business
>Salisbury State University
>Salisbury, MD 21801
>Phone (410) 543-6333
>FAX (410) 546-6208
>E-mail: fmshipper@ssu.edu
>Home Page: http://perdue.ssu.edu/~fmshippe/home/welcome.htm

Fred Nickols
The Distance Consulting Company
"Assistance at A Distance"
http://home.att.net/~nickols/distance.htm
nickols@worldnet.att.net
(609) 490-0095

Fred,
Selected links related to managerial assessment include:

ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation:
http://ericae.net/

(Bernie) Williams syllabus from Lethbridge:
http://home.uleth.ca/man/onlineoutlines/williams3080.html

Jeffrey Pfeffer, Leader to Leader:
http://www.pfdf.org/leaderbooks/l2l/spring98/pfeffer.html

Also:
http://www.free-press.com/journals/gajal/articles/mbaprogs.htm
http://www.traininghouse.com/map.html

And be cognizant of:
Shore, T. 1992. Subtle gender bias in the assessment of managerial
potential. SEX ROLES, 27(9/10): 499-512.

Cybercollegially,
Charlie Wankel
mg-ed-dv listmaster
wankelc@stjohns.edu


-----Original Message-----

Fred <nickols@worldnet.att.net> in Princeton, NJ, wrote:

I'd be interested in any canonical references and pointers to any existing,
highly regarded assessments of managerial skills, knowledge, abilities,
competencies, whatever.