How Can Managers Be Most Effectively Developed?

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The increasing internationalisation of business and changing international organisation structures make the development of the international manager a central task for management development. It enables the organisation to build its collective international competence and to create the international learning organisation essential for future global competition, and also pushes managers to establish various managerial competencies to fill in developmental gaps for development needs.

In the future, given trends towards globalisation and increasingly competitive markets, there inevitably will be new demands on managers. Therefore the training and development of managers exist and must be integrated with company objectives. Development activities must be based on a careful analysis of the needs of both organisations and individuals (Mumford & Gold, 2004). They will be aimed at meeting specific development needs rising from mangers’ performances in their present jobs or those anticipated in future assignments of greater complexity and responsibility. Managers can assess current levels of competency that they hold to identify development needs through assessment centres (Mumford & Gold, 2004). Managers need to learn relevant skills, knowledge and insights to improve work performance. They also need the chance to assess themselves by exploring their views towards career and personal life.

Nothing is more effective in growing managers than challenging jobs that stretches individuals abilities and provide them with opportunities to demonstrate their potential (Pool, 1997). Manager will need training so that they can be as effective as possible in their job function through the needs analysis that was conducted with the current manager. In addition, there is probably a gap where the current manager of a certain position doesn’t perform the requirements of the position, which pushes the managers to broaden their current knowledge and dev...