Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 17:19:14 GMT
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Hi! This is just a short survey that my father uses in his Supervisory Development Course that he teaches at a local college. I wonder if a few of those who read this would mind filling it out, and sending it back to me at:
kennedy@cs.ualberta.ca
I will post the results. Thanks for your help.
The year 2002 is only 10 years away. Today would be a great time to start planning and building the skill set necessary to be effective. Consider that those who are prepared will be in a better position to deal with the challenges to come. One of the methods Futurists use to predict is to analyze the predictions of the worlds' specialists. Since you represent the effective workforce of the future, it just makes sense that you start thinking about how you will be working in the year 2002. Here's your
question.
What skills will the high performance Supervisor or Manager consider critical in the year 2002?
Please review this list, add additional items, then prioritize, allocating points according to the scale.
Most Critical <-- 10 --------- 7 --------- 5 --------- 3 --------- 1 --> Least Critical
___ Ability to Prioritize
___ Ability to "shift paradigms"
___ Accountability that is "scientifically" based
___ Budgeting and Financial analysis
___ Committed to a common goal
___ Community Development in Management
___ Competitiveness
___ Computer Literate
___ Conflict Resolution
___ Continual Training / Lifelong learning commitment
___ Creativity
___ Decision Making
___ Develop Networks and Partnerships
___ Effective Communication
___ Entrepreneurship
___ Flexibility with motivation factors to accommodate employees needs (flex time, office sharing, work at home, day care at work site)
___ Global Thinking
___ Innovative
___ Independent Thinking
___ Initiative (willing to learn)
___ Lead and coach in the management of fiscal and human resources
___ Leadership
___ Listening
___ Managae a multi disciplinary team of specialists
___ Manage a multi race and multi cultural staff
___ Manage under stress
___ Motivate others to accomplish a goal
___ Participatory Management skills
___ Problem solving
___ Resourceful
___ Sense of Humor
___ Setting clear, measurable goals and plans
___ Supervise by "prevention" as opposed to "band aid" services