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process The Development Needs Inventory / Effective Management Program is a process designed for managers to identify Individual management training and development needs. This is how it works: Participating managers think about those who know their management behaviors well. They choose two or more superiors who are acquainted with their day to day activities, two or more peers with whom they work regularly, and all subordinates who report !o them directly. This group of ten to fifteen persons completes a questionnaire which asks them to describe a,participg ng manager's maragement functions. Each participating manager completes the saute questionnaire on him/herself. In absolute confidentiality, the questionnaires are computer processed and analyzed. The analysis became a printout which compares a participating manager's selftkscription with the cumulative descriptions of superiors, peen. -nd subordinates, r;.spectively, in a group setting, the printouts are Interpreted, analyzed, and parttcipatln� managers gain an indepth, objective view of how those with whon s/he works perceive their management behavior. Individual management strengths surface, overextended strengths become, visible, and patterns of management style crystallize. The participating manager can clearly Isolate areas which, when Improved, lead to more effective, productive management results. Goal plans define action steps, realistic, comfortable deadlines are set, and rewards are specified. DNI/EMP offers a unique feature — a built-in coachin / counseling strategy_. This enhances an mthe-job approach by involving a participating manager's superior to provide feedback and support as needed to realize development and growth goals. Requiring only moments per day, this method invites high. motivational levels from participating managers which directly effect bottom line productivity - results. iillo -4-