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Training and Development System

Notes Self Assessment

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10. …………………….. evaluates periodically the abilities and performance of individuals
with a view to identifying managers for further development and meeting their training
need.
11. Organization development is a systematic, integrated, and …………...... approach to
improving the effectiveness of groups of people and of the whole organization or a major
organizational unit.

12. For choosing specific training and development programmes, three kinds of needs must
be considered which are objectives of the enterprise, availability of managers and
..........…………………..

13.5 Company Strategies for Providing Development

Organisational Climate for Management Development

Management development cannot take place unless a favourable climate for it is created at the
top which extends down through each level of the organisation. By “organisational climate” we
meant the circumstances or conditions in which the management guides the development and
growth of the people at all levels by training, counselling, delegation and communication. The
growth process is largely influenced in the home environment of a company by the manner in
which superiors and peers manage the affairs, the manner in which they treat people, how they
delegate authority, how they encourage ideas, initiative and enterprise, how they provide
opportunities to experiment and test new concepts, tools and techniques, and how they project
company goals, policies and philosophy.
In order that a proper development climate is created, it must be borne in mind that:
 First, development is a learning rather than a teaching process; the burden for final growth
rests on the individual.
 Second, growth takes place through a striving process in which sights (objectives) are set
high and tasks involve “stretching”.

 Third, development takes place by building on the strength of the people rather than by a
concentration on the elimination of weaknesses.
 Fourth, a feeling of confidence in, and approval of, the process of development must be
generated among those who are to be affected by it. This is seldom possible when the
superior has a negatively critical point of view.

 Fifth, at all levels, a genuine faith in development is necessary, a belief that people can and
will, with proper goals and encouragement, do better.

 Finally, all concerned must, with an open heart and mind, be willing to welcome and
accept any change in a point of view.

Manager Needs and Developmental Programmes

Among firms which profess to believe in some type of planned systematic executive development,
a great variety of developmental technique are used. The selection of techniques must rest on
one’s philosophy of development. In Figure 13.5, there is a portrayal of the various types of

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