Self-Assessment Analysis: Managerial Aspects

There is no shortage of management theories in the world today, but it is important to realize that no method will be successful without a fundamentally strong manager enacting it. Anyone hoping to achieve good management skills must be open to self-assessment as well as the feedback of others in order to maximize his or her personal effectiveness. Equally important is knowing the basics of management theory so that manager can focus on using his or her strengths to the best advantage while improving his or her weaknesses in the meantime. This kind of active development is supported by research as the best way to improve job performance and reduce workplace stress because it acknowledges that situations are complicated and constantly changing. By analyzing a self-assessment, application of these methods can be discussed as a specific example.

The profile resulting from this self-assessment is one indicating a lot of changes needed. This is not said to be self-deprecating, only to objectively summarize the findings of the various assessment categories and it is by no means hopeless. The somewhat low scores of 5.5 in PMF and 7 in Intuitive Ability suggest an inexperienced manager with little time spent in actual management scenarios, which is a fair interpretation and has a clear path for improvement. The high score of 29 in Transactional Leadership will be a big advantage in lower and middle management roles while working on more Transformational Leaderships skills and the corresponding improvements to PMF and Intuitive Ability that would follow that experience. The relatively balanced results in Conflict Management (Competing: 10, Compromising: 7, Accommodating: 10, Collaborating: 8, Avoiding: 8) suggest that, with enough self-awareness to apply the correct strategy, almost any conflict situation could be resolved quickly and satisfactorily, with room for improvement in the Collaborating aspect because that is largely considered the best overall strategy (Appendix A). Any young manager could expect to see results similar to these and so long as there is a willingness to learn, this profile could easily be improved fairly quickly.

Applying these traits to organizational behavior strategy is the key to being the most effective manager possible while