Managerial Competence

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Scale: 1-6

More than 500 managers completed the test

Convincing Validity and Reliability results

The test can indicate when the answers were

overcritical or overoptimistic

Test has an on-line version

It is available in 3 languages: Hungarian, English, German

MAIN FEATURES

INTRODUCING THE MODEL

We identified 90 features of successful managers in our research.

These were grouped into the following 15 competences: Handling

difficult situations, Systems thinking, Problem solving, Organising, Benchmarking,

Managing change, Handling people issues, Co-operation, Influencing, Leadership,

Team building, Developing people, Time management, Clear communication, EQ.

These competences were structured by these 2 dimensions:

TASK or PEOPLE FOCUS,

SITUATION or PROCESS FOCUS,

And there are some competences with general relevance.

COMPETENCE MODEL

Time

management

EQ

Clear

communication

Organising

Benchmarking

Managing

Change

Leadership

Developing

people

Team building

Handling

people issues

Co-operation

Influencing

Handling

difficult

situations

Systems

thinking

Problem

solving

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SITUATION

PROCESS

RELIABILITY

Handling difficult situations: 0,78

Systems thinking: 0,78

Problem solving: 0,67

Organising: 0,68

Benchmarking: 0,70

Managing change: 0,70

Handling people issues: 0,71

Co-operation: 0,67

Influencing: 0,68

Leadership: 0,69

Team building: 0,73

Developing people: 0,71

Time management: 0,80

Clear communication: 0,70

EQ: 0,74

(Cronbach-alpha, Theta)

VALIDITY

To scale to examine the validity of answers:

• Well being:

Bellow 40 - the answers van be too critical,

Above 60 – the questions perhaps were not

taken seriously enough

• Good impression:

Above 60 – the results can be overoptimistic

EVALUATION

• The results were converted to a T-Scale (mean: 50 and deviation: 10).

What does it mean for understanding the results?

• Below 40: Basic level – 1/6 of the sample

• 40-50: Middle level – 1/3 of the sample

• 51-60: Good level – 1/3 of the sample

• Above 60: Excellent level – 1/6 of the sample

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

SAMPLE REPORT - DIAGRAM

SAMPLE REPORT - TEXT

SAMPLE REPORT

Results of Managerial Competences Test

Well being: 55

Alright

Good impression: 22

Alright

Managerial

Competences Mark Level Description

Handling difficult

situations 50 Good

Unambiguosly identifies the situation, finds solutions matching the situation and encroaches in time.

Able to easily apply solutions which work fine based on previous experince. Is characterized by

readiness and accuracy when employing routin solutions.

Systems thinking 37 Basic

Recognizes a few important connections. Revealing difficult connections is not his strength, but

able to understand the outlined guidelines and connections.

Problem solving

33 Basic

Characterized by recognizing and more or less consciously solving certain problems. Is not

concerned with the causes of the problems. The unit is struggling with several returning problems.

His decisions are more ad hoc, or based on his mood, he is not concerned with the efficiency of the

decisions.

Organising

40 Average

Task planning is sometimes poor, sometimes good. There are always minor shortcomings in the

arrangements that set back work efficiency. Tends to over- or underestimate the resources necessary

for solving the tasks.

Benchmarking

54 Good

He develops the operation of his unit based on the needs of the connected units and the company.

He knows more the advantages of their operation, and hardly sees where the operation could be

improved. Only superficially knows or analyze the best solutions of the competitors and the trends

to be expected.