Completed Personal Assessment of Management Skills (PAMS)
Management Function: Planning
1. Plans and executes own tasks effectively.
2. Maintains balance between work and personal time, and prioritizes effectively.
3. Participates actively in team and organizational planning sessions.
4. Can relate organization's strategic goals to personal tasks and job function.
5. Can articulate value associated with personal work contributions based on strategic and divisional goals.
Management Function: Organizing
6. Understands and can articulate rationale behind current organizational structure.
7. Proposes changes to organizational structures and processes based on new circumstances.
8. Can articulate collective skills profile of current team or organizational unit.
9. Understands internal and external customer needs.
10. Maintains active network with decision-makers throughout the organization.
Management Function: Leading
11. Able to motivate, enthuse, and influence people based on individual needs and circumstances.
12. Able to communicate clearly and concisely - what needs to be done, when, and how.
13. Actively works to empower others by delegating and rewarding initiative and input.
14. Maintains a high standard of personal integrity and ethics.
15. Shows confidence, diplomacy, and tactfulness when dealing with individuals and conflict.
Management Function: Controlling
16. Analyzes problems and seeks guidance/advice to help make decisions when appropriate.
17. Uses appropriate tools, technologies, and methods to perform control and disseminate results.
18. Shares information openly and encourages others to participate.
19. Initiates change and corrective actions based on monitoring and control tasks.
20. Follows up on problems and solves these collaboratively with participation from key players throughout the organization.
Cross-Functional Management Skills
21. Creativity: Comes up with solutions, new ideas, and ways of working - looks beyond current boundaries.
22. Self-awareness: Recognizes own impact on people/situations and adjusts approach accordingly.
23. Confidence: High level of belief in own abilities and competence - works well under pressure.
24. Self-motivation: Takes responsibility for achievement of personal and team objectives - able to stay determined/positive.
25. Interpersonal skills: Able to develop excellent working relationships with colleagues, management, customers, and suppliers.
Reference: Bateman, T. & Snell, S. (2015). Management: Leading & collaborating in the competitive world (11th ed., Chapter 1). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.