Demands on managers: a re‐appraisal Available to Purchase

Whoever is responsible in an organization for the assessment of human resources, and making sure that people are put into responsible and challenging positions at the right time in their careers, has two burdens. The first is to ensure that available managerial talent is properly assessed, and that the portals are open to people with potential who may need to be brought in from outside to fill the gaps. The second burden is one which I suspect may not over the years have commanded as much attention as it deserves: a knowledge of the behavioural demands which a managerial job will make on the incumbent. The issue may well be clouded by the view that it is largely technical demands which have to be considered, and indeed they may be formidable enough to rule out most of the available talent when a key position is to be filled.