COMPETING VALUES MANAGEMENT PRACTICES SURVEY
Listed below are some statements that describe managerial practices. Although you
may not be in a managerial role at this time, think about your experience in school,
in your family, on teams, or in jobs you have held. Indicate how often you engage in
the behaviors, using the scale below to respond to each statement. Please place a
number from 1 to 7 in the space beside each question.
Almost never 1
2
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4
5
6
7 Almost always
As a manager, how often would you
_____ 1. Come up with inventive ideas.
_____ 2. Clarify the need to achieve goals
_____ 3. Search for innovations and potential improvements.
_____
_____
_____
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_____
4. Develop consensual resolution of openly expressed differences.
5. Listen to the personal problems of others.
6. Act in a highly coordinated, well organized way.
7. Hold open discussion of conflicting opinions in groups.
8. Surface key differences among group members, then work
participatively to resolve them.
_____ 9. Monitor compliance with the rules.
_____ 10. Treat each individual in a sensitive, caring way.
_____ 11. Experiment with new concepts and procedures.
_____ 12. Show empathy and concern in dealing with others.
_____ 13. Get access to people at higher levels (e.g., instructor, boss, etc.).
_____ 14. Encourage participative decision making in the group.
_____ 15. Get the unit (e.g., company workgroup, family, class, team, etc.) to
meet expected goals.
_____ 16. Do problem solving in creative, clear ways.
_____ 17. Anticipate problems and avoid crisis.
_____ 18. Check for errors and mistakes.
_____ 19. Persuasively sell new ideas to higher ups (e.g., parents, instructor,
boss, etc.).
_____ 20. See that the unit (e.g., team, class, workgroup, etc.) delivers on stated
goals.
_____ 21. Facilitate consensus building.
_____ 22. Clarify priorities and direction.
_____ 23. Show concern for the needs of others.
_____ 24. Maintain a "results" orientation.
_____ 25. Influence decisions made at higher levels (e.g., boss, instructor,
parents, etc.).
_____ 26. Regularly clarify the objectives of the unit (e.g., company workgroup,
class, team, family, etc.).
_____ 27. Bring a sense of order and coordination to the unit (e.g., company
workgroup, class, team, family, etc.).
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COMPUTATIONAL WORKSHEET FOR PRACTICES SELF-ASSESSMENT
The Facilitator
The Mentor
# 4
# 7
# 8
# 14
# 21
# 5
# 10
# 12
# 23
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
Total ____ / 5= ____
Total ____ / 4 = ____
The Innovator
The Broker
# 1
# 3
# 11
# 16
# 13
# 19
# 25
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
Total ____ / 4 = ____
Total ____ / 3 = ____
The Producer
The Director
# 2
# 20
# 24
# 15
# 22
# 26
____
____
____
Total ____ / 3 = ____
Total
____
____
____
____ / 3 = ____
The Coordinator
The Monitor
# 6
# 17
# 27
# 9
# 22
# 18
____
____
____
Total ____ / 3 = ____
____
____
____
Total ____ / 3 = ____
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