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Diagnosing developmental needs is an important first step in a systematic management development effort. An instrument (Benchmarks) has been designed to aid managers in assessing their strengths and weaknesses. The instrument has unique aspects: it was developedfrom studying how managers develop rather than what they do, and it allows for a separate assessment of managerialflaws. The development of the instrument resulted in a refined model of what is important to measure for developmental purposes. Reliability and validity information is presented as well as conceptual comparisons to other instruments.
McCauley et al. (1989) studied this question.