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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:	The Digital way of working

Moderator:	QUARK::LIONELON

Created:	Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5321
Total number of notes:	139771

2938.0. " Digital Management Institute " by CVG::THOMPSON (Another snowy day in paradise) Mon Mar 14 1994 09:13

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From:	NAME: Bob Palmer @MLO               
	FUNC: PRESIDENT AND CEO               
	TEL: 223-6600                  <PALMER.BOB AT PNDVUEA1 at MLMAIL at MLO>
Date:	10-Mar-1994
Posted-date: 10-Mar-1994
Precedence: 1
Subject: Digital Management Institute                                          1
To:     See Below

         PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS MEMO THROUGHOUT YOUR ORGANIZATIONS

Some months ago, I challenged the Worldwide Development and Learning 
organization to come up with a compelling approach to management 
development in Digital.  I am pleased to be able to announce the creation 
of the Digital Management Institute.

The Digital Management Institute will be responsible for developing the 
capabilities of managers worldwide.  It will help managers be fully 
accountable for managing all the components of their business:  developing 
business plans and setting business goals; creating environments that 
enable their employees to achieve their specific work and development plans 
and rewarding them appropriately; and understanding how their organizations 
deliver customer satisfaction.

Digital is in the midst of transforming itself, and a new approach to 
management development is long overdue.  The Digital Management Institute 
will address management capabilities from entry-level to senior and 
executive managers, providing a focus for management behavior, business 
practices and leadership.  Managers will have access to the programs and 
development processes they need to enhance their capabilities.  Each 
manager in Digital will be expected, at a minimum, to participate in five 
days of management development programs per year.

Development of our managers is one of our key investment areas for the 
company. The Digital Management Institute has been factored into the 
overall spend plan for Development and Learning worldwide which the Senior 
Leadership Team approved on 25 October, 1993.  You will be seeing more 
detail on the Digital Management Institute in the weeks to come.  Libby 
Finn, Manager of the Digital Management Institute, will be forwarding 
information shortly.  

Please join me in supporting the Digital Management Institute as it 
anticipates and meets Digital's worldwide management development needs, 
while focusing on our customers and enhancing individual and organizational 
performance.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2938.1		ATYISB::HILL	Don't worry, we have a cunning plan!	`Mon Mar 14 1994 10:24`	5
	>Each manager will be expected, at a minimum, to attend 5 days... Why did I remember this old adage? It's what gets measured, gets done.
2938.2	Each manager will be expected to attend.	OPG::TORPEYM	" Christmas cheer all year"	`Tue Mar 15 1994 06:11`	2
	Will there be VP Development Center? :-))
2938.3	What goes round, comes round !	CHEFS::HEELAN	Dale limosna, mujer......	`Tue Mar 15 1994 08:27`	2
	DECollege lives again !
2938.4	Give managers more training!	EPAVAX::CARLOTTI	Rick Carlotti, DTN 440-7229, Sales Support	`Tue Mar 15 1994 21:54`	11
	The managers at GE go to their training center in Crotenville (sp?) for intensive training for four consecutive weeks at a crack. As they rise through the ranks, the curriculum that they MUST go through is well mapped out. In other words there is a plan and commitment. We may well roll out a plan, but 5 days a year hardly sounds like enough of a commitment given the less than adequate training most of our management has had up to this point. Rick C (who has worked both places...Digital has strong products, GE has strong management/organization)
2938.5		HIBOB::KRANTZ	Next window please.	`Wed Mar 16 1994 00:23`	14
	What I remember from being a consultant at GE about 15 years ago is that they had excellent managers and mediocre employees, but good researchers. When then needed bright workers, they hired consultants ;^) Their managers understood their projects and their employees very well, progress was always slow, but consistent and to plan... but not a place I'd want to be a regular employee, everything just seemed to move too slowly... They also had 100% 'voluntary' united way participation. You participated, or you got to talk with your manager about why you didn't want to participate. If your mananger didn't convince you, then you got to talk to your manager's manager, repeat until done...
2938.6	I can't help the way I see things. 8-(	SUBURB::POWELLM	Nostalgia isn't what it used to be!	`Wed Mar 16 1994 04:43`	24
	I'm coming to the conclusion that Management training in DIGITAL is given by IBM!!! We don't seem to promote from within at all now, just hire more people from IBM to senior positions in this company. So why do we need management training? After all, this is IBMs' way of either: 1. Taking over DIGITAL by the back door, or; 2. Making sure that we are no longer a competitor by getting all these ex-IBMers to push us further down the pan, as they have done to their previous employers. How can we, as a company get out of problems by taking more and more managers from a company which is in even bigger trouble than us, I ask? I write this in sadness and only a little tongue-in-cheek. My only other thought is that having got one or two senior managers in from IBM, that they are now offering jobs to their old buddies - the "old boy network" at work? Malcolm.
2938.7		CVG::THOMPSON	Another snowy day in paradise	`Wed Mar 16 1994 08:29`	10
	IBM has a pretty serious management training plan from what I understand. So do other companies. These involved formal schooling, off site, with other managers of the same level. One doesn't normally get to move up to the next level of management without having grade specific training. A common core of values and understandings, such as these programs give, would seem to be required to have consistent treatment of employees and understanding of policies and procedures. Is this what Digital is moving to? I hope so but doubt it. Alfred
2938.8	IBM's mgmt not necessarily the problem	PIKOFF::SMITH	All that is gold does not glitter	`Wed Mar 16 1994 10:01`	15
	Having worked for IBM and Digital, I wouldn't bash IBM's mgmt. They at least had quality control and damage control. Their mgmt gave them a superior reputation in spite of frequently�� inferior products. Not a bad piece of work. Even after the highly publicized problems, I still have many customers who will find any excuse to buy IBM. Drives me nuts! Dan
2938.9		LEEL::LINDQUIST		`Wed Mar 16 1994 12:55`	2
	What's next? Porcine Aero Tech?