Circumstances which could require a management report:

The management reports help us explore and expand our understanding of the leadership style we use in our organization and how others might perceive and react to it. The information in this report is based on our responses to two instruments:

• The FIRO-B (Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation- Behavior, and

• The MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)

Both instruments tap into key aspects of personality and behavior in areas such as communication, problem solving, decision making, and interpersonal relations. The instruments are also distinct, each providing a view of our leadership personality through a different window. Together, they complement each other and provide rich information of use in our personal, ongoing leadership development program. The report is written assuming that we understand our results on both instruments and a trained professional has interpreted our results on the FIRO-B and MBTI tools. This management report begins with a snapshot of our leadership style. The overall leadership orientation section highlights how we lead. Next, the report offers a brief interpretive overview of our results on the FIRO-B and the MBTI instruments. The report then describes our leadership style in various contexts: in interpersonal relationships, in teams, and at the level of organizational culture. Next, it identifies some strengths we may have and possible challenges we might face in dealing with change and stress. Near the end of our report is an action plan that details several points we may want to include in our personal development agenda. The resources that conclude the report include publications that will help us better understand our results on the FIRO-B and MBTI assessments. In addition to supplying us with information about our own leadership style, the management report can help us as a leader to;

• Recognize that each person has both strengths and possible blind spots

• Allow for wide divergence in people’s views, attitudes, values, and behaviors

• See different operating styles as an opportunity to bring diverse talents and strengths together in an organization

• Use leadership approaches that match the situation and people’s differing needs, in spite of our own needs and preferences.

The management report also leads a leader to determine the following aspects which are very essential to measure in order to be efficient:

• We can lead by taking action and getting things moving

• We can contribute by being resourceful, determined, practical, and action oriented and by handling the unexpected and out-of-the-ordinary

• In a leadership role, we value pragmatism, cleverness, expediency, adaptability, facts, and fun

• We can make decisions using objectivity, skepticism, curiosity, and flexible guidelines. • We project a style that is energetic, outgoing, activity oriented, direct, analytical, responsive, alert, and quick

• We enjoy negotiating, troubleshooting, and taking risks Management reports should be a crucial part of our business timetable. Whether it is once a day or once a month, we need to stay shoulder to shoulder of how our business is tracking and our employees performing.

Management reports are vital to solving problems and improving service and operations. The information helps determine where, why and how problems are occurring. It also allow agencies to better determine ways to distribute resources manage routs and operate systems. A report could be described as a formal statement of the results of an investigation, or of any matter on which definite information is required, made by some person or body. Reports may be presented orally or in written form. In a report situations are analyzed, conclusions drawn, alternatives considered and recommendations made. Reports are concise and have a specific structure. A good report is one we don’t need to reread to understand the point. Modules which require us to write reports give us practice in presenting information in a way relevant to employment.