Ashridge has published the 2010 management index.
“The Ashridge Management Index (AMI), a periodic survey of managers’ and leaders’ views and attitudes, was launched in 1994. The aim of the research is to examine the current business environment and to better understand some of the key challenges and opportunities which exist for managers and leaders.
Conducted in the autumn of 2009, this latest research explored the views and attitudes toward topics including: management and organisational challenges; personal challenges; organisational change; motivation and learning and development. Over 1200 senior and middle managers from the private and public sector were surveyed. In addition to the survey we conducted interviews with organisations including Sun Microsystems and Cisco.
The report highlights many positive findings but equally there a number of areas which give cause for concern – and interestingly it is the same issues arising year on year. Fiona Dent, Director of Executive Education at Ashridge comments:
“This survey is a fascinating insight on the highs, and some of the lows, that managers are currently experiencing. It’s been one of the toughest years in business and we were interested to see how this is impacting on organisations and on managers.”