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Table 8.4 Evaluation of divisional manager's performance
Name of divisional manager Year

Sr. No. Factor/aspect Multiplier Level Score

1 Score of plantations/nurseries managed 5

2 Amount of work handled 1

3 Time spent in field 2

4 Punctuality and promptness in work 1

5 Intelligence and aptitude 2

6 Willingness to learn/innovate 3

7 Industriousness 2

8 Discipline and integrity 5

9 Conduct and courtesy 3

10 Motivational aptitude and co-operation 4

11 Ability to enlist people's participation 4

12 Ability to supervise and guide 3

13 Ability to follow up and monitor 3

14 Leadership skills 5

15 Receptivity to instructions from above 3

16 Promptness in compliance of instructions 2

17 Planning ability 5

18 Handling of crisis and unforeseen situations 2

19 Personnel management capability 4

20 Handling of financial management 3

21 Aptitude for extension, publicity 2

22 Knowledge of plantation and nursery work 3

23 Project formulation ability 2

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lunch with the workers at their premises (maybe under a tree), preferably calling for
the plates from them.

8.2.5 Effective Leadership

An organisation must strive upon building leadership qualities in its people at all
levels. Leadership as distinct from managerial capability or professional competence
is essential ingredient of an organisation. It is the definitive quality that gives strength
to the organisation during unforeseen crises, and helps it prepare its own pathfinders.
Succession of leadership at the top is of crucial importance for organisational survival
and sustainability.
A leader's role is to shape values, to carry the flag of the organisation wherever
he happens to be. He inspires people with strength, and not submission; he brings
out the best in them. He leads by example and not by rhetoric. To people, nothing
illustrates principles better than seeing them being put into practice by the highest
leader.
A leader must have great patience for listening to and absorbing other people's
ideas. He must respect the people and get earnestly interested in their affairs. He
inspires confidence, enables people to unleash their energies, and unfetters their
minds. He will never call people to his office. He will always be out in field, talking