Aims of Management Development Efforts

• To ensure availability of required managerial manpower with required skills to meet the present and anticipated future needs of the business. 
• To enable the managers to grow continuously to shoulder greater and greater responsibility.  

Aims of management development at various levels 

Top Management 

• To understand  the political, economical, social and technological forces operating in the environment. 
• To broaden the vision regarding role and position, both within and outside 

Middle Management 

• To appreciate the executive functions and responsibilities. 
• To bring about an awareness of broad aspects of management problems, 
• To develop leadership skills. 
• To learn problem solving skills. 

Executive Development 

• To improve knowledge of business functions. 
• To increase proficiency in management functions. 
• To learn problem solving skills. 

Building a suitable organisational culture in the organisation is necessary for management development. The activities of training, counselling, delegation and communication, the way the people are treated, extent of delegation of authority, opportunity for experimenting, risk taking, etc. make a difference to management development.