Water Use, Consumption, and Outlook in the US in 1970‐Water‐Utility Manager Development: Fid-Bau Portal

Water Use, Consumption, and Outlook in the US in 1970‐Water‐Utility Manager Development

Langworthy, Virgil W.

Many managers feel that they are staying on top of new management practices. However, managers sometimes become too comfortable with old ways of doing things and really don't keep abreast of changing times. Does management know how to communicate with and develop the talents of the younger generation? Is management flexible enough to change and able enough to provide the right kind of leadership? Can potential managers be guided to their greatest potential? Modern times require that water‐utility managers use new and sometimes sophisticated techniques. Many of the practices learned by managers on their way to earning a degree years ago do not apply today. Special programs and institutes devoted to management can and will aid managers to accept changes and adapt new ideas to their individual needs. Through such programs, managers can be given a new insight into communications up and down the heirarchy; utility staffing; management systems; utility computer applications; manpower planning; and many other techniques and styles.

In the first article, the need for management programs is described. The second article discusses who the recipients of training and education should be. The third article investigates what subjects should be taught to managers. The fourth article evaluates one type of educational program. The last article describes various methods used to impart knowledge of management techniques.