Training Managers for the 1980's

Abstract

The participants in this discussion—sponsored by the Education Division at the AWWA Annual Conference held in Miami Beach, Fla., on May 18, 1982—pointed out that managers of water utilities in the 1980s must be creative, willing to take risks, and capable of communicating with the public. The panelists also considered ways to encourage management ambitions through training programs and job performance evaluations. Participants were: Patty Eaton, water and sewer commissioner, City of Tulsa, Okla.; Carl Goebel, administrator, Bureaus of Water and Hydropower, Portland, Ore.; James V. LaFrankie, president, American Water Works Service Company, Inc., Hadden Heights, N.J.; Robert C. Marini, president, environmental engineering division, Camp Dresser and McKee, Boston, Mass.; and Edward A. Powers, competency program faculty, American Management Association, New York, N.Y. Kay Kutchins, consultant, Personnel Services Etc., San Antonio, Texas, served as discussion leader. Kutchins is chairperson of the Management Development Committee, which is responsible for coordinating the AWWA Water Utility Management Institute Program at four university management centers. The 1983 institute schedule is: Feb. 20–25, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.; March 7–11, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.; March 13–18, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.; and April 10–15, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas. For registration information contact AWWA, 6666 W. Quincy Ave., Denver, CO 80235; telephone: (303) 794‐7711.