The manager inventory chart by Prof. Davies Chacko provides an overview of employee history and potential future roles, including details such as age, employment year, current position, and performance ratings. It presents merits like identifying candidates for promotion and spotting training needs, but also has demerits, notably the time-consuming creation process and managerial reluctance to develop subordinates. Overall, it serves as a tool for assessing internal managerial talent and planning for future organizational needs.

1. Manager Inventory chart
Prof Davies Chacko

3. It includes both an organizational history of the employee and cues on how she
might be used in the future. It can include details like :
• Age,
• Year of Employment,
• Present Position,
• Duration of current Posting,
• Performance Ratings,
• Strengths and Weaknesses,
• Positions to which the employee can be moved,
• By when would she be able to take the new role,
• What new training and development required for the same.

4. Merits
• It shows the future internal supply of managers by indicating who is
likely to be promoted in a year.
• Managers who are ready for promotion can be easily identified.
• Managers who do not perform satisfactorily can be identified, and the
need for training or replacement is needed.

5. Demerits
• Creating the chart is time consuming and needs a lot of effort.
• Top level managers are wary of losing to competent subordinates of
other organizational units.
• They will also be hesitant of grooming the subordinates as there is a
chance of him moving elsewhere.