DAMACA: Mdina’s evaluation tool

At Mdina Partners we believe very firmly in a thorough evaluation before suggesting any courses of action to a potential client and this has been at the core of our operations since our inception. Our diagnostics is based on the DAMACA evaluation tool that has been developed over years of experience, by our founder, Steve Tarr.

How does it work? There are a number of key areas within each organisation that we seek to evaluate and this gives us a clear health check for the company, ensuring that the recommendations we make are beneficial to the company from the grass-roots level.

DIRECTION

First of all, we start off with understanding the direction of the organisation. Is there a clear plan? What are the aims and objectives? Is there a medium-term and longer-term vision and is this vision clear and communicated well?

There also needs to be a clear direction for the individuals, with an understandable path for each individual.

ACCOUNTABILITY

Who is responsible for what throughout the organisation? Is this clear to everyone? If the accountability at a certain level is foggy, this uncertainty tends to magnify itself throughout the organisation, inhibiting actions and creating obstacles to effective productivity.

MEASUREMENT

It is important to establish clear lines of measurement as team members like to know where they are and to understand whether they are performing at par, below or above expectation. Unclear methods of measurement are often a source of significant and needless stress and having clear weights and measures that are understood by all ensures that all the team is working in the same direction and striving to achieve the same goals.