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Employee development activities help in the growth and development of employees, who are the true assets of an organization. Organization's need to respect their employees for them to feel motivated and develop a sense of loyalty and attachment towards the organization. Employees strive really hard to accomplish the organization's goals and objectives. Employees need to grow with time. Hence assessing the development needs of the employees is an essential exercise for building a future-ready workforce. The main objective of this paper is to study the perception of executives on effectiveness of the various methods and activities in assessing development needs of employees. The various methods of assessing the development needs of the employees like CEO Evaluation, Supervisor's Evaluation, Annual Performance Evaluation Ratings and Self - Assessment are considered for the study. Further the study also covers the various employee's developmental activities like Job Rotation, Job Enlargement, Job Enrichment, Coaching and On - the Job Training. The research focuses on the effectiveness of this methods and activities in assessing the development needs of the employees in selected groups of companies based in Bangalore. The type of the research adopted in this study is diagnostic study. The required data for the study were collected from both the primary and secondary sources. The primary data is collected through administered questionnaire from 300 executives. The data collected were analysed and presented with the percentages. The findings of the study help to know the perception of executives towards effectiveness of this methods and activities in assessing the development needs of the employees.