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Outdoor‐based Experiential Training: Improving Transfer of Training Using Virtual Reality
Richard J. Wagner, John CampbellOutdoor‐based experiential training has become a popular technique fortraining managers by directly involving them in the training process.Outdoor‐based programmes offer training…
Perceptions of Faculty and Students towards Case Teaching in Czechoslovakia: A Coming Velvet Paradigm Shift?
Dorothy Marcic, Carol PendergastThe use of interactive, case method and other experiential teaching hasa very recent history in the Czech and Slovak educational systems.Before the “Velvet revolution”, courses…
Managerial Competences in Small Firms
Graeme Martin, Harry StainesThe failure rate of small firms in the UK is high, but there is littlereliable evidence as to what factors account for success or failure insmall businesses. Lending organizations…
Recent Advances in Management Development: Self‐directed, Continuous Development through “Smart Software”
Stuart JamesDiscusses how economic change affects organizational structures,pointing out that in such a changing environment, management developmentshould be continuous rather than sporadic…
Re‐inventing Management Development
Peter L. BeddowesManagement development is facing the same types of need for radicalchange as their clients – organizations, and practising and futuremanagers. While Business School Faculty find…
Organizational Theory and Soft Systems Methodologies
K.K.J. Ho, D. SculliExamines soft systems methodologies(SSM) and the role they play in thebuilding of a rich picture or rich understanding of problematicsituations. Organizational theory is explored…
The Impact of Downsizing Practices on Corporate Success
Nadia Labib, Steven H. AppelbaumContains a review of the literature on research conducted to investigateorganizational practices in downsizing after a restructure and theeffects of these practices on the…
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- Associate Professor Magnus Larsson