Journal of Management Development: Volume 5 Issue 2

Productivity Perspectives in Management Development

John R. Schermerhorn

“Productivity” has been the predominant managerial concern of the 1980s. Possible routes to high productivity are varied, but the present focus is on management development. The…

Improving Management Development Through Better Participant Selection

Jerry L. Gray

Through better participant selection, organisations can make better use of their management training budget. Companies often waste money by training the wrong type of person or by…

Improving Management Development Through Small Problem‐Solving Groups

Lars Larson

The senior seminar is a seminar that places emphasis on small problem‐solving groups as an effective approach to executive development. It concentrates on combining management…

Improving Management Development Through Relapse Prevention Strategies

Robert D. Marx

Estimates of relapse in management training efforts range as high as 90 per cent. Management trainers predict 40 per cent of training content is applied immediately after training…

Improving Management Development Through Simulation Gaming

Bernard Keys

Business games are often more costly and require more effort to implement than traditional programmes. However they are rapidly gaining favour as management development tools…

Privatisation and Cultural Change: A Case Study of Management Development in British Telecom

Peter E. Smith, John M. Barnard, Geoffrey Smith

The privatisation and reorganisation of British Telecom (BT) presented its various divisions with the problem of transferring commercial awareness at the top management level to…

A Call for Increased Collaboration in the Business of Management Development and Management Education

William J. Heisler, Harry J. Lasher

There is a growing need for management education and management development. Business organisations need a supply of well‐educated and behaviourally competent managers. Business…