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Integrating Management Development into a Large‐Scale System‐Wide Change Programme
Larry E. Pate, Warren R. NielsenA life insurance firm undertakes a major programme to integrate management development with organisational development as a change strategy to impact on all levels of employees…
Life Span of Management Development Institutes
Robert Grandford WrightThe characteristics of organisational growth and decline are described, ending in demise or renewal. A “case study” then illustrates these stages — entrepreneurial, maturation…
The Keys to Successful Goal Achievement
Timothy L. Lawrence, Brian H. KleinerActivity and self‐confidence are key elements of management success. High achievers are recognisably more open to choices and search for more efficient ways of doing things. True…
Helping Managers Learn to Learn: Using Learning Styles and Learning Biography
Alan MumfordToo little attention has been paid to the central process — learning — necessary for managerial skills to be developed. The article describes the techniques and processes used by…
Management by Degrees: A Case Study in Management Development
James Espey, Pauline BatchelorInternational Distillers & Vintners (UK) Ltd and the International Management Centre from Buckingham, together devised an MBA programme that was custom‐made for the company's…
Trends in Management Training and Executive Education: The Revolution Continues
James F. BoltA recent survey of major American firms confirms that the trend to increased management training is gaining momentum. Courses relating to strategic planning and implementation…
ISSN:
0262-1711e-ISSN:
1758-7492ISSN-L:
0262-1711Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Associate Professor Magnus Larsson