Journal of European Industrial Training: Volume 21 Issue 9

Viewpoint: Linking training policy and practice to organizational goals

David O’Donnell, Thomas N. Garavan

Argues that a human resource development (HRD) strategy, in alliance with a global‐arching human resource management (HRM) strategy, is the most effective way to link training…

Do high‐flyer programmes facilitate organizational learning? From individual skills building to development of organizational competence

Henrik Holt Larsen

Provides an overview and a critical analysis of the concept of high‐flyer programmes in management development. Based on a discussion of the need for management development in…

Outdoor management development: use and evaluation

Beryl Badger, Eugene Salder‐Smith, Edwin Michie

Reviews the use of and evaluations of OMD by a number of large employers and suggests a framework for the evaluation of outdoor management development (OMD). In a questionnaire…

Reconstruing competence

Philip R. Lindsay, Roger Stuart

In the face of increasingly demanding business environments, organizations must carefully examine themselves to assess their “fitness” to compete and sustain success within their…