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Publication date: 1 May 1983

In the last four years, since Volume I of this Bibliography first appeared, there has been an explosion of literature in all the main functional areas of business. This wealth of…

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In the last four years, since Volume I of this Bibliography first appeared, there has been an explosion of literature in all the main functional areas of business. This wealth of material poses problems for the researcher in management studies — and, of course, for the librarian: uncovering what has been written in any one area is not an easy task. This volume aims to help the librarian and the researcher overcome some of the immediate problems of identification of material. It is an annotated bibliography of management, drawing on the wide variety of literature produced by MCB University Press. Over the last four years, MCB University Press has produced an extensive range of books and serial publications covering most of the established and many of the developing areas of management. This volume, in conjunction with Volume I, provides a guide to all the material published so far.

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Management Decision, vol. 21 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0025-1747

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Publication date: 1 August 1990

Alison J. Smith and John A. Piper

Management training and development is currently in vogue. Thereappears to be a growing belief in the benefits of investment in trainingand development. When a market is buoyant…

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Management training and development is currently in vogue. There appears to be a growing belief in the benefits of investment in training and development. When a market is buoyant is the time to consider and anticipate the consequences of a future downturn in demand. Such a downturn in demand may demonstrate increasing pressure to “justify” investment in training and development. There is a long established academic body of knowledge on the subject of evaluating training and development. From research evidence and the authors′ experience, the sponsors and the providers of training and development pay scant attention to systematic evaluation of these activities and investments. It is the authors′ contention that when the market′s critical assessment of the value of training and development increases there will be an increasing interest in evaluation. An overview of the history of evaluation traditions is provided and the state of play is commented upon. It is noted that there is a shortfall between theory and practice. It is argued that evaluation is a worthwhile and important activity and ways through the evaluation literature maze and the underpinnings of the activity are demonstrated, especially to management. Similarly the literature on evaluation techniques is reviewed. Tables are provided which demonstrate areas of major activity and identify relatively uncharted waters. This monograph provides a resource whereby practitioners can choose techniques which are appropriate to the activity on which they are engaged. It highlights the process which should be undertaken to make that choice in order that needs of the major stakeholders in the exercise are fully met.

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Journal of European Industrial Training, vol. 14 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0309-0590

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Publication date: 1 March 1985

John Knibbs, Sandra Morgan and Roland Toone

In an article in this journal, Elliott and Knibbs[1] presented some preliminary findings about the relationships between the expectations of course members on Management…

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In an article in this journal, Elliott and Knibbs[1] presented some preliminary findings about the relationships between the expectations of course members on Management Development programmes and those of sponsoring organisations and members of the educational institutions. The course members had been asked to rate their reasons for attending certain post‐graduate management courses and tutors' views about the ideal course member had been elicited. The article pointed out the possibility of a mismatch between actual behaviour of course members whilst on the course and that presented as ideal by tutors: it identified a lack of congruence between the career aspirations of course members and the views of sponsoring organisations. This present article presents some additional research, conducted by one of the authors, which has indicated some disquieting discrepancies in the relationship of course members and tutors of the Management Development programme.

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Journal of European Industrial Training, vol. 9 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0309-0590

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Publication date: 1 January 1982

C.K. Elliott and J.R. Knibbs

The Triangle, Stuart, in an important article on management development, talked of the “contractual triangle”, the relationships of the three parties involved in a management…

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The Triangle, Stuart, in an important article on management development, talked of the “contractual triangle”, the relationships of the three parties involved in a management development programme — the manager, the educational institution and the manager's employing organisation. He argued a case for encouraging the parties to make explicit their expectations from the development process and to confront the areas where conflict becomes apparent in order to develop what he terms “compatible contracts”. This paper sets out some of the preliminary findings of a number of research studies which the authors have been conducting in an effort to understand more about these expectations and about the relationships, particularly between the manager and the educational institution. The overall research programme will, it is hoped, shed light upon the nature of the expectations of each party to the development contract; it will explore the extent to which these expectations are attainable; and it will consider more fully the notion of the “compatible contract” and ways of achieving it.

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Journal of European Industrial Training, vol. 6 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0309-0590

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Publication date: 1 January 1977

John R. Knibbs

The last 15 years have seen an upsurge of writings, research and debate in the field of industrial relations. Allan Flanders in the early 1960s, the Royal Commission on Trade…

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The last 15 years have seen an upsurge of writings, research and debate in the field of industrial relations. Allan Flanders in the early 1960s, the Royal Commission on Trade Unions in the late 1960s, the Training Boards and the Commission on Industrial Relations in the 1970s, have all emphasized the need for increased industrial relations training. In this paper it is intended to consider only one aspect of this training — the development of negotiating skills. The paper will be concerned with the elements that go to make up negotiating skills, the methods of training, and thereafter look at the limitations of these methods, based as they are on ‘manager development’, as opposed to developing more effective industrial relations policies — that is, ‘industrial relations development’.

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Personnel Review, vol. 6 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0048-3486

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Publication date: 1 April 1982

D.B. Candlin, S.D. Franklin, J.L. Heath and J.R. Knibbs

A common experience of tutors of post graduate management courses is the wide range of backgrounds, attributes, qualifications, experience and competence of course members. In…

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A common experience of tutors of post graduate management courses is the wide range of backgrounds, attributes, qualifications, experience and competence of course members. In this article the authors explore the nature of this mixed ability, seek to identify the challenges it presents in course design and thereafter explore possible approaches that might be adopted to minimise the harmful effects and optimise the learning to be gained from the mixed ability, post graduate programme. For the purpose of this paper, mixed ability is not used in the narrow sense of cleverness or mental faculty, but rather to encompass the individual's capacity to learn from and contribute to the learning programme.

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Journal of Management Development, vol. 1 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0262-1711

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Publication date: 1 January 2003

Kuang‐Hsu Chiang

This paper compares the learning experiences of full‐time PhD students in 28 Education Departments and 31 Chemistry Departments in British universities. A questionnaire composed…

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This paper compares the learning experiences of full‐time PhD students in 28 Education Departments and 31 Chemistry Departments in British universities. A questionnaire composed of two major dimensions of the learning experiences, supervision and research environment for doctoral students, was distributed to about 2,200 students. It is found that Chemistry departments are seen as offering better doctoral education as perceived by students than Education departments on most counts, especially regarding academic culture of facilitation, intercultural facilitation of research for foreign students and research facilities in research environment for doctoral students. Supervision is perceived to be more satisfactory in Chemistry than in Education especially in aspects of supervisor’s knowledge, supervisor’s research workload, supervisor’s student‐load and supervisor’s helpfulness in finding funding. A theoretical framework of the Teamwork and Individualist research training structures to discuss the possible causes of these findings is offered. It is proposed that disciplinary diversity in effectiveness of doctoral education is engendered by the two distinct research training structures.

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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, vol. 23 no. 1/2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-333X

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Publication date: 1 October 1981

MOST days, newspapers and TV tell us how yet more plants are closing down with a stated loss of jobs. There is another side to the picture that unfortunately is often lost in…

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MOST days, newspapers and TV tell us how yet more plants are closing down with a stated loss of jobs. There is another side to the picture that unfortunately is often lost in small paragraphs tucked away in a corner or to be found only in the columns of trade journals. They are the stories of the new factories opening, of new opportunities for those who are ready to seize them.

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Work Study, vol. 30 no. 10
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0043-8022

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Publication date: 1 July 1987

Thomas N. Garavan

The idea that learning is a natural human activity which takes place in a relatively non‐contrived way as part of everyday life has, in the author's experience, been lost when one…

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The idea that learning is a natural human activity which takes place in a relatively non‐contrived way as part of everyday life has, in the author's experience, been lost when one considers the present state of training and development in many modern organisations. While it is accepted that some contrivance of the learning activity is necessary in order to make it more effective, there has been something of an obsession amongst trainers and consultants to come up with new methods and approaches, rather than concentrating on helping people to learn. Furthermore, the training function has tended not to emphasise the important role that the line manager plays in the development activity within the modern organisation. This may have arisen because the training function wanted to demonstrate ownership and establish a power base within the organisation; however, centralised ownership of training and development does not lend itself to the promotion and undertaking of non‐contrived on‐the‐job/natural development activities.

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Journal of European Industrial Training, vol. 11 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0309-0590

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Publication date: 1 December 1977

SO the miners have, by a pretty massive vote and against their leaders' advice and hopes, turned down an offer of extra payment tied to greater production. No form of incentive…

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SO the miners have, by a pretty massive vote and against their leaders' advice and hopes, turned down an offer of extra payment tied to greater production. No form of incentive scheme whatever will be considered, they say.

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Work Study, vol. 26 no. 12
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0043-8022

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