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Publication date: 1 January 1986

Stephen Dakin and Harcourt Gough

Concern over the shortage of managerial talent in New Zealand led a privately owned company in the capital goods market to establish its own management development programme…

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Concern over the shortage of managerial talent in New Zealand led a privately owned company in the capital goods market to establish its own management development programme in‐house, custom‐built on assessment centre principles. The programme recognises that training needs of supervisors and managers fall into three main categories: technical skills, people skills and conceptual and administrative skills. Experience with the programme shows that it is possible and worthwhile for small‐to‐medium sized companies to establish such programmes. The involvement of managers as counsellors is significant in their success. Such a programme must be easy to administer and should keep concurrent assessment to the minimum. Reasons for the failure of previous management training and specific features of the programme are outlined.

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Journal of Management Development, vol. 5 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0262-1711

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Publication date: 1 July 1992

Robert T. Hamilton, Stephen R. Dakin and Ronald P. Loney

Survey evidence is used to identify the perceptions of managementdevelopment held by operating managers and corporate human resourcemanagers in New Zealand companies. The results…

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Survey evidence is used to identify the perceptions of management development held by operating managers and corporate human resource managers in New Zealand companies. The results show that global business changes have affected New Zealand managers in significant ways and that, in response, companies are turning increasingly to in‐house development targeted at middle and supervisory level managers. Operating managers reveal that they have been unprepared for some of the consequences of the recent deregulation of the economy. There are useful suggestions for management developers, in particular with regard to the content and delivery of management education.

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Journal of Management Development, vol. 11 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0262-1711

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Publication date: 1 September 1994

Stephen Dakin, V. Nilakant and Ross Jensen

Despite widespread evidence of low predictive and construct validity,personality testing is increasingly being used for the selection ofmanagers. Notes that selection practices…

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Despite widespread evidence of low predictive and construct validity, personality testing is increasingly being used for the selection of managers. Notes that selection practices based on personality testing are not embedded in an explicit theory of performance. Based on available research evidence it is argued that personality is likely to play a relatively minor role as a determinant of managerial performance. Presents results from a small survey of New Zealand recruitment consultants to show that personality testing is widespread in managerial selection, and that there is a tendency to overemphasize the importance of personality as a determinant of performance. This may be one reason for the ascendancy of personality testing in selection. Makes suggestions for improving the ways in which such tests should be used in selecting managers.

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Journal of Managerial Psychology, vol. 9 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0268-3946

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Publication date: 1 November 1999

Margaret Meskill, Suchitra Mouly and Stephen Dakin

The focus of this paper is on the recognition and resolution by managers of “disturbances”, which have been defined as “involuntary situations that threaten the smooth running of…

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The focus of this paper is on the recognition and resolution by managers of “disturbances”, which have been defined as “involuntary situations that threaten the smooth running of the organisation but are partially beyond managerial control”. We have employed a case‐study methodology that involved semi‐structured interviews, and both within‐ and cross‐case analysis of interview data. Our primary finding is that disturbances are either people‐oriented or systems‐related, and that both recognition and resolution are contingent upon the nature of the disturbance.

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Journal of Managerial Psychology, vol. 14 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0268-3946

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Publication date: 1 January 2006

Stan Abraham

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Strategy & Leadership, vol. 34 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1087-8572

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Publication date: 8 December 2023

Bhawana Bhardwaj, Balkrishan and Dipanker Sharma

Creative entrepreneurship is a vital concept that revolves around setting up a business that is novel, thoughtful, lucrative, and yet compassionate. The global pandemic has made…

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Creative entrepreneurship is a vital concept that revolves around setting up a business that is novel, thoughtful, lucrative, and yet compassionate. The global pandemic has made people realise the significance and importance of creative entrepreneurship. Self-help groups (SHGs) play a pivotal role in boosting the rural economy and empowering people. Rural creative entrepreneurship has witnessed a significant transformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The conventional concepts vanished due to the modern shift towards digitisation. Usage of the technology became the new normal and SHGs made all possible efforts to acclimatise promptly. Online virtual meetings, conference calls, and groups on WhatsApp made common people techno-savvy, facilitating work from home. The adoption of digitisation became a catalyst for the development of remote/rural areas. The present study is focused on the role of creative entrepreneurship in supporting and helping SHGs to function seamlessly during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors aimed at analysing pandemic and post-pandemic creative entrepreneurship through SHGs in Himachal Pradesh (India). The authors identify that Creative Entrepreneurship initiatives have changed and supported the livelihood of rural people during the pandemic. This chapter also highlights challenges faced by the SHGs during the lockdown and their resilience strategies.

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Creative (and Cultural) Industry Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-80382-412-3

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Publication date: 1 March 1901

The Corporation of the City of London are about to appoint a Public Analyst, and by advertisement have invited applications for the post. It is obviously desirable that the person…

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The Corporation of the City of London are about to appoint a Public Analyst, and by advertisement have invited applications for the post. It is obviously desirable that the person appointed to this office should not only possess the usual professional qualifications, but that he should be a scientific man of high standing and of good repute, whose name would afford a guarantee of thoroughness and reliability in regard to the work entrusted to him, and whose opinion would carry weight and command respect. Far from being of a nature to attract a man of this stamp, the terms and conditions attaching to the office as set forth in the advertisement above referred to are such that no self‐respecting member of the analytical profession, and most certainly no leading member of it, could possibly accept them. It is simply pitiable that the Corporation of the City of London should offer terms, and make conditions in connection with them, which no scientific analyst could agree to without disgracing himself and degrading his profession. The offer of such terms, in fact, amounts to a gross insult to the whole body of members of that profession, and is excusable only—if excusable at all—on the score of utter ignorance as to the character of the work required to be done, and as to the nature of the qualifications and attainments of the scientific experts who are called upon to do it. In the analytical profession, as in every other profession, there are men who, under the pressure of necessity, are compelled to accept almost any remuneration that they can get, and several of these poorer, and therefore weaker, brethren will, of course, become candidates for the City appointment.

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British Food Journal, vol. 3 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 1 August 1917

The admirable “ Letters of an Englishman,” which appear from time to time in the Daily Mail, should, in our view, be read and studied by every Briton who has the true interests of…

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The admirable “ Letters of an Englishman,” which appear from time to time in the Daily Mail, should, in our view, be read and studied by every Briton who has the true interests of the Empire at heart. We conceive it to be a duty to aid in the dissemination of the facts and conclusions set forth so clearly and so ably in these contributions. With the courteous permission of the Author and the Editor of the Daily Mail we therefore reprint two of these articles in our columns and strongly press them upon the attention of our readers:—

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British Food Journal, vol. 19 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 11 July 2019

Tanya Fitzgerald and Sally Knipe

In this chapter we have broadly sketched the educational history of Aotearoa New Zealand to show that this historical backdrop offers a fascinating insight into contemporary…

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In this chapter we have broadly sketched the educational history of Aotearoa New Zealand to show that this historical backdrop offers a fascinating insight into contemporary debates. In the following chapters we adopt a thematic approach to the history of teacher preparation in Aotearoa New Zealand. We do not offer an institutional or chronological historical narrative, but rather, the chapters are interconnected as they re-trace, recall and re-tell this educational history. Our core thesis is that across the long history of teacher preparation these themes permeate the shifts and changes in educational policy and practice and that ruptures at particular historical moments are not unique. We draw on a number of historical examples to underscore the oftentimes personal impact of the wider policy environment and the educational stories of aspiring teachers. Importantly, we have documented the methodological approaches employed and the archival research that has influenced our reading of the materials.

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Historical Perspectives on Teacher Preparation in Aotearoa New Zealand
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ISBN: 978-1-78754-640-0

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Publication date: 1 March 1961

The Medical Research Council's Committee has issued its Second Report on Hazards to Man of Nuclear and Allied Radiations. From time to time we report on the monitoring of foods…

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The Medical Research Council's Committee has issued its Second Report on Hazards to Man of Nuclear and Allied Radiations. From time to time we report on the monitoring of foods for radioactive substances, mainly Strontium 90, by the laboratories of the Agricultural Research Council and a few local authorities. The “maximum permissible levels” of radiation for individuals to which these measurements are related are those contained in the Committee's First Report (1956). Since this much work has been done making increasing numbers of measurements. In particular, background radiation from natural sources has been measured in detail. This constitutes the largest dose of radiation to the ordinary population—an average annual doserate in millirads in the range of 85 to 106. In comparison, radiation from its increased use in modern life and also from radioactive fall‐out is extremely small. Medical radiological procedures, after a nation‐wide survey of hazards to patients, are not so important as was first believed, but nonetheless contribute a larger dose than any other source of man‐made radiation, approximately 19 millirads per annum. The Adrian Committee, which conducted the review of radiological practice, considered that the dose could be reduced to 6 mr., without curtailment of radiological services.

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British Food Journal, vol. 63 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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