Presents a powerful experiential training tool in the teaching of organizational dynamics. A participant′s and a co‐ordinator′s manual have been developed to guide the training simulation portion which runs from six to eight hours, including briefing and preparation time. In this phase the...

Previews the characteristics of the global markets rapidly developing throughout the world and highlights development approaches that can respond to the need for global managers. Also reviews a new edition of the Multinational Management Game, a possible approach to training global managers.

Most Master′s Degrees in Management include a research project. A dissertation is normally required which sets the managerial problem under investigation within the context of the subject and explores possible wider implications. However in manufacturing industry, management consultants are...

Presents the author′s academic experiences at the Bachelor′s and Master′s Degree levels (in Business Studies and Organizational Analysis and Development, respectively) and reflects upon the effect of those experiences on subsequent professional practice within the framework of Kolb′s...

Examines the disturbing facts as revealed by a programme of studies of directors and boards. Directorial qualities and competences are distinct from the skills that are sought in managers. Nine out of ten directors received no formal preparation for their boardroom appointments; there is little...

Examines the use of Guglielmino′s Self‐directed Learning Readiness Scale (SDLRS) by two major corporations to assess the appropriateness of self‐managed learning systems for a given population of employees. Provides a recommendation for an improved methodology for companies which are...

Despite their fairly widespread use among large companies, little information is available to those interested in designing, managing, or evaluating high‐potential (fast‐track) management development programmes. In an attempt to fill this void, three sources of programme ineffectiveness are...

Proposes a broader framework for management development which includes education, training and planned job assignments. Within this framework, the major challenges confronting management development in the 1990s are seen as: linking development efforts to the organization′s strategic plan:...

Seeks to provide understanding of the challenges facing management development in South Africa in the next decade: a desperate shortage of managerial skills; a particular need for trained Black managers to fill the opportunities that are opening up. Describes management development techniques...

Introduces a heuristic framework to help westerners compare and contrast management in the People′s Republic of China (PRC) with the West. Western educators and consultants participating in management development programmes in the PRC have reported difficulties in understanding the realities...