The article presents an analytical discussion of the role of traditional religious and social philosophies in the conduct of business and management relationships in South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong. Recommendations are made as to how Westerners can use this knowledge to improve...

The UNDP governing council established the Management Development Programme (MDP) in 1988 with a facility of $60 million. The objective of the MDP is to assist developing countries in improving their public sectors by enhancing their governments′ management capabilities. The programme is open...

The development of a case programme in the Canadian Centre for Management Development, a new institution mandated to help strengthen the Canadian public service, is examined. The programme marked the first formal and extensive use of this type of development in government. Building it taught...

The training programme organised by Arthur Andersen is described, which was designed to bring together and train together those personnel from their offices worldwide, who were engaged on the management consulting side of the business. The course was seen to be a success, particularly with...

One MNC′s attempts to develop empowerment strategies are reviewed. These strategies are based on a cross‐cultural study of employee needs in the company′s Australian, German and Japanese subsidiaries. Although the need to control stands out in each of the three countries, employee eeds...

Europe in 1992 will have a different environment. To remain competitive firms will need to have improved their internal organisation. The relationships between three organisational variables – task design, work flow and people – and technical complexity are discussed. The Japanese...

Formal management education and development in Latin America is a relatively recent phenomenon. Its present nature, and its evolution over the past 30 years in a number of Latin American countries, is examined. The issues are set, first, within the broader context of underdevelopment in Latin...

In this article a definition of “succession planning” is given, outlining the potential benefits and problems of implementing a succession‐planning programme in a health service organisation, and factors critical for the success of such a programme are discussed. A case study is presented...

A case analysis of an organisational development intervention designed to reduce the reliance of the case organisation′s management on an “administrative system”. The intervention process followed a modified action‐research model and clearly met its original change objective.

A perspective on the age old question “How do we train and educate managers?” is provided. The central assumptions underlying most management education and development are at odds with the findings of many studies of management. Programmes for education should teach skills and techniques...