The nature of the relationship where university business schools have actively sought partnerships with companies by initiating “contract” programmes customised to meet the specific learning needs of the client company is discussed. Two case examples of actual programmes are described: an...

Simulation games, like other experiential exercises, are methods of developing management skills that involve higher levels of learning. This article presents three cases of how these games provide a viable management development experience.

The EMBA is the fastest growing segment of the executive education market. The heavy demands of course schedules on top of otherwise heavy work schedules produce considerable stress. Consequently programmes require a heavy motivation and commitment. Team building for peer support and course...

Some of the work on managerial skills and traits is reviewed. This covers the problem of establishing the traits and skills involved in effective management and the difficulties encountered when attempting to measure them. The work of Ghiselli is used as the main reference for managerial traits,...

While mentoring has obvious benefits to the protege, benefits to the mentor and to the organisation are often long term or invisible. A procedure named Mutual Mentoring on Projects is proposed which produces observable short‐term benefits for protege, mentor and organisation and minimum costs.

Three case studies demonstrate areas in which management development programmes are successfully carried out. Management development of Kenyan building contractors through seminars and practical remedial assignments; management development of Ethiopian consultant‐managers involving all group...

Philips has a sophisticated approach to both organisation and management development, and the processes chosen by Philips Singapore to achieve success in both areas are described. The basis of all activities in the development of managers in the company is helping them to learn from work...

“Real time” experiential learning for managers appears to be taxing on the emotions and tough on the nerves. How readily can this be changed by equipping managers to learn more congenially? It is argued that such a mission borders on the impossible. Some of the psychological and cultural...

The Development Partnership, a vehicle for making managers at New York Telephone better in a new, competitive world is discussed. In less than a decade, New York Telephone evolved from a monopoly where emphasis was on service and cost reduction to a highly competitive organisation where emphasis...

Management simulations are used in many adult education programmes. Yet, little has been written about how people learn through participation in such simulations. After a description of how management simulations work, we propose four ideas to support the increasingly held belief that it is...