For management development activities to be successful at the supervisory level, they must take note of the effects of organisational characteristics such as task structures, control systems and the allocation of authority. These needs are often neglected. A long‐term study of over 1,200...

Some of the unique changes impacting on management development throughout the world are explored and some of the creative responses which have been developed by several centres of management in reaction to these changes. Articles are briefly summarised and the reasons for their inclusion explained.

Mergers and managerial development are reshaping the contemporary corporate world. Management development can be used to reduce resistance to the merger and assist in the process of building a positive blended corporate culture. The successful merger of Allied‐Signal and Bendix Corporations is...

Human resource management activities in major American corporations have changed significantly during the past five to seven years, both in scope and direction. Many large manufacturing‐based corporations have begun to recognise the need to redevelop their ability to manage change in the...

The key to effective management in times of tumult is organisation fit — the integration or congruence of the organisation. Tumult increases the need to manage the two major areas of fit more closely — organisation domain and external environment. Fit must be considered with equal emphasis...

The Looking Glass simulation was developed by behavioural scientists at the Centre for Creative Leadership, North Carolina. Looking Glass, Inc is one of the best known examples of a realistic behavioural simulation. Such simulations allow managers to be studied and trained in situations closely...

The experience of the First Union Corporation bank using “The Looking Glass, Inc”, a “catalyst experience” in a four‐day management development programme, is described. The bank chose this programme to meet corporate needs and the needs of the training and development department. A...

One of the major reasons the Japanese have been so successful in business is their ability to take a concept or idea from another culture and improve on it in a uniquely Japanese fashion. The management development programmes at the Japan‐American Institute of Management Science (JAIMS)...

Despite its past economic success Brazil faces a serious shortage of experienced managers to plan, organise and direct its course into the future. Previously it has relied on other countries to develop its managers. The formation of the Instituto de Administracao e Gerenica (Institute for...

Action learning on a company‐wide basis requires the continuing and determined commitment of the topmost line managers if it is to succeed. Action learning as an approach to management development is now beginning to replace conventional classroom instruction. The International Management...