The structure of the American corporation is currently changing from one with many middle managers providing the link between upper management and first‐line supervisors to one with few middle managers. A study of the content of supervisory training programmes in light of the changing role and...

Many Japanese companies still retain seniority‐oriented promotion as the basis of their personnel management. One of its most significant characteristics is that rank and age co‐vary — the older the employee, the higher he is expected to be promoted in the company. Up to the age of 35 the...

The critical need to actively manage the transfer of training process is apparent from the scope of industrial training and the relapse rate of the trainee. Transfer management consists of a variety of actions before, during and after training by managers of trainees, management development...

Managerial work includes the use of cognitive skills and affective processes. Management education programmes usually provide an adequate coverage of cognitive skills but have less success with behaviourally non‐specific skills. An effective programme should combine the use of behaviourally...

Management development is a widely recognised strategy for improving an organisation's effectiveness. Large amounts are spent to develop effective managers but few studies show these training programmes lead to improved organisational performance. The result is wasted time and money and the...

The non‐traditional management development methods implied by “mod”, including “executive image” seminars and “wilderness” training, need to be viewed cautiously if they are not to become another fad. Specifically they should act as signposts back to traditional management...

The main lessons for tutors working in the developing world, gained from the teaching of management education over a dispersed area by the University of the South Pacific, are that students demand structured pre‐planned course materials, which must not ossify due to lethargic teaching staff or...

The improvement of performance appraisal systems is a matter of sharing a social definition of performance appraisal that is congruent with the original intent decided by the organisation. The management development professional can aid the process by being educated about appraisal systems,...

Management development is most effectively conducted when all activities contributing to recruitment, growth, retention, and motivation of staff are collectively considered. The experiences of the British American Tobacco Company Limited, a multinational business operating in 52 countries as...

Mapping techniques offer a problem‐solving faculty for individuals and groups; they help managers access and build on personal wisdom and work as an effective adjunct to such creativity techniques as brainstorming, force field analysis and lateral thinking, directing the creativity released...