The need for managers to develop a vision for their unit/ organization is increasingly viewed as a vital part of their role. Argues that vision provides direction and offers a sense of purpose for employees. Visions can be realized through the development and operation of a value base. Values...

Reports on a development centre programme undertaken in collaboration with Criterion Partnership. Outlines the seven objectives, specifying the methods used, and summarizes the results together with typical comments from the participants.

Suggests that outdoor activities should be part of a training programme as, by using practical activities which emphasize process rather than task, people consider parallel situations at work and become more motivated to change their approach to different jobs. This flexibility can be cost...

Argues that, in spite of the good intentions of equal opportunities policies, the needs of older career women appear to be unnoticed. These women often find, on approaching retirement, that they are side‐lined into “caring” roles, usually with elderly relatives. There is often no corporate...

Suggests that voluntary organizations must respond to various changes taking place in order to survive. Many public sector units are being transferred to the independent sector which will mean growth in the voluntary sector, calling for increased professionalism in income generation and...

Suggests that TQM has much to offer public services provided that the organization is considered as a whole. Discusses five points which need to be considered if the ideas of industry are to be adopted successfully: customers and goals; organizational structure; culture; resources and earnings;...

Draws attention to the need for managers to re‐examine the dominant world view paradigm within which managing currently takes place. Uses the analogy of a salmon struggling up river to show management today as an uncertain journey from the narrow convergence of the paradigm downstream to the...

Argues that the survival and success of organizations today depends not only on devolving responsibility to individual employees, but also on the ability of managers to change their role accordingly in order to guide and support these individuals. Advocates the abandonment of the traditional...

Establishes the level, range and scope of current management education, training and development (METD) activity in small and medium‐sized enterprises and identifies good practice and assesses barriers to METD including issues of provision, access and cost. Seeks to identify practical...

Commemorates the third anniversary of Opportunity 2000 by considering exemplars of best practice and notable progress in the light of the campaign′s objectives. Case studies on employment practices focus on the Littlewood′s Organization and Oxfordshire County Council, both of which have...