Aims to describe a variety of journal‐writing processes and how they have been used with students in a graduate course in human resource development; describes possible causes of learning and writing blocks and how they can be overcome; evaluates the creative journal process by describing...

Examines the changes which appear likely in MBA programmes in the ext decade. Sets out a strategy to deploy an MBA as a global service business. Examines the imperatives towards a competence‐based, quality and personal development‐oriented MBA concerned more about learning process than...

Using the analogy of expensive trains heading for a crash, asserts that business schools must learn to do what they teach – i.e. become learning organizations – if they are to stay relevant in a rapidly changing world. Offers advice to schools on how to change, describing learning...

Charts the development of the training industry from the 1960s training boards to the new training and enterprise councils. Decries the rapid proliferation of business schools, suggesting that the provision of management training has become a production line. Asserts that change and flatter...

Explores ideas and issues related to management education and development for the new learning organization and presents an example of a course design for experienced managers who wish to make a considerable contribution to their organization and receive a university degree in recognition of...

Asserts that the opposite of a rule may be true, particularly with regard to the creation of “unity in diversity” – the simultaneous strengthening of the two seemingly contradictory factors of integration and multiplicity – which will fundamentally enhance organizational performance....

Describes the changes that have taken place in the attitudes of the employees and the culture of a small Australian company as it moves towards total quality management (TQM). The company, MFB Products Pty Ltd, is based in Melbourne, employs 60 people and manufactures a range of racking systems,...

Describes how MCB University Press has started to come to terms with the metamorphosis which electronic publishing offers. Sees a future where interactive multimedia products and services are the norm and are quite differently distributed, based on new alliances from within but also from outside...