Suggests that changes in the environment have required changes in the marketing concept. Shows that these changes have been in fact evolutionary rather than revolutionary ‐ making explicit aspects of the concept which were previously implicit. Provides an outline of the most recent concept,...

Synthesizes the ideas of the “transformational change” and “learning organization” literature. The concept of the action learning organization is presented as a bridge between learning and transformation as it involves collaborative questioning by organizational members of their own...

Current management development techniques are obsolete. The West has passed through three eras ‐ those of the classical model, the human relations model, and the systems model. The authors, after a research study involving the CEOs of 50 major Australian organisations, believe that...

Current management development techniques are obsolete. The West has passed through three eras — those of the classical model, the human relations model, and the systems model. The authors, after a research study involving the CEOs of 50 major Australian organisations, believe that...

The traditional model of management, the human relations model, the systems model, are all overtaken by the fourth blueprint — a frame of reference claimed to be more relevant to the world we live and work in.

A review of the literature defining managerial skill draws the conclusion that the key to future management development lies in identifying the competencies required for individual managers' jobs and developing programmes to meet these, within the context of organisational goals and politics....