Human resource management (HRM) policies in international organizations with wide geographic distribution and operating in high numbers of different cultural environments must be underpinned with a strong international management development (IMD) programme. Uses an exploratory, case‐study...

In the Anglo‐Saxon world, “to manage” often means “to make do” or “to get by ”, rather than “to be in charge of” or “to exercise control over”. This is commonly seen in the management of training and development, which too often takes the form of a piecemeal response to...