This paper compares the immediate impact of an outdoor management development programme run in two different formats. The original OMD programme which was evaluated had a competitive format with individuals participating in teams on a variety of outdoor challenges in order to develop personal...

This is not yet another article outlining our experiences as outdoor management development facilitators. It is a serious attempt to describe how we have used the outdoors as a platform for encouraging groups of managers and trainers to review the whole process of learning how to bring about...

States that outdoor management development (OMD) is on the increase. Based on personal experience, lists the characteristics of effective OMD programmes, and argues that this type of training can be very powerful. On the basis of a review of relevant literature and anecdotal evidence, discusses...

Describes outdoor team‐building programmes provided by the company Team Dynamic. Satisfied clients include Europ Assistance, International Factors (a Lloyds Bank subsidiary), Alexander Howden and Transaction Technology Ltd.

Teamwork is considered a fundamental element of organizational success in the 1990s. Presents a method of evaluating the effectiveness of an outdoor workshop as a tool to speed the development of study groups (called learning teams) in an MBA programme. Two three‐day residential outdoor...

Most training courses do not ask delegates to evaluate what they have learned, merely what they think of the course. Claims that outdoor management development courses tend to provide examples of good practice for evaluating courses. States that they also aim to improve management skills and the...

To survive the 1990s, senior managers need to develop and maintain a culture of team working. This will prove to be the single most dynamic force which will equip organizations to adapt to the new realities of the business world. Careful planning must take place, if managers are to maximize the...

Critically examines the basis on which outdoor management development (OMD) is founded. Much of the available literature on the subject is anecdotal and serves only to perpetuate an illusion of management development through activities such as climbing and canoeing in beautiful scenery....