The European Commission′s Executive Training Programme in Japan is introduced, explaining its contents and objectives, including the 12‐month language module and six‐month “total immersion” language and Japanese business culture exposure as a trainee working in a number of prominent...

Discusses the issue of management development for top management in Britain. Derives insights from the Anglo‐Japanese management development study at the University of Warwick. Underscores the strategic importance of executive development. Contrasts the “motherhoods” with the reality (and...

Concerns the practice of “outplacement” as seen from the perspective of the individual who is a client and not from the point of view of the agency offering the outplacement counselling. The views expressed and the information contained in the article will be of interest to those who wish to...

Executive character has everything to do with executive leadership. Based on intensive research on senior managers in large companies, describes a typical type of executive character – intense, driven, hard‐driving. Also describes what development and change looks like in driven senior...

In 1989, Reynolds and Reynolds ($600 million; Dayton, Ohio; business forms and computer software company) launched an executive education programme which has achieved excellent results. Being a family controlled organization for a number of years, the new CEO saw the need to clarify the...