The authors describe the use of an action research approach in designing a management development scheme which successfully commands the support of line management. The client was a large company, which had previously operated management development on an ad hoc basis, but had come to see a more...

When a company (through failure to perform) seeks to shift towards adopting a strategic management philosophy then the role and significance of management development also change. An opportunity for the integration of management development into the overall process of management and hence the...