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Management development in Ireland: justifying the investment

O'Connor, Marion; Mangan, John; Cullen, John - In: Journal of Management Development 25 (2006) 4, pp. 325-349

Purpose – Drawing upon survey and interview data, this research paper aims to explore the usage and impact of management development processes and practices in Ireland from an organisational perspective. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines numerous related issues including: the...

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The influence of spiritual “meaning‐making” on career behavior

Lips‐Wiersma, Marjolein - In: Journal of Management Development 21 (2002) 7, pp. 497-520

This paper presents the results of a participative psycho‐biographical study that investigated the effect of spirituality on career behavior. This study shows that spirituality influences career purpose, sense‐making and coherence. Spirituality was found to inspire four purposes of...

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Inter‐organizational network participation : Implications for global human resource development

Fenwick, Marilyn; De Cieri, Helen - In: Journal of Management Development 23 (2004) 9, pp. 798-817

A qualitative study of a research and development network of major global mining companies is reported in this paper. In this international inter‐organizational network, emergent global human resource development and, particularly, career development challenges for participating individuals...

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The 3D job description

Pató, Beáta Sz. G. - In: Journal of Management Development 34 (2015) 4, pp. 406-420

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the necessary accessories for creating a job description, through a model. The model concentrates on the person and a job description document, which is capable of connecting and synchronising the organizational goals. The author introduces a...

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In praise of a flexible and sustainable HR support

Persson, Sybille; Agostini, Bertrand; Kleber, Aurélie - In: Journal of Management Development 36 (2017) 3, pp. 298-308

flexible support, echoing some existing practices of coaching, mentoring and other developmental interactions, acts as an …

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Coaching relationship in executive coaching: a Malaysian study

Gan, Geok Chew; Chong, Chin Wei - In: Journal of Management Development 34 (2015) 4, pp. 476-493

constitutes of rapport, trust, commitment and match with coaching effectiveness in Malaysia using a quantitative research method … effectiveness of executive coaching. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between coaching relationship which …-coachee match with coaching effectiveness are investigated through questionnaire. Objective-driven model which focuses on the extent …

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Taiwanese universities and educating future manufacturing managers

Woodcock, D.J.; Chen, C.Y. - In: Journal of Management Development 19 (2000) 10, pp. 853-869

Examines how potential manufacturing managers are educated in 19 Taiwanese universities. It looks at undergraduate, postgraduate and post‐experience programmes in these institutions. The authors established that there was a limited availability of suitable modern manufacturing management...

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Management development in Royal Dutch/Shell

Mahieu, Carla - In: Journal of Management Development 20 (2001) 2, pp. 121-130

Charts the history of management development in the Shell organisation. Techniques established over many years were suddenly challenged by the economic forces of liberalisation, globalisation and technology. In particular, Shell identified two types of organisation that could profit – the...

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The palette of management development

van der Sluis‐den Dikken, Lidewey; Hoeksema, Ludwig H. - In: Journal of Management Development 20 (2001) 2, pp. 168-179

coaching, mentoring and tacit development programmes that tend to attract younger recruits. It concludes that each assumption …

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Women, equality and construction

Fielden, Sandra L.; Davidson, Marilyn J.; Gale, Andrew; … - In: Journal of Management Development 20 (2001) 4, pp. 293-305

Examines the situation faced by women in the UK construction industry. Finds that women are confronted by a significant number of barriers, beginning with difficulties in joining the industry. In addition, the administrative or human resource management roles traditionally occupied by women do...

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