, financial analysis and control, team planning, “what if” analysis and interpersonal behavioural training. Games allow managers …

optimum training approaches for resolving management issues and the ability to convince managers throughout the organisation …

bosses of young first‐line managers. Interviews were also conducted with one subordinate of each boss. Company A did not have …

Examines how potential manufacturing managers are educated in 19 Taiwanese universities. It looks at undergraduate … had ambitions to become manufacturing managers.  … suitable modern manufacturing management textbooks in Chinese. It was found that only one in ten universities expected to …

establishment and number of subordinates) on managerial competency needs. The sample is composed of 80 Spanish managers from tourist … organisations. Results show that managers from restaurants perceive more competency needs in tourist organisation management and … communication skills than managers from hotels. Also education level is negatively related to competency needs in customers and …

‐to‐one interviews were conducted with two groups: a randomly chosen cross‐section of middle managers and a purposive sample of senior … was not a clear understanding of how the management of change fitted within the overall job role of the middle managers …. How middle managers actually manage change on a day‐to‐day basis has been largely ignored or taken for granted. This has …

a largely under‐researched area. Suggestions are made for future work. Practical implications – It is shown how the …