It is argued that because human resource (HR) professionals are out of fashion in Australia, HR functions are being disbanded, distributed or depleted as a result of takeovers, restructuring, company financial losses and funding cuts. The attitude of a HR professional when joining an...

While mentoring has obvious benefits to the protege, benefits to the mentor and to the organisation are often long term or invisible. A procedure named Mutual Mentoring on Projects is proposed which produces observable short‐term benefits for protege, mentor and organisation and minimum costs.

Reflects on the practical experience of the author in introducing competency‐based action learning into Australian public and private sector organizations. Contains a series of interviews with graduates of an action learning Masters programme in the Health industry. Suggests that early and...

A key feature of management development is the policies and practices adopted by organisations. As part of a series we have invited executives accountable for introducing management development policies to outline their approach. Barry Smith of Mobil Oil starts the series.