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Wilson, Brian - In: Management Development Review 6 (1993) 3

Looks at the appointment and development of managers and the techniques involved therein. Observes that even after … at their job do not necessarily make outstanding or even capable managers. …

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BECOMING A BETTER MANAGER?

Newey, Roy - In: Management Development Review 6 (1993) 3

Presents the author′s examination of the way in which, without formal education, he built up a multi‐million pound business employing over 100 staff, and then sold it to take up something which he wished to do, namely, further his education via TEC, NVQs and the MCI level 4 and 5. Further...

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THINK MANAGER, THINK MALE

Schein, Virginia E.; Davidson, Marilyn J. - In: Management Development Review 6 (1993) 3

Examines a recent managerial sex typing research project. Results show that it is still very difficult for women to reach top managerial jobs and those who do are very much in the minority. The “glass ceiling” appears to be still intact although women are gaining some “middle” ground....

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CAREER CHOICES AND MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT

Margerison, Charles - In: Management Development Review 6 (1993) 4

Examines experiences of managers and how this affects employee training and development. Highlights key factors thought … by managers to be important in achieving success and also the personal experiences of these in solving managerial …

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Developing Senior Management Competences at Ocean Group

Conway, Christopher - In: Management Development Review 7 (1994) 1, pp. 7-12

Reports on a project by the Ocean Group which was analysed by Ashridge Management Research Group. The project covered processes dealing with the definition and measurement of competences required to make an effective senior manager. The competences do not stand alone but are supported by being...

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Sloan Programme Opens Doors

Griffiths, John - In: Management Development Review 7 (1994) 2, pp. 22-25

Outlines the aim, methods and content of the London Business School Sloan Fellowships Programme. Looks at who are the participants and the effect the programme can have on their long‐term careers.

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Best practice in people management

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 5, pp. 179-182

The number of companies attempting to benchmark the activities of their human‐resource department ‐ that is, to compare it with different organizations considered to be the best in their class ‐ is growing. Discusses best practice in the area of people management, based on a benchmarking...

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Give me the simple life?

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 5, pp. 183-184

managers. Examines the issues surrounding the growing desire for a simpler life. …

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Manager characteristics and real estate mutual fund returns, risk and fees

Philpot, James; Peterson, Craig A. - In: Managerial Finance 32 (2006) 12, pp. 988-996

– Modest evidence is found that team‐managed funds have lower risk‐adjusted returns than solo‐managed funds. Managers with … performance among managers of REMFs. Originality/value – This paper extends prior work in mutual fund management characteristics …

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Reverse‐LBOs, re‐LBOs and informational asymmetry hypothesis of LBO transactions

Kosedag, Arman; Mehran, Jamshid; Qian, Jinhu - In: Managerial Finance 35 (2009) 8, pp. 716-728

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the informational asymmetry (informational advantage of managers) in … draw on the informational advantage of managers in LBOs. Specifically, the value gain (VG) realized by the reverse …‐LBO firms is compared with that realized by a control sample of firms; the wealth distribution between managers and pre …

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