Current management development techniques are obsolete. The West has passed through three eras — those of the classical model, the human relations model, and the systems model. The authors, after a research study involving the CEOs of 50 major Australian organisations, believe that...

Current management development techniques are obsolete. The West has passed through three eras ‐ those of the classical model, the human relations model, and the systems model. The authors, after a research study involving the CEOs of 50 major Australian organisations, believe that...

Synthesizes the ideas of the “transformational change” and “learning organization” literature. The concept of the action learning organization is presented as a bridge between learning and transformation as it involves collaborative questioning by organizational members of their own...

China is embarked on a state‐led programme of institutional experimentation and learning. Informal data collected during reciprocal visits by Australian and Chinese management educators note that two fundamental areas of reform are being undertaken at enterprise level; the instigation of...

A review of the literature defining managerial skill draws the conclusion that the key to future management development lies in identifying the competencies required for individual managers' jobs and developing programmes to meet these, within the context of organisational goals and politics....

Suggests that changes in the environment have required changes in the marketing concept. Shows that these changes have been in fact evolutionary rather than revolutionary ‐ making explicit aspects of the concept which were previously implicit. Provides an outline of the most recent concept,...