Management Development Review: Volume 6 Issue 5
Table of contents
DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING FOR PEAK PERFORMERS
Robert Sharrock, Pauline Grant, Bill Acker, Don McLeodExamines how development consulting works in practice. Indicatesthat the senior CEO of the 1990s needs a variety of skills and abilitiesto carry out his/her job competently, the…
DEVELOPING TOP LEVEL MANAGERS
Charles MargerisonManagement by Walking Around, Management Development, Teamwork,Training Examines possible methods which trainers might employ in orderto help improve management performance and…
GETTING RESULTS: THE TRAINER’S SKILLS
Philip DarlingReviews essential skills needed by trainers in the face of recentchange including technical, people and intervention/influencing skills.Outlines models for change while…
STRATEGIC REVIEWS AND ACTION LEARNING
Varyl ChamberlainSuggests how temporary management can benefit a company and itsemployees and describes how action learning sets can give groups ofemployees confidence to challenge their company′s…
CREATING A NEW LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE
Michael SimmonsExamines traditional styles of leadership in the light of the newchallenges and changes of the 1990s. Proposes that they are becomingmore and more inappropriate and gives a…
PEOPLE FRAMEWORKS FOR EXCELLENCE
Investigates the efforts of King′s Lynn Borough Council and WestMidlands‐based manufacturers, Edward Howell Galvanizers to achieve theInvestors In People (IIP) standard…
TRAINING EXCELLENCE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
Stephen KingReviews the Training Excellence Campaign, a year long initiativeaimed at practitioners and senior managers in the National HealthService. Investigates cases of best practice and…
THE MENTORING DEGREE PROJECT
Val JowettReports on Leeds Metropolitan University′s Employment Departmentproject concerned with workplace mentors. Discusses the concept ofmentoring and its various meanings. Gives case…
DEVISING NVQs FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Gordon EwanExamines the applications of Information Technology (IT) within anorganization′s operations, recognizing its growing importance. Statesthat owing to an increase in its importance…