Is management development fulfilling its organisational role?

Abstract

There is a high degree of uncertainty as to how well organisations are using management development to enhance their strategic performance. This article reports a survey which indicates that most managers believe there is, in reality, considerable scope for improvement in the way their organisations use management development. There appear to be a few organisations which create management development strategies or which lock management development activities into the strategic needs of the business. One solution would be for management development professionals to take a more proactive role than is currently the case in promoting its value.

Citation

Meldrum, M. and Atkinson, S. (1998), "Is management development fulfilling its organisational role?", Management Decision, Vol. 36 No. 8, pp. 528-532. https://doi.org/10.1108/00251749810232600