Journal of Management Development: Volume 10 Issue 1

Revisiting the Historical Use of the Assessment Centre in Management Selection and Development

George Munchus, Barbara McArthur

The assessment centre method has received considerable historicalattention as an effective tool for management selection and development.The method, originally developed by German…

Are Today′s Executives Meeting with Success?

Walter A. Green, Harold Lazarus

Meetings called/attended by US business people in the course oftheir duties are examined in the light of: time spent, productiveness orotherwise, theoretical and actual…

Enhancing Graduate Business School Programmes

David E. Bartz, Raymond L. Calabrese

During the 1980s, much criticism surfaced regarding the need formanagers and executives to be more effectively prepared for their rolesand responsibilities. Graduate business…

Humour in University and Corporate Training: A Comparison of Trainer Perceptions

Gundars E. Kaupins

This article compares the humour used in university and corporatetraining programmes and discusses survey implications. Based on a surveyof 183 university business professors and…

Strategic Leadership: Concepts, Skills, Style and Process

Stephen A. Stumpf, Thomas P. Mullen

Based on personal observations of several thousand managers, inboth business and simulated business settings, four elements areidentified that are frequently associated with…

Management Development for an Organisation in Transition

John F. McKenna, Richard A. Yeider

A case analysis of an organisational development interventiondesigned to reduce the reliance of the case organisation′s management onan “administrative system”. The intervention…

A Proposed Programme for Developing Managers

J. Barton Cunningham

A perspective on the age old question “How do we train andeducate managers?” is provided. The central assumptions underlyingmost management education and development are at odds…