Journal of Management Development: Volume 10 Issue 3

Development Centres: Guidelines for Decision Makers

Peter Goodge

At a time when many Development Centres do not run as well as theyshould, strategic advice is provided on the core process of all Centres:assessment, counselling and development…

Developing Managers′ Ability to Empower Employees

Guvenc G. Alpander

One MNC′s attempts to develop empowerment strategies are reviewed.These strategies are based on a cross‐cultural study of employee needsin the company′s Australian, German and…

Mentors at Work

Robert G. Wright, William B. Werther

Practitioners and researchers agree on the importance of mentors,even though the spontaneous creation of mentors andprotégés is little understood. Thementor‐protégé creation…

Making Management Development Relevant with Simulations

Mike McDonald, Bernard Keys, Frank Catroppa, Norma Patton

US National Park Service personnel are resistant to trainingprogrammes derived from business and industry. The circumstances leadingto development of a customised training…

The Changing Paradigm for Executive Development

Albert A. Vicere

The growing emphasis on learning as a force for buildingorganisational competitiveness is causing a major shift in how companiescultivate and develop executive talent. This shift…

Arthur Andersen: Training for Global IMPACT

William E. Fulmer

The training programme organised by Arthur Andersen is described,which was designed to bring together and train together those personnelfrom their offices worldwide, who were…

The Case Group: Setting up a Case Programme in Management Development

John W. Pullen

The development of a case programme in the Canadian Centre forManagement Development, a new institution mandated to help strengthenthe Canadian public service, is examined. The…

Developing Managers: A Case Study in Laying the Groundwork

Patrick E. Connor

“Natural” and “managed” managementdevelopment are contrasted, with the latter guiding the attempt by alarge North American financial service to answer the question,“What can we do…