Journal of Management Development: Volume 13 Issue 7

Outdoor‐based Experiential Training: Improving Transfer of Training Using Virtual Reality

Richard J. Wagner, John Campbell

Outdoor‐based experiential training has become a popular technique fortraining managers by directly involving them in the training process.Outdoor‐based programmes offer training…

Perceptions of Faculty and Students towards Case Teaching in Czechoslovakia: A Coming Velvet Paradigm Shift?

Dorothy Marcic, Carol Pendergast

The use of interactive, case method and other experiential teaching hasa very recent history in the Czech and Slovak educational systems.Before the “Velvet revolution”, courses…

Managerial Competences in Small Firms

Graeme Martin, Harry Staines

The failure rate of small firms in the UK is high, but there is littlereliable evidence as to what factors account for success or failure insmall businesses. Lending organizations…

Recent Advances in Management Development: Self‐directed, Continuous Development through “Smart Software”

Stuart James

Discusses how economic change affects organizational structures,pointing out that in such a changing environment, management developmentshould be continuous rather than sporadic…

Re‐inventing Management Development

Peter L. Beddowes

Management development is facing the same types of need for radicalchange as their clients – organizations, and practising and futuremanagers. While Business School Faculty find…

Organizational Theory and Soft Systems Methodologies

K.K.J. Ho, D. Sculli

Examines soft systems methodologies(SSM) and the role they play in thebuilding of a rich picture or rich understanding of problematicsituations. Organizational theory is explored…

The Impact of Downsizing Practices on Corporate Success

Nadia Labib, Steven H. Appelbaum

Contains a review of the literature on research conducted to investigateorganizational practices in downsizing after a restructure and theeffects of these practices on the…