Journal of Management Development: Volume 14 Issue 6

Effective meetings through electronic brainstorming

Gail Kay

Addresses the vital issue of effective meetings in today′sorganizations. Compares and contrasts the differences between usingtraditional brainstorming and electronic…

Work ethic in the USA and Canada

Abbas J. Ali, Thomas Falcone, Ahmed A. Azim

Addresses the issues of work ethics and work‐related attitudes inthe USA and Canada. Two‐hundred‐and‐ten individuals from variousorganizations participated. The results indicated…

Teams without roles: empowering teams for greater creativity

Mitch McCrimmon

Criticizes Belbin′s team‐role theory on the basis that roles areonly appropriate in highly static organizations. Also argues that mostteams have no set roles and that every member…

European management learning: A cross‐cultural interpretation of Kolb′s learning cycle

Terence Jackson

Investigates cross‐cultural differences between European managementlearners in a French grande école using empiricalresearch with five national groups. Tests a proposition…

Training and development are not enough: Testing must also meet the challenges of the twenty‐first century

Fredric D. Frank, Cabot L. Jaffee

Challenges the testing industry to change its methods andapproaches aggressively to meet industry′s needs as we move towards thetwenty‐first century. While the training and…

Effectiveness of French management: Analysis of the behaviour, attitudes and business impact of top managers

Andrew Myers, Andrew Kakabadse, Colin Gordon

Bases its findings on the results of a survey of 168 top levelmanagers in French organizations. Demographic variables, behaviouralcharacteristics and measures of business impact…