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Developing elements of a learning organization in a metropolitan ambulance service: Strategy, team development and continuous improvement
Stuart D. Francis, Peter C. MazanyFirst, presents a new model for developing a learning organization which is well within the grasp of today’s organizations, since many of these already have the main components…
A review of open and distance learning within management development
Hayley J. DavisSurveys and evaluates the existing literature on open and distance learning, with particular emphasis on the management development field. Aspects of open learning terminology are…
Management standards/NVQs and business benefits: The need for empirical evidence and an evaluation framework to provide it
John Loan‐ClarkeConsiders the claims that the management standards developed by the Management Charter Initiative (MCI) reflect what is required of managers for effective job performance and that…
Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Europe: lessons for management development
Ian Winfield, Máire KerrinRelates how the arrival of Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Derby, UK, prompted the setting up of a research project to study the impact on regional businesses. Baseline surveys were…
Integrated cross‐cultural business training
Ray V. MontagnoAddresses the theme of the internationalization of business practice at a time when research indicates that US firms are providing less training to prepare managers to be…
A counsellor role for developing bank branch managers: experiences in a developing country
T.K. DasDiscusses the experience of a large bank in a developing country when the bank introduced a counsellor role to improve the managerial capabilities of its growing body of…
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- Associate Professor Magnus Larsson