Journal of Management Development: Volume 29 Issue 6

Improving training impact through effective follow‐up: techniques and their application

Harry J. Martin

This paper aims to describe a variety of cost‐effective methods that employers can use to support training activities and promote the transfer of skills and knowledge to the…

Utterance as a tool for change agents: implications based on Bakhtin

Muayyad Jabri

This paper proposes a perspective of change agency that builds on the regenerative power of language achieved through ongoing talk and conversations associated with managing…

Customized executive learning: a business model for the twenty‐first century

Jamie Anderson, Gert‐Jan van Wijk

This paper seeks to elaborate on the drivers underpinning the rise of the Platform Model in customized executive learning and to explain the guiding philosophy underpinning this…

Critical thinking and business process improvement

Amine Ayad

The purpose of this paper is to explore the dynamics of critical thinking (CT) in contrast with Six Sigma and the “5 Whys” approach that is used by many managers to conduct “Root…

Characteristics of emergent innovation

Gary Oster

This paper aims to examine a possible new construct of corporate innovation behavior. It proposes consideration of corporate innovation activities that occur outside of…

University academics' psychological contracts and their fulfilment

Jie Shen

This study seeks to examine the contents and the nature of the academic psychological contract. It aims to explore to what extent the contract has been fulfilled and the impact of…

Attracting and managing volunteers in local government

Enamul Choudhury

This study seeks to understand the relation between public volunteerism and the role of local government agencies to attract and manage volunteers.

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