Executive Development: Volume 6 Issue 2
Table of contents
Improve MBAs to Meet the Needs of Production and Operations Management
Shirley Patterson, Marilyn M. HelmsMBA programmes cannot escape changes; they must expand theircurriculum to allow future managers to cultivate skills necessary tocompete in a highly technical international…
The Learning Organization: A Rover Perspective
David G. BowerRelates the experience of Rover to models of a learning company.Examines the work of the Rover Learning Business which allows employeesto receive support for development…
Polarity Management
Barry JohnsonDescribes a workshop recently conducted by the author, at whichmanagers were introduced to polarity management. Outlines a model and aset of principles which can be useful to…
Green Audit: The Path to Global Survival
Gerald VintenThe reconvening of the United Nations Conference on Environment andDevelopment (The “Earth Summit”) from 3 to 4 June 1992 inRio de Janeiro, preceded by a meeting of the…
What Makes a Good Leader? The Role of Communication
Nelda Spinks, Barron WellsA set of five competences characterizing successful leaders wasidentified through research by Warren Bennis in the 1980s. Reports asurvey asking college of business students and…
Management Development: British Style
Mary CianniPresents an American view of how British corporations have renewedtheir efforts to improve the development of managers. Examinesmanagement development practices at five…
The Identification of Management Potential
Keith V. Coaley, R.K. Knightley, David BeardDescribes programmes of development centres for both sales staffand sales managers within a large organization, which enabled theidentification of high potential, based on…
Doctors in Management: Two into One Won’t Go – Or Will It? Part I
Rosemary Harrison, Susan MillerDescribes a three‐year collaborative initiative between NorthernRegional Health Authority and Durham University Business School whichseeks to help 24 clinical directors, already…