Management Development Review: Volume 5 Issue 4
Table of contents
STEVE SHIRLEY ON MANAGEMENT
Andrew ForrestAn interview with one of the UK′s outstanding businesswomen. Thefact that she was unable to go to university made her achieve her goalsby different means from those attained by…
INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS
Charles MargerisonPersonal responsibility and choice is a key element of managementdevelopment. Looks at self‐development and management roles, and theways in which managers can learn to take on…
WHICH WAY BRITISH MANUFACTURING?
Coopers Lybrand DeloitteAccording to most reports – recent in terms of recession andover the last decade with reference to international competition –British manufacturing is no story. Messages of gloom…
PEOPLE CHALLENGES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: A TUC VIEW
Improving service quality are watchwords for the public sector,often involving employee development and empowerment programmes,partnerships between trade unions and employers and…
HOW LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS ARE CREATED
Alan Jones, Chris HendryWith continuous learning being so essential to corporate wellbeingin the future, the learning organization concept is seriously takingroot. Examines how learning organizations are…
THE MANAGEMENT OF TRAINING IN THE SMALLER FIRM
Sarah VickerstaffTraining and management development in the smaller‐firm sector isan often‐neglected area. Presents the findings and main conclusions fromresearch conducted at Canterbury Business…
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES IN THE NORTH‐EAST
The findings of a research project on the training and developmentof managers in the North‐East have recently been published which provideinsights into important trends. The…