Citation
(2006), "2006 Awards for Excellence", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 25 No. 10. https://doi.org/10.1108/jmd.2006.02625jaa.002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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2006 Awards for Excellence
The following article was selected for this year’s Outstanding Paper Award for Journal of Management Development
‘‘Managers’ perceptions of the strategic role of management development’’
Mikko Luoma JTO School of Management, OitmI`ki, Finland
Purpose – Companies are increasingly using management development (MD) initiatives as a means of enhancing their capability to realise their business goals. Therefore, the linkage between MD and strategic management should be better understood. Aims to examine this situation.Design/methodology/approach – By utilising quantitative statistical methods, the paper studies the linkage from the perspective of individual managers, and analyses how the various forms of the linkage relate to managers’ strategic awareness and perceived value of MD.Findings – Empirical evidence from Finnish managers implies that the perceived effectiveness of MD and the level of strategic awareness of managers are highly inter-related.Originality/value – The paper helps researchers and practitioners to better understand the dynamic and holistic nature of MD and highlights the need to study strategic management and organisational learning increasingly from the perspective of individuals rather tan from that of the whole organisation.Keywords: Management development, Management effectiveness, Perception, Strategic management
www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/02621710510608777
This article originally appeared in Volume 24 Number 7, 2005, Journal of Management Development www.emeraldinsight.com/authors
The following articles were selected for this year’s Highly Commended Award
‘‘From rhetoric towards a model of practical knowledge management systems’’Jun XuMohammed Quaddus
‘‘High-potential development policies: an empirical study among Belgian companies’’Danie¨l VloeberghsRoland PepermansKathleen Thielemans
‘‘Designing virtual organizations? Themes and trends in political and organizational discourses’’Kym Thorne
These articles originally appeared in Volume 24 Numbers 4, 6 and 7, 2005, Journal of Management Developmentwww.emeraldinsight.com/authors