Industrial and Commercial Training: Volume 34 Issue 3

Developing human and social capital in organisations

Ian Cunningham

Argues for the importance of developing social capital in organisations. If training stays focused on the individual (human capital) level it may be missing out on important…

The productive use of strengths: a shared responsibility

Marlys Hanson, Arthur F. Miller

Suggests that the only way to get the right person in the right job at the right time is through understanding the unique make‐up of the employee and using that knowledge to…

How an effective project culture can help to achieve business success: establishing a project culture in Kimberly‐Clark Europe

Mike Palmer

Organisations use project management to bring key people together to achieve specific goals. Yet many struggle to achieve this effectively because the culture does not support the…

The use of case studies in management training and development. Part 2

W. David Rees, Christine Porter

This is the second of two articles about the use of case studies in management training and development. In the first article the authors explained the potential benefits of using…

Management development in the meat and poultry industry

Allister Langlois, Kate Richards

The meat and poultry industry commissioned the design and production of a management development programme following five years of pressure resulting from health scares and…

Leadership challenge at Sage

M. Douglas

How does a company, which is undergoing radical change, integrate new businesses and bond its style and culture? After 21 years of rapid expansion and technological innovation, a…

Interim management: now a permanent feature of the workplace

Paul L. Vousden

More and more companies are employing senior interim Managers to handle short‐term assignments. The people who handle these fixed‐term contracts are senior, highly experienced…

Coaching and Mentoring

Dresina Shewbridge

Self Managed Learning in Action: Putting SML into Practice

Becka Currant