Journal of Management Development: Volume 12 Issue 4

Business Meetings in Giant Korean Corporations – Implications for Executive Development

Yoon R. Lee, Harold Lazarus

Summarizes the findings of a survey dealing with business meetingpractices in giant Korean corporations. Describes both meeting practicesin very large Korean firms and also top…

Matching the Media and the Message: Making Effective Corporate Films and Videos

Mark Jonathan Harris, Doe Mayer

What are the communications problems which are common in corporateand business films and tapes? Describes anecdotally a number of mistakesoften made when corporate America tries…

An Analytic Framework for Assessing Popular Business Books

John W. Newstrom, Jon L. Pierce

Examines business books from the point of view of managerialreaders, listing the desirable elements of “bestsellers” andsuggesting ways of making their reading worthwhile…

A University/Corporate Solution to Closing the Executive Development Gap

William B. Werther

Management development programmes often do not capture seniormanagers and executives as attendees, leading to a developmental gapamong organizational leaders. Even when the need…

Networking in the Mid‐1990s

Deborah A. Yarnell, Mark F. Peterson

Examines the use of interorganizational networking as a way fortraditionally bureaucratic organizations to become more innovative.Cites examples of networking from manufacturing…

Career Planning and Development for Hong Kong Managers

Irene H.S. Chow, Bee‐Leng Chua

Focuses on the managers′ external career patterns; internal careerbeliefs about career goals, career tactics, career plans, satisfactionand motivation related to careers, and…

The Teaching Company Scheme: Effecting Organizational Change through Academic/Practitioner Collaboration

Ken Peattie

The UK′s Teaching Company Scheme, established in 1975, has beenresponsible for setting up almost 1,000 collaborative projects betweenacademics and businesses, all with the primary…