Journal of Management Development: Volume 5 Issue 3

The Effects of Performance Review in Appraisal: Evidence and Implications

Clive Fletcher

From the organisation's point of view, feedback assists effective learning. From the individual's viewpoint it can satisfy any personal need for information on progress and…

Strategic Management Development: Using Experiential Learning Theory to Assess and Develop Managerial Competencies

David Kolb, Stuart Lublin, Juliann Spoth, Richard Baker

Management of change and uncertainty requires that increasingly sophisticated and highly differentiated specialised knowledge be brought to bear on organisational problems and…

The Boss's Role in Management Development

Manuel London

Many of the situational factors affecting career motivation are under the boss's control. The perception of several bosses of their role in management development in two companies…

Incorporating Career Counselling into Management Development

Edward G. Verlander

All management development programmes set out to train managers to manage the link between a stable, loyal workforce, cost control and the organisation's overall strategy. This…

Social Learning Theory and Leadership

Phillip J. Decker

Social learning theory specifically acknowledges that most human behaviour is learned observationally through modelling. The focus of this approach has been teaching leadership…

The First Line Supervisor and Their Managerial Role

Peter Gilmour, Russell Lansbury

For management development activities to be successful at the supervisory level, they must take note of the effects of organisational characteristics such as task structures…