Development and Learning in Organizations: Volume 18 Issue 5

Feature articles Leadership development: The use of self managed, work based, learning

Ben Bennett

Interest and investment in leadership development continues to grow at a considerable pace, where organizations view it as an important source of competitive advantage. Over the…

Where do you start with leadership development?: Developing a strategic framework for leadership development

Jim Moore

A leadership development initiative cannot be successful unless it clearly targets a specific business goal. When all is said and done, if the initiative does not positively…

Designing the workplace for learning and innovation : Organizational factors affecting learning and innovation

Lidewey E.C. van der Sluis

It is clear that when one considers learning and innovation in organizations, the work environment is a highly important influence in terms of facilitators or inhibitors of…

Prepared minds: Developing executives for success in the strategic planning process

Steven W. Pool

Strategic planning is a management process preparing executives’ minds for identifying major opportunities within the organization that impact future decisions. This planning…

Lifelong learning, adult and community education in rural Victoria, Australia: A multi‐agency approach to community building

Patricia Cartwright, Judith Chapman, Judith Chapman, Jacqueline McGilp, Malcolm Skilbeck, Ron Toomey, Marian de Souza, Janet Gaff, Irene Williams

In this article, we focus on the practices which have helped overcome a range of specific barriers to participation in adult and community education, and in the process have…

Review articles Getting the best out of workplace mentoring: More help for the helper

To gain the upper hand in today’s competitive business world, having a highly competent workforce is a must. Training is, therefore, vitally important both initially and on‐going…

Getting personal about leadership : Caring about individuals can be a good investment

So your organization needs leaders. Not just any leaders, but good, effective leaders who get the best out of your people, and who consistently get results. Well, what…

Sustainable knowledge: How to remove obstacles to making management training stick

Management development is now recognized as crucial to gaining and sustaining competitive advantage, and yet the results can be mixed. The experience of taking time out to go on a…

Charting a course to good decision‐making: “Don’t blame me”

There are many occasions when things pan out in a way that could not possibly have been envisaged. Sometimes, however, hindsight is the last refuge of people who have quite simply…