As in life, chicken and egg situations occur in many aspects of business. So which came first? The chicken or the egg? Who knows? All that is certain is you do not have one without the other. And maybe that is a good enough starting point to argue the benefits of executive education programs to...

Three different aspects of effectiveness in management development are drawn together: effective managerial behaviour, effective learning processes and development processes emphasising effectiveness.

The task of intervening to increase leadership effectiveness is to help learners become aware of counterproductive reasoning (defensive reasoning occasioned by threat, as opposed to productive reasoning) and to educate them in additional methods of reasoning and action. Two cases which have been...

The development of the AMA competency model is described. It is the first to be both generic and empirically grounded. It is applied in a graduate level programme leading to a master's degree, the Competency Development Laboratory, and specific skill courses. After an initial audit with...

Managers now face a new responsibility, critical to their job success — helping subordinates develop the key skills necessary to meet performance objectives. Due to a lack of formal college instruction, it is evident that managers and business professionals would benefit strongly from academic...

An integrated model of management and managerial behaviour linked to the process of management development is presented. A conceptual base is provided for understanding relationships among areas of general management theory. The contrasting ideas of various writers are rationalised in terms of...

A new approach to management development is described. The approach combines elements of both consulting and training.