Provides an American perspective on European management education. Describes how, in Europe, management education, without rigid US accreditation standards, is conceptualized differently and is developing in innovative directions. Uses two examples from UK business schools and comments on the...

Introduces business education by distance learning. Discusses the historical background and emergence of distance learning. Describes a set of procedures used by Heriot‐Watt University, Edinburgh. Concludes that routes to higher education can be met by new methodologies including distance...

Describes a personal experience of the Management Charter Initiative and the Accreditation of Prior Learning course. Notes what benefits accrued, how difficult it was and the help available. Concludes that the MCI meets the needs of managers who have experience without qualification.

Describes a recent management development programme for the managers of a business school. Steve Johnson explains how the programme made him into a “learning manager”. He outlines how the programme contributed to some recent success stories.

Questions whether current management development programmes do or can have any lasting value. Suggests that many are inappropriately focused, seriously limited in their content and unambitious for their recipients. Argues that management development itself needs to change: clients have a right...

Proposes a framework for gaining a greater understanding of all types of managerial learning which builds upon Gregory Bateson′s (1973) otions of levels of learning. Goes on to discuss a major emergent issue, which has implications for the everyday realities of course content and design,...

Considers the forces shaping European Business Schools. Changes in participation rates in higher education carry implications for customer power in management education. A relevant and attractive philosophy will be required in business schools enabling them to deliver the right competences in a...