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Becoming a learning organization: the transformation of the workforce

Waldersee, Robert - In: Journal of Management Development 16 (1997) 4, pp. 262-273

The actions of outstanding leaders who are introducing changes in their organizations are best viewed as complex mosaics which pervade most aspects of their management. Argues that these mosaics cannot be produced by a cookbook approach to management. Such action sets can only be generated from...

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Organizational Theory and Soft Systems Methodologies

Ho, K.K.J.; Sculli, D. - In: Journal of Management Development 13 (1994) 7, pp. 47-58

managerial practice and development in relation to the effective conduct of rich picture building exercises. …

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Three levels of organizational social capital and their connection to performance

Ben Hador, Batia - In: Journal of Management Development 36 (2017) 3, pp. 348-360

Purpose Exploring the mechanisms through which social capital (SC) operates in organizations is highly important for both researchers and practitioners. As a theoretical concept, the role and functions of SC in organizations are framed in various ways but not clearly enough. Practitioners would...

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Management development: developing ethical corporate culture in three organisations

Small, Michael W. - In: Journal of Management Development 25 (2006) 6, pp. 588-600

Purpose – The purpose of this investigation was to look at three organisations (a naval shore establishment, a police academy, and a small, family‐owned engineering firm) and see to what extent they had developed a culture that was both ethically and socially responsive....

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Healthcare transparency: opportunity or mirage

Jaffe, Russell; Nash, Robert A.; Ash, Richard; … - In: Journal of Management Development 25 (2006) 10, pp. 981-995

Purpose – Healthcare is an ever‐growing segment of the American economy. Transparency facilitates better decision‐making and better outcomes measures. The purpose of this paper is to present the human and economic results of increasing transparency. Design/methodology/approach – The...

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Business school futures: evaluation and perspectives

Thomas, Howard; Cornuel, Eric - In: Journal of Management Development 30 (2011) 5, pp. 444-450

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present details of this special issue, that has as its theme: “Business school futures: evaluation and perspectives”. Design/methodology/approach – The Guest Editors have assembled a set of papers presented at recent AACSB/EFMD meetings to...

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Student assessment in a Canadian civil society

Webber, Charles F.; Scott, Shelleyann - In: Journal of Management Development 31 (2011) 1, pp. 34-47

among stakeholders in educational assessment. It is argued that this is a tenet of a democratic civil society. Design … assessment in the service of a civil society are described. The unidimensional and multidimensional perspectives related to … partisan perspectives. Practical implications – Multidimensional perspectives at the micro‐through‐macro levels of society and …

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“ Tikkun Olam ”: how a Jewish ethos drives innovation

Kahane, Bernard - In: Journal of Management Development 31 (2012) 9, pp. 938-947

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to argue that the Jewish religious concept “ Tikkun Olam ” is a source of practical management wisdom. “ Tikkun Olam ” combines with the diaspora and the state of Israel's specific political and economic contexts to provide Jewish people with an...

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Work goals and societal value orientations of senior Indian managers – An empirical analysis

Chatterjee, Samir R.; Pearson, Cecil A.L. - In: Journal of Management Development 19 (2000) 7, pp. 643-653

Outlines the impact of economic reform in India at the organisational level by exploring relationships between the societal priorities of the new reform context and espoused work goal priorities of very senior Indian managers in key economic sectors. The paper attempts to capture the shift in...

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Transformation and feminisation: the masculinity of the MBA and the “un‐development” of men

Simpson, Ruth; Ituma, Afam - In: Journal of Management Development 28 (2009) 4, pp. 301-316

Purpose – This paper sets out to explore the gendered nature of the MBA and the benefits men and women gain from the course. In so doing it aims to highlight a relationship between the masculinity of the MBA and the “un‐development” of men. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws...

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