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International co‐ordination and management development

Hoeksema, Ludwig; de Jong, Geert - In: Journal of Management Development 20 (2001) 2, pp. 145-158

the development of the consultants, despite the acknowledged fact that most will leave the organization after only a few …

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Managing the interplay and tensions of consulting interventions

Pellegrinelli, Sergio - In: Journal of Management Development 21 (2002) 5, pp. 343-365

, competing enactments. Through their work, consultants seek to achieve a separation from existing organisational frames of … reference, commitments and routines. To achieve any separation, consultants have to challenge the world that is shared and lived … versions of social reality, with diverse advocates, seeking to secure a critical mass of belief and acceptance. Consultants …

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Management Development in Arab Countries: The Challenges of the 1990s

Atiyyah, Hamid S. - In: Journal of Management Development 12 (1993) 1, pp. 3-12

countries. Encourages MD firms to adopt a growth strategy to meet this demand. Advises foreign MD firms and consultants, lacking …

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Management Development Assistance for Poland ‐A Playground for Western Consultants?

Kwiatkowski, Stefan; Sanders, Patricia - In: Journal of Management Development 12 (1993) 1, pp. 55-55

Western management development assistance (MDA) is being viewed with scepticism in Poland – a scepticism fuelled by the rapid proliferation of MDA programmes which sometimes compete with one another, frequently lack intellectual clarity, and often are short‐sighted. Discusses some of the...

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Personality Variables in Management Development Interventions

McClure, Lynne; Werther, William B. - In: Journal of Management Development 12 (1993) 3, pp. 39-47

In designing consultant‐driven management development interventions, personality issues typically are viewed as moderating variables, if they are considered at all. Reports on two “action‐research” oriented, team‐building interventions, based on Jungian theory as operationalized by the...

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Managers and Consulting: A Total Quality Perspective

Zand, Dale E. - In: Journal of Management Development 12 (1993) 7, pp. 51-59

A total quality approach to management development must understand that managerial reliance on formal authority is no longer a sufficient basis for effectiveness. The primary weapon of competition has become the manager′s ability to gain access to and mobilize the knowledge dispersed in his...

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The Consulting Edge

Burdett, John O. - In: Journal of Management Development 13 (1994) 3, pp. 27-37

As organizations strive to do more with less, the external consulting market is becoming an invaluable corporate resource. Outlines the difficulties of moving into the competitive and overcrowded consulting market. Suggests four critical areas of development for the novice or the consultant...

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Corporate universities – an analytical framework

Prince, Christopher; Stewart, Jim - In: Journal of Management Development 21 (2002) 10, pp. 794-811

The purpose of this article is to offer a contribution to enabling an understanding of the concept of the corporate university to be developed. This contribution is in the form of a conceptual framework, drawing on the significant concepts of knowledge management, organisational learning and...

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Classification of human resources based on measurement of tacit knowledge

Jafari, Mostafa; Akhavan, Peyman; Nourizadeh, Mozhden - In: Journal of Management Development 32 (2013) 4, pp. 376-403

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate employees of an organization in order to evaluate and classify them based on their tacit knowledge. Therefore, in this paper, staff's tacit knowledge is measured at the individual level, in automotive sector. Design/methodology/approach –...

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Knowledge, skills and personality of the effective business consultant

Banai, Moshe; Tulimieri, Philp - In: Journal of Management Development 32 (2013) 8, pp. 886-900

their selection and training procedures, as well as in matching consultants with clients. Consulting services clients may … use the profile of the effective consultant to identify effective consulting service providers. Consultants may use the … consultants. Originality/value – The paper sets a research agenda for the study of the effective business consultant …

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