The emphasis on cross‐cultural learning is discussed, through the medium of the Multinational Management Game, whereby top management decision making is undertaken by participants from different cultures, creeds and languages. How they interact and also react, in the group situation is...

US National Park Service personnel are resistant to training programmes derived from business and industry. The circumstances leading to development of a customised training programme are described – in particular the development and presentation of a simulation which was a key feature.

Business games are often more costly and require more effort to implement than traditional programmes. However they are rapidly gaining favour as management development tools. Games incorporate a case history of the relevant industry and organisation; a set of realistic rules guiding business...

Some of the unique changes impacting on management development throughout the world are explored and some of the creative responses which have been developed by several centres of management in reaction to these changes. Articles are briefly summarised and the reasons for their inclusion explained.

Previews the characteristics of the global markets rapidly developing throughout the world and highlights development approaches that can respond to the need for global managers. Also reviews a new edition of the Multinational Management Game, a possible approach to training global managers.