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The Human Side of Business Process Re‐engineering

Evans, Rob - In: Management Development Review 7 (1994) 6, pp. 10-12

Scrutinizes business process re‐engineering (BPR) programmes and their effect on employees – resistance and inability to change. Suggests BPR is ot the technically‐driven exercise many consider it to be; but instead groups together identification of customer needs, use of enabling...

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Investing in Managers

Ratcliffe, Peter - In: Management Development Review 7 (1994) 5, pp. 16-18

Investors in People (IIP) is a major governmental initiative aimed at local economic regeneration on a considerable scale and with huge financial backing. Examines the potential long‐term benefits to be gained by organizations achieving the IIP standard, and advises on the creation of a...

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How to use participative planning

Knippen, Jay T.; Green, Thad B. - In: Management Development Review 8 (1995) 4, pp. 32-35

Explains why participative planning should be adopted, and describes it. Lists, with examples, various steps of … planning and provides hints. Details goal establishment, avoiding misunderstandings, participation, constraints and … implementation. Concludes by supplying several possible benefits of participative planning. …

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Fings ain’t wot they used to be

Dunne, Tim - In: Management Development Review 9 (1996) 7, pp. 5-10

with this subject need to take into account when planning a change intervention. Without proper understanding of the type …

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Are agendaless meetings on your company’s agenda?

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 2, pp. 46-47

If you sense that there are underlying concerns in your company about a major new development or problem, how do you bring them to the surface? One solution is to hold an agendaless meeting, at which employees sit in a circle and are invited to speak out about the matters on their mind. Explores...

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Piloting without flying by the seat of your pants

In: Management Development Review 10 (1997) 6, pp. 234-235

The pace of change in training in recent years has been frantic and shows no signs of slowing. There have been many innovations in methods of delivery, as straightforward lectures give way to distance learning, company‐based training or individualized contract learning. Learners are often...

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Empowering Ethical Endings

Hogan, Christine - In: Management Development Review 7 (1994) 1, pp. 32-40

Discusses the use of “now‐what” sessions to end workshops, using processes that are both empowering and ethical for facilitators and participants. It is necessary for the facilitator of these sessions to choose suitable activities with care and forethought, always taking into account the...

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