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Rescuing the Useful Concept of Managerial Competence: From Outcomes Back to Process

Holmes, Len; Joyce, Paul - In: Personnel Review 22 (1993) 6, pp. 37-52

A critical response to the present stage in the development of management education is presented. The concept of competence is evaluated and its utility assessed. In particular, the use of the term by the Management Charter Initiative (MCI) is thrown into critical focus and found to be...

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Reframing Management Competence: Focusing on the Top Management Team

Alderson, Siobhan - In: Personnel Review 22 (1993) 6, pp. 53-62

Presents an original top management team‐based approach to management competences. Based on the results of a survey of … practical guide to the key top management team competences identified by top executives as essential to success and to the … impact of poor performance in these key competence areas. Additionally, presents the results in a cross‐cultural framework …

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Senior managers’ perceptions of the competencies they require for effective performance: implications for training and development

Hayes, John; Rose‐Quirie, Alison; Allinson, Christopher W. - In: Personnel Review 29 (2000) 1, pp. 92-105

This study investigates whether there is a set of universal senior management competencies in the context of one large multi‐site service organisation. Four distinct work environments are identified and different lists of competencies are perceived to be important by managers working at the...

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The unit general manager: a competency profile

McCredie, Hugh; Shackleton, Viv - In: Personnel Review 29 (2000) 1, pp. 106-114

which competencies correlate most with overall performance indices. …

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Interpersonal skills and emotional maturity influence entrepreneurial style of bank managers

Avkiran, Necmi - In: Personnel Review 29 (2000) 5, pp. 654-675

Results of this study highlight the importance of human resource managers and trainers assessing the interpersonal skills and emotional maturity of new recruits and enhancing the interpersonal skills of the existing managerial workforce. The entrepreneurial style of the branch manager is...

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The failure of competence‐based management education in the public sector – A problem of generic transfer or implementation?

Boyett, Inger; Currie, Graeme - In: Personnel Review 30 (2001) 1, pp. 42-60

This paper presents a case study of a management development programme, which adopts a competence‐based approach aimed at middle managers in a further education college. The programme takes place in a context that promotes the concept of general management. However, the programme, in which the...

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Improving selection interviews with structure: organisations’ use of “behavioural” interviews

Barclay, Jean M. - In: Personnel Review 30 (2001) 1, pp. 81-101

Explains the advantages of behavioural interviewing as a method of employee selection. Reports on a survey of UK organisations’ use of behavioural interviewing in selection. Both interviewers and candidates were positive about the technique. Benefits identified were better quality information...

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Bates, Reid - In: Personnel Review 31 (2002) 5, pp. 540-552

performance and interpersonal elements differently, when making performance ratings. …

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Family breakdown

Lewis, Philip; Saunders, Mark N.K.; Thornhill, Adrian - In: Personnel Review 33 (2004) 2, pp. 174-186

Analyses the introduction and first three years of the operation of a new reward system in a financial services organisation. The purpose of the study was to develop an explanatory theory associated with reward system change effectiveness. Following a description of the organisation and its...

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Competence development and learning in British and German subsidiaries of MNCs

Geppert, Mike - In: Personnel Review 34 (2005) 2, pp. 155-177

differences were found between German and UK subsidiaries in key capabilities and strategic competences as well as in knowledge …

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