What is the role of the effective human resource development (HRD) organisation in strategic business change. Best practices have emerged which suggest a six‐step approach: (1) a focused strategic approach: identify the key initiatives to which the organisation is committed and build the HRD...

Aims to provide an in‐depth discussion of how a Fortune 500 manufacturing organization refocussed its management development practices using a systems approach. A description of how the organization conducted a needs assessment, developed a system for management education and recreated its...

The second part of the article aims to show how the principles established during the evolution of the management development program at Aeroquip‐Vickers can be applied to other organizations. In particular, the design of each manager’s individual development program is a responsibility...

Explores the factors which contributed to the development of 14 senior managers in Yorkshire Water plc, who experienced temporary promotion for periods of about three months in 1992. These promotions, which were the result of planned absences of top managers, enabled each of the 14 to work in...

Describes an effort by a large US company, GTE, to evaluate the impact of a major management development effort and to decide how best the group responsible for the course should operate in the future to be most effective in performing its role. The results of the study provided insight on how...

Most managers are men and most management courses make little reference to the specific needs of women. In recent years women into management courses have been developed but they are still only a small percentage of the total number of management courses. Explores the value of women into...

Examines research activity in executive competencies, and the Management Charter Initiative M3 framework. Briefly outlines executive competency frame‐works currently being developed and indicates future directions.