Examines how story‐telling was used at the open space conference to explore how current troubling situations faced by management developers could be used to provide lessons for their future. Looks at some of the concerns of management developers and then moves to explain why story‐telling...

There are a plethora of meanings that surround the term effectiveness even though the pursuit of effectiveness is taken for granted in modern organizations. Many definitions assume organizations as a stable and unified entity; however, it is argued that there are many notions of effectiveness...

Social constructionist perspectives are becoming increasingly influential in organisational and management studies. Evaluates an experientially based personal development module on a management diploma that was re‐designed according to social constructionist ideas about learning and managerial...