Addresses the theme of the internationalization of business practice at a time when research indicates that US firms are providing less training to prepare managers to be internationally effective than are firms in other industrialized countries. Describes a training programme developed for...

Managers involved in international business should be concerned with the cultural context of communication. A contrasting of the way the Americans and Japanese perceive reality and thus relate within their individual societies, highlights the danger inherent if one chooses to exist within a...

A good starting point for management development staff is to interview company “high flyers” to establish their views. Research carried out among 711 American client executives (CEOs) to discover their perceptions of management development shows that managers with a high need for achievement...

Once a company has had success as an entrepreneurial venture and has grown in size it must make the transition from entrepreneurship to a professionally managed organisation. The role of management development is believed to be a critical component in this transition. Senior management must give...

Mergers and managerial development are reshaping the contemporary corporate world. Management development can be used to reduce resistance to the merger and assist in the process of building a positive blended corporate culture. The successful merger of Allied‐Signal and Bendix Corporations is...

Human resource management activities in major American corporations have changed significantly during the past five to seven years, both in scope and direction. Many large manufacturing‐based corporations have begun to recognise the need to redevelop their ability to manage change in the...

The Looking Glass simulation was developed by behavioural scientists at the Centre for Creative Leadership, North Carolina. Looking Glass, Inc is one of the best known examples of a realistic behavioural simulation. Such simulations allow managers to be studied and trained in situations closely...

One of the major reasons the Japanese have been so successful in business is their ability to take a concept or idea from another culture and improve on it in a uniquely Japanese fashion. The management development programmes at the Japan‐American Institute of Management Science (JAIMS)...

The structure of the American corporation is currently changing from one with many middle managers providing the link between upper management and first‐line supervisors to one with few middle managers. A study of the content of supervisory training programmes in light of the changing role and...

Many Japanese companies still retain seniority‐oriented promotion as the basis of their personnel management. One of its most significant characteristics is that rank and age co‐vary — the older the employee, the higher he is expected to be promoted in the company. Up to the age of 35 the...