, and how managers operate in that gap.  …

Presents the first of two reports which research into the handling styles of supervisors and managers when dealing with …

approaches signal managers’ intentions to change attitudes to work and reassert control over the production process. The …

investigated using repertory grid interviews with men and women managers, group discussions, and documentary evidence. In each case … which these could be negotiated by women. Respondents outlined what is valued in managers in terms of characteristics and …

This paper assesses the incidence and contribution that mentoring has to the career development of retail managers … a sample of 132 UK retail managers, this research found that half the sample had experienced being a protégé in a …, career and self development. It was less apparent whether the incidence of mentoring affected retail managers’ ultimate …

relocations will be among the most important tasks facing Human Resource Managers in the 1990s. To cope with the challenges of the …, companies, personnel managers and individual employees can all benefit from a clearer understanding of the personal dynamics and … “good practice” for employers, personnel managers, employees and their dependants.  …

. It concludes by briefly discussing the implications for UK companies and personnel managers, and briefly outlines the …

Revisits Parnell and Bell’s arguments that managers have different propensities for participative decision making (PPDM …, findings suggest that a manager’s PPDM is a function of four core factors: beliefs concerning the effectiveness ofparticipation …, perceptions about the effect of participation on the manager’s power, theculture of the organization in which the manager operates …

managers. Reports on a study which provides a comprehensive evaluation for the impact of an MBA programme of a leading UK … managers, the output of the study clearly indicates the value they have gained from their MBA. This is seen in increased …