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Opportunity 2000: Three Years On

King, Stephen - In: Management Development Review 7 (1994) 5, pp. 23-25

Commemorates the third anniversary of Opportunity 2000 by considering exemplars of best practice and notable progress in the light of the campaign′s objectives. Case studies on employment practices focus on the Littlewood′s Organization and Oxfordshire County Council, both of which have...

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The Human Side of Business Process Re‐engineering

Evans, Rob - In: Management Development Review 7 (1994) 6, pp. 10-12

Scrutinizes business process re‐engineering (BPR) programmes and their effect on employees – resistance and inability to change. Suggests BPR is ot the technically‐driven exercise many consider it to be; but instead groups together identification of customer needs, use of enabling...

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The Qualities of UK Management

Stubbs, Roger - In: Management Development Review 7 (1994) 2, pp. 3-8

Extract from the report made by Sundridge Park Management Centre and MORI, in making the 1993 British Quality of … Management Awards. Looks at management capabilities and questions whether UK managers provide the leadership and competence …

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Towards Self‐managed Appraisal

Bell, Mike - In: Management Development Review 7 (1994) 4, pp. 5-8

Recounts the experiences of a line manager and consultant, and his attempts to transform performance appraisal for the benefit of the individual, manager and organization. Describes the methods by which appraisal was handed back to the staff, using upward feedback from internal customers and...

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Tools for a Learning Organization

Pearn, Michael - In: Management Development Review 7 (1994) 4, pp. 9-13

Reviews the development of the concept of the learning organization, and describes a project which developed a range of practical tools to be used by trainers and line managers in order to help their organizations become learning organizations. Explains how these tools, consisting of workshop...

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Blocks to Better Management

Ball, Tony - In: Management Development Review 7 (1994) 4, pp. 14-15

, and concludes that the role of management must be reversed if companies are to become world leaders. …

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Rational Decision Making: Myth or Reality?

Heracleous, Loizos Th. - In: Management Development Review 7 (1994) 4, pp. 16-23

Considers the “rational” decision‐making model and argues that it neither describes actual decision‐making processes nor can be used as an adequate guide to effective decision making as it ignores potent social, political and cognitive influences. Suggests that the main assumptions of...

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The Concept of Five‐dimensional Management

Gallon, Belinda - In: Management Development Review 7 (1994) 5, pp. 7-9

address the rigidity characteristic of traditional management training. The approach is based on a simple definition of a … principle that managers should manage others as they eed to be managed. Five‐dimensional management focuses on the importance to … effective management of understanding different personality types and of dealing with each accordingly, though within the same …

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BICC′s Blackley People Programme

Ashton, Chris - In: Management Development Review 7 (1994) 5, pp. 10-15

Considers the challenge faced by management at the Blackley Manufacturing site of BICC Cables when, in 1992, a multi …

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Investing in Managers

Ratcliffe, Peter - In: Management Development Review 7 (1994) 5, pp. 16-18

Investors in People (IIP) is a major governmental initiative aimed at local economic regeneration on a considerable scale and with huge financial backing. Examines the potential long‐term benefits to be gained by organizations achieving the IIP standard, and advises on the creation of a...

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