The fact that a management training course is run on an in‐company basis rather than outside the organization does not guarantee that any of the learning acquired by course members will automatically be transferred back into the trainee's work situation. While many companies are prepared to...

Employee absence costs British industry £5 billion per year; 200 million working days are lost annually. The average shopfloor worker takes eleven days off each year. In their book, Managing Employee Absence for a Competitive Edge , the authors recommend a systematic seven‐step approach to...

This article describes a range of management development methods that tutors, trainers or lecturers can use in their work with managers. In this context the term method is used very loosely to refer to a wide range of very different techniques and approaches. It has been argued that there are no...