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Padgham, Joan - In: Management Development Review 8 (1995) 2, pp. 26-29

Describes how representatives are developed to succeed in competitive GP environments, by examining the policy of Searle UK, a medium‐sized pharmaceuticals company. Concludes that improving people‐management skills has to be accompanied by improved business management skills. Indicates that...

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In search of rising stars

Honeyborne, Paul - In: Management Development Review 8 (1995) 3, pp. 10-12

Suggests that creating and managing today′s and tomorrow′s key players consists fundamentally of three aspects. First, they have to be recruited effectively in order to provide an organization with the best possible person for the job. Second, they have to be trained and developed, because...

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An HR perspective: the global hunt for talent in the digital age

Dickson, Duncan R.; Nusair, Khaldoon - In: Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 2 (2010) 1, pp. 86-93

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with a practical understanding of the dynamic changes in how résumés are handled by recruiters and the application of technology to the human resource (HR) functions not only of reading résumés, but also of how technology is...

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Auditing recruitment and selection using generic benchmarking: a case study

Ifill, Sharon; Moreland, Neil - In: The TQM Magazine 11 (1999) 5, pp. 333-341

This article provides an account of an audit on the recruitment and selection systems and procedures in place within a … recruitment and selection. The empirical investigation process primarily consisted of content analysis of documents and the … interviewing of 13 staff within the company. As a result of the audit, the recruitment and selection processes, systems and …

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The importance of being local: prioritizing knowledge in recruitment for destination development

Åberg, Kajsa G. - In: Tourism Review 69 (2014) 3, pp. 229-243

Purpose The paper aims to illuminate the discrepancy between the need for knowledge as found in prior research and the requirements formulated by those taking part in destination development. The results are intended to contribute to further research on the role of knowledge in destination...

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Examining the relationship between leadership and emotional intelligence in senior level managers

Gardner, Lisa; Stough, Con - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 23 (2002) 2, pp. 68-78

Investigates whether emotional intelligence measured by the Swinburne University Emotional Intelligence Test predicted transformational, transactional and laissez‐faire leadership styles measured by the multifactor leadership questionnaire in 110 senior level managers. Effective leaders were...

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Examining the relationship between leadership, emotional intelligence and intuition in senior female managers

Downey, L.A.; Papageorgiou, V.; Stough, C. - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 27 (2006) 4, pp. 250-264

Purpose – To assess the relationship between leadership style, intuition, and emotional intelligence (EI) measured by a general and a workplace specific measure of EI in female managers. Design/methodology/approach – The study consisted of 176 female managers from several industries across...

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Coaching leaders in middle and executive management: goals, performance, buy‐in

Bowles, Stephen; Cunningham, Christopher J.L.; De La … - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 28 (2007) 5, pp. 388-408

Purpose – This article aims to test the effectiveness of coaching for middle and executive level managers within a large recruiting organization. Design/methodology/approach – Participants set goals to achieve during a 12‐month coaching programme. The sample consisted of middle managers (...

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Managing the Multigenerational Workforce: From the GI Generation to the Millennials

Hughes, Larry W. - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 32 (2011) 6, pp. 648-651

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Staffing the Self‐managing Work Team

Flynn, Randolph; McCombs, Tom; Elloy, David - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 11 (1990) 1, pp. 26-31

The selection process used by an organisation employing the autonomous work group (AWG) structure is reported. What makes this company′s approach worthy of consideration is the fact that they now have more than 14 years of successful experience using the team concept. Plant personnel and...

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