Changing Patterns of Management Development

by Thomson, Andrew; Mabey, Christopher; Storey, John; Gray, Colin; Iles, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780631209980
• ISBN10: 0631209980
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-18
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Written in a highly accessible style by a small distinguished team, this is a wide-ranging account of the whole subject of management development, underpinned by the most extensive data set ever made available.

Author Biography

Andrew Thomson OBE is a professor at the Open University Business School, where he was the first Dean. He was chairman of Council of University Management Schools from 1985 to 1987, of the Joint SERC-ESRC Committee from 1985 to 1988, and of the British Academy of Management from 1990 to 1993.

Christopher Mabey is Head of the Centre for Human Resource and Change Management at the Open University Business School, where he lectures and leads action research projects examining how companies successfully orchestrate change, especially HR strategies.

John Storey is Professor of Human Resource Management at the Open University Business School. He is editor of the Human Resource Management Journal.

Colin W. J. A. Gray is a senior lecturer and, until recently, the Director of External Affairs at the Open University Business School. He is also Deputy Director-General of the Small Business Research Trust and a board member of the Institute for Small Business Affairs.

Paul Iles is Professor of Human Resource Development and Head of the Liverpool Centre for Human Resource Development at John Moores University. He is a chartered psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and Fellow of the Institute for Personnel and Development.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	viii
List of Figures	x
List of Tables	xi
About the Authors	xiv
Introduction	1	(12)
Models of Management Development	13	(22)
The Historical Background	35	(17)
National Management Development Systems	52	(22)
Demand for Management Development	74	(16)
Strategy, Structure and Responsibilities	90	(21)
Management Development Procedures and Processes	111	(23)
Management Development: Amount and Methods	134	(25)
The Impact of Management Development	159	(20)
Managerial Careers in Relation to Development	179	(25)
Management Development in Small Businesses	204	(25)
Conclusions	229	(18)
Appendices	247	(11)
References	258	(14)
Index	272