Developing Managerial Competence

by Winterton; Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9780415183468
• ISBN10: 0415183464
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-03-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Workplace training and education have increasingly been seen as pivotal factors in improving the abilities, skills and competitiveness of industry. The book emphasizes the benefits of linking management development with organizational strategy. Features include up-to-date analysis of how management development can be measured; the first comprehensive assessment of the impact of using Management Standards; and practical illustrations with sixteen in-depth case studies of contemporary organizations.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. viii
List of tables	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
List of abbreviations	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
The changing context of training and development	p. 1
Background to the study	p. 8
Structure and overview of the book	p. 14
Management development	p. 18
Conceptualizing management development	p. 18
Management skills, competences and competencies	p. 24
Evaluating the impact of management development	p. 28
Summary and conclusions	p. 32
Methodological approach	p. 34
Case study evaluation methodology	p. 35
Research design	p. 42
The case study fieldwork	p. 46
Summary and conclusions	p. 50
Organizational strategy and management development	p. 52
Organizational strategy	p. 53
Development to support strategy	p. 57
Linking development to strategy in practice	p. 62
Summary and conclusions	p. 68
Human resource development strategies	p. 70
Human resource development	p. 71
Competence-based management development	p. 76
Competence-based management development in practice	p. 83
Summary and conclusions	p. 88
Individual performance	p. 90
Identification of training needs	p. 91
Learning to develop competence	p. 96
Individual performance outcomes	p. 101
Summary and conclusions	p. 106
Organizational performance	p. 109
Organizational efficiency	p. 110
Learning in organizations	p. 115
Organizational performance outcomes	p. 118
Summary and conclusions	p. 125
Business performance	p. 127
Defining corporate success	p. 128
Corporate learning	p. 132
Business performance outcomes	p. 137
Summary and conclusions	p. 144
Conclusions	p. 146
Evidence that CBMD improves performance	p. 146
Factors explaining variations in performance outcomes	p. 150
Strategic recommendations and policy implications	p. 155
Further research	p. 155
Tin mine	p. 157
Galvanizing factory	p. 165
Electrical rental and retail company	p. 173
Oil and gas exploration company	p. 181
Energy technology service	p. 188
Government agency	p. 196
Specialist insurance	p. 204
Charity organization	p. 212
Magistrates' Courts	p. 219
Regional newspaper	p. 227
Eastern NHS Trust	p. 235
Aeroplane component manufacturer	p. 242
Northern NHS Trust	p. 250
Clothing manufacturer	p. 258
Shoe factory	p. 266
Southern NHS Trust	p. 274
References	p. 280
Index	p. 298
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