Search results

This report, initiated and sponsored by the European Training Foundation (ETF), is a new contribution to upgrading and strengthening management development in Europe. Re-designing Management Development in the New Europe endeavours to review the state of the art of European management development, examine its current trends and problems, and suggest steps to improve its quality and impact. Chapter 1 is an overview of the management development sector, including some information on its history and ideas on recent economic and social trends affecting management development. Chapter 2 is devoted to 'learning' and emphasises that managers should not be taught but, rather, helped and encouraged to learn. It provides an overview of current learning concepts and techniques. Chapter 3 focuses on management development in European companies, describing approaches such as results-focused management development and structured learning processes. Chapter 4 discusses the changing roles of business schools and other external providers of management development services, pointing to new trends and to the need for a closer partnership with users. Chapter 5 describes information, communication and other technologies that are likely to enhance learning, and a number of recent innovations in management education which have been enabled by new technologies. Chapter 6 examines a wide range of recent developments in partnerships, networking, co-operation and learning across various boundaries. Chapter 7 explains why management development must add value to client organisations, and how this value can be measured and enhanced. Chapter 8, the concluding chapter, provides an agenda for action, suggesting how the various stakeholders can promote management development, improve its quality and enhance its practical impact. The recommended readings (Annex I) have been selected by the authors from the vast literature on management and on the training and development of managers, to help readers in choosing further useful sources for information, inspiration and personal study.