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Sheehan, Maura – European Journal of Training and Development, 2012
Purpose: To examine the association between talent management (TM) and perceived subsidiary performance. Focus is given to the development of one key talent group--line managers--in subsidiaries of multinational corporations (MNCs). Specifically, the paper examines: whether there is a positive relationship between Management Development (MD) and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Organizations, Corporations, Managerial Occupations
Southworth, Geoff; Summerson, Trevor – School Business Affairs, 2011
Most people do not think of schools as centers of revolution. Rather, they consider schools to be stable organizations that have not changed dramatically in how they operate. Indeed, some argue that school operations have changed remarkably little in the past 100 years. However, a change "has" been taking place in England that is…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries, School Business Officials, Business Education
Kotey, Bernice; Saini, Bandana; While, Lesley – International Journal of Training Research, 2011
The study investigated employee learning strategies in community pharmacies in Australia and the factors that explain differences among pharmacies in the strategies employed. A qualitative methodology was applied, involving semi-structured interviews with owners, managers, or senior employees of 12 pharmacies. The findings revealed learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Staff Meetings, Employee Attitudes
Roberts, Cynthia; Coghlan, David – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2011
Drawing on their experience in a Midwest healthcare system, the authors propose a model of leadership development through action learning that embraces "concentric collaboration" at its core. The present study suggests that the process of concentric collaboration can serve to strengthen the skills of the individual leader as well as…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Experiential Learning, Cooperation, Organizational Change
The "Push-Pull" Approach to Fast-Track Management Development: A Case Study in Scientific Publishing
Fojt, Martin; Parkinson, Stephen; Peters, John; Sandelands, Eric – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore how a medium sized business has addressed what it has termed a "push-pull" method of management and organization development, based around an action learning approach. Design/methodology/approach: The paper sets out a methodology that other SMEs might look to replicate in their management and…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Needs Assessment, Resource Allocation, Organizational Development
Ropponen, Timo – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. A truly global business, Nokia makes a wide range of mobile devices and provides people with experiences in music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games and business mobility through these devices. Nokia…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Organizational Development, Internet, Telecommunications
Callan, Victor; Mitchell, John; Clayton, Berwyn; Smith, Larry – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
This document provides three resources in support of "Approaches for Sustaining and Building Management and Leadership Capability in VET Providers" (ED499670), which examines the existing and potential strategies for sustaining and building greater levels of management and leadership capability in training organisations. The resources…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Management Development, Vocational Education, Leadership
Kirwan, Cyril; Birchall, David – International Journal of Training and Development, 2006
Transfer of learning from management development programmes has been described as the effective and continuing application back at work of the knowledge and skills gained on those programmes. It is a very important issue for organizations today, given the large amounts of investment in these programmes and the small amounts of that investment that…
Descriptors: Health Services, Transfer of Training, Correlation, Work Environment