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Norton, Bob; Haddon, Angela – Management Education and Development, 1988
Introduces and defines the concept of online information databases and discusses how these information sources have been marketed in the past. Argues that their wealth is underused by managers and identifies databases that provide valuable management information. Identifies new trends in the industry that will help managers exploit this tool. (CH)
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Databases, Information Retrieval
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Buckley, John; Kemp, Nigel – Management Education and Development, 1987
Examines the strategic role of management development and explores various forms of management development as strategy. Concludes that management development has an important role in promoting organizational success, developing individual and organizational effectiveness, and differentiating the quality of a company and its people from the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Administration, Management Development, Organizational Objectives
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Asch, David; Smith, Rosemary – Management Education and Development, 1988
The authors discuss the recent growth, popularity, and use of distance learning in management education. Issues involved in distance teaching are analyzed. They conclude by developing a simple model to use in determining potential outcomes from the customization of distance learning material. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Distance Education, Inservice Education, Management Development
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Gorb, Peter – Management Education and Development, 1987
The author discusses the value of design as a management tool. He argues the importance of using the project method to teach design to managers. (CH)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Design, Higher Education, Management Development
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Smith, Gareth – Management Education and Development, 1987
The author looks at a definition of the term "case study" and notes a lack of empirical evidence to substantiate many of its claims. Some of the limitations and pitfalls of the case study method are discussed. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Cognitive Development
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Westley, Frances; Waters, James A. – Management Education and Development, 1988
The authors introduce the concept of group facilitation skills for managers. They describe a framework that will help managers recognize group process problems, diagnose underlying causes of group problems, and consider how to take the group past its problems. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Group Dynamics, Group Guidance, Inservice Education
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Voros, Jozsef; Schermerhorn, John R., Jr. – Management Education and Development, 1993
Hungarian business education in a restructuring era faces such challenges as underemphasis on corporate finance/accounting and overemphasis on bookkeeping, lack of status for marketing in the curriculum, and isolation of subjects with little practical application. The goal of sustainable development is a possible focus for business administration…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Economic Change
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Gibson, Martin; Hughes, P. – Management Education and Development, 1987
The authors explore the difficulties relating to the human relationship between the supervisor and the supervised in action learning projects for managers. They provide a framework for supervisory relationships. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Experiential Learning, Independent Study, Management Development
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Millman, Tony; Randlesome, Collin – Management Education and Development, 1993
When Britain's Cranfield School of Management presented management development programs for senior executives from the former Soviet Union, they found the students unused to a participative teaching approach and the case study method. Students also had misconceptions about marketing, and the presence of interpreters in the classroom also posed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Institutes (Training Programs)