Discusses issues related to programs of management development by action learning leading to qualification in management. Justifies use of the method against a backdrop of current problems in management education at the postgraduate level and explains the rationale for its use at Manchester Polytechnic. (JOW)

Describes an exploratory study of student boredom as a block to learning, and reviews some of the implications for trainers if boredom is to be treated as a serious and frequent matter in management training. (MEAD Subscriptions, CSML, University of Lancaster, Lancaster LA1 4YX, England). (NJ)

Management developers often undermine their own objectives through inconsistent, paradoxical behavior. Paradoxes are a normal by-product of the way people assign meaning to interpersonal action. Case studies illustrate four paradoxes affecting human resource developers. (JOW)

According to survey responses from 20 British companies (21%), 4 had not heard of accreditation of prior learning (APL), 13 did not use it, and 3 did, although not specifically for management development. Nonusers had some negative attitudes toward APL, dismaying considering its potential role in the competence approach to management development.…

Suggests that team building can be enhanced by employing career anchor concepts to identify individual perceptions and by developing a "shared perceptions" model about performance related issues. Provides a guide to applying the model and includes a case study. (JOW)

A course for recently promoted police inspectors in England and Wales has three stages: precourse identification of learning objectives, six weeks of instruction, and four months of "learning through work." Five phases of instruction include role and context of police work, management skills, relations within the police organization,…

Discusses a study of staff regarding noncourse based learning. Analyzes how patterns of learning relate to various outcomes. Found that managers need help in combining proactivity, elegance, and opportunism in their choice and use of learning patterns. (JOW)

Evidence from foreign-owned companies in Greece suggests that cultural patterns and environmental influences cannot be ignored. However, such companies could influence human resource development in a developing country by following their home policies in training and staffing. (SK)

A survey of 59 business schools in 28 countries and case studies of 10 European institutions revealed current trends in management education and faculty development; faculty development policies, practices, and needs; and human resource issues. One conclusion was that many schools teach staff development policies and practices that they do not…

"Autobiographical Awareness as a Catalyst" (Torbert, Fisher); "Biography in Management and Organisational Development [OD]" (Jones); "Careers" (Davies); "Biography Work and Women's Development" (Farrell); "Biography as a Research Method for Investigating OD" (Salama); "Biographical Approach to Business Strategy" (Leary); "Biographical Research"…

Focus groups with British school and college headteachers (n=12) holding degrees in educational management identified important management competencies (ability to learn, to act decisively, to think globally). Managerial knowledge, skills, and higher order capacities need to be targeted specifically as each requires a difference development…

Using a computer-mediated conferencing system, 18 British business administration students conducted a thoughtful, in-depth discussion of business ethics. Some attitude change took place, but difficulties arose in technical problems with access to the system and varying levels of computer skill. (SK)

Includes "Transformation in the Public Sector" (Foster); "Implementing the Vision" (Frater); "Enabling Authority" (Stewart); "Local Authority of the 1990s" (Bichard); "Training for 'Next Steps'--Initiative in the Public Service" (Wright); "Organizational Development" (Dodd);…