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)

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)

Suggests that many of the features associated with doctoral research are being lost to potential management development programs through lack of perceived relevant routes. Addresses the real problem of a lack of awareness of the contribution doctoral research can make to management development. (JOW)

Computer simulation is an ideal framework to encourage decision making, active learning, and motivation. Appropriate software should be judged in terms of realism, relevance, complexity, interface, administrative efficiency, and use of microcomputers. (SK)

Contains three articles on business ethics: "Competent Managers--What For? A Question of Purpose, Value and Ethics" (Underwood); "Green Bills or Pound Coins--Can Business Ethics Resolve the Dilemma?" (Moon); and "Applying Socialist Ethics to Management Development" (Snell). (SK)

Implementation is a more important management problem than design of marketing strategy. Business schools must rethink both content and teaching methods to address this issue. (SK)

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…

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…

Four types of Master's of Business Administration (MBA) offered at the University of Bath (England) are (1) full-time program; (2) executive MBA, to prepare working managers for promotion; (3) Malaysian executive MBA, in collaboration with the Malaysian Institute of Management; and (4) British Airways open MBA, an evening program for airline…

Addresses the coherence of the principles of action learning, the consequences of employing certain variants in school management courses, the implications for action learning of research into effective training, and the need for thorough evaluation. (Author)

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)

Management education programs at Glasgow Caledonian University introduced Development Centres, involving students in self-assessment, career counseling, and development planning. Students viewed the centers positively as a means of bridging theory and practice, concepts and skills. (SK)