The purpose of this paper is to suggest a framework for analyzing "outdoor management development" so as to help potential consumers assess the compatibility of provider organizations and their own. (Author/SSH)

The authors describe development of a model useful for teaching political skills in the management curriculum. The model contains two dimensions relating to (1) the skill of "reading" an organization's politics and (2) the skills that individuals carry that predispose them to act in a certain way. (Author/CH).

This paper argues that, although the increased use of outdoor components in management courses has led to a resurgence of interest in the approach, it remains, nonetheless, mistrusted and misunderstood by many trainers. (Author/SSH)

It should not just be the concern of the international management educators to identify which management theories and approaches are able to "travel" and be transferred from one culture to another. There is a very strong link, in practice, between national culture--which is the focus of this article--and organizational culture. (SSH)

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);…