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)

The Master's of Business Administration model includes skills, functions, and strategy and focus on traditional "management"; formal knowledge acquired may be unrelated to practical experience. The certificate in management model focuses on competencies, disaggregation, managers, and experiential, work-based learning but may ignore a…

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)

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).

In presenting a women's training model, the author identifies specific areas where women need to develop competency. The stages of developing these competencies are presented. The training philosophy and guidelines are also examined, as well as the benefits of training. (CT)

The rationally based model of action learning limits learning and change. Adding a psychological component (emotional experiences that promote or discourage learning) and a political component (effects of institutional and personal power relations on learning) broadens understanding of individual and organizational development. (SK)