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Ciporen, Rachel – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2015
In recent years coaching has become an increasingly popular intervention used in both personal and professional development spheres. This chapter draws on industry research from scholars as well as professional organizations to map the history, definitions, and trends of executive and organizational coaching to provide clarity on a complex and…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Intervention, Professional Development, Individual Development
Bolt, James F. – Training, 1993
As recently as the 1980s, most companies did not pay much attention to executive education. In the 1990s, many see executive education as a must for revamping competitive strategies, increasing productivity, improving quality, reducing cycle time, and revitalizing corporate culture. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Education, Management Development, Organizational Climate
Pierce, Gloria – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1988
This article analyzes the unique set of interacting factors that make burnout likely in social services and describes a management development strategy for addressing the problem through training and through the creation of a climate for learning and growth. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Burnout, Management Development, Organizational Development
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Tomal, Daniel R. – Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau, 1987
Presents an eight-step model for establishing a training and development program: (1) initiate consultative relationship with management; (2) develop written agreement; (3) diagnose needs; (4) formulate action plan; (5) design program proposal; (6) gain management approval; (7) conduct training; and (8) evaluate results. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Consultants, Corporate Education, Management Development
Williams, Melanie – Transition from Education through Employment, 1990
Surveys the current status of outdoor training for management development in Britain, including types and quality of providers and courses and advice for organizations interested in offering such training to their employees. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Management Development, Organizational Development
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Preziosi, Robert C.; Gooden, Doreen J. – New Horizons in Adult Education, 2002
A leadership development program for managers used appreciative learning, based upon appreciative inquiry, an organizational development method focused on what organizations do well. Participants identified prior successful learning experiences for use in future work performance, creating a multiplier effect of positive experiences. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Experience, Job Performance, Leadership Training
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Law, Kian Aun – International Education Studies, 2008
This paper deals with a case study of Management Development (MD) practices at Malaysian Assurance Alliance (MAA). The aim of this research is to investigate how a large Malaysian insurance corporation developed and integrated MD initiatives with current organizational needs and tasks. Attempts were made to map and categorize the MD initiatives…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Management Development, Corporations
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Mumford, Alan – Studies in Continuing Education, 1991
Effective organizational learning must build on individual learning. Continuous work-centered learning is a sequential process of interaction, implementation, integration, and iteration. A learning organization should aim to improve individual capacity to recognize and use learning opportunities. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Experiential Learning, Individual Development, Learning Processes
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Garavan, Thomas N.; Sweeney, Patrick – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1994
Case studies demonstrate that well-managed learning contracts can significantly increase the value of supervisor development, help facilitate more consensus-building and collaboration, and encourage organizational learning. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Management Development, Organizational Development
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Burdett, John O. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1991
Explains the importance of developing empowered employees, outlines stages of supervisory growth from administrator to coach, defines sources of the supervisory power base, explores differences between traditional and empowered thinking in job design, and describes how to build an organizational learning culture. (SK)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adult Education, Educational Environment, Empowerment
Inglis, Scott – 1994
This book is aimed at managers, chief executives, personnel directors, and all those who want to know what action learning can do for their organizations. Part 1 (Chapters 1-3) provides a general introduction to action learning. It describes the underlying theory and principles of action learning and the benefits that organizations can expect to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Experiential Learning, Learning, Management Development
von Krogh, George; Roos, Johan – 1995
This book is intended to give readers an observational scheme for understanding the process of organizational knowledge development at the individual and social levels. Chapter 1 examines devising a concept of organizational knowledge. In chapter 2, the place of epistemology within philosophy is discussed along with organizational, cognitivist,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Processes, Continuing Education, Epistemology
Swezey, Robert W.; And Others – 1980
A review of the theoretical and empirical literature was conducted to identify, in a systems framework, organizational processes and dimensions associated with effective functioning. Potential methodologies for use in controlled organizational experimentation were also explored. Literature was reviewed according to an empirically derived…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Information Processing, Management Development, Military Service
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Akin-Ogundeji, O. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1987
The author focuses on training practices in Nigeria and issues that influence these practices. Background information on supervisory and management training in Nigeria and cross-cultural perspectives are provided. The article is based on information taken from interviews with personnel and training managers in Nigerian manufacturing companies in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Developing Nations, Education Work Relationship
United Nations Development Programme, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1974
The document reports on the activities undertaken and the results achieved in a project intended to develop cooperatives of food producers (including fisheries, farming and fruit growing) in Senegal. Three consultants were requested of and provided by the International Labor Organization, for the United Nations Development Program. Working with…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Production, Agriculture, Cooperatives
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