A descriptive study using questionnaires was conducted in 2004 to assess the effectiveness of instructional leadership displayed by primary school management teams following the implementation of the Primary School Management Project in Botswana. Leadership skills, Coordination of instructional activities, management of curriculum and quality of…

Traditional program evaluation methods are expensive in terms of time and money. An alternative is auditing, a process that produces an official accounting and verification, often by third-party evaluators. Auditing relies on samples that are critical to the organization and its decision makers. (JOW)

A better way to assess the effectiveness of management development is to measure organizational effectiveness rather than individual improvement. Case studies support the Business Excellence Framework model, which assesses enablers (leadership, personnel management, policy, resources, processes) and results (personnel and customer satisfaction,…

In the Operations Management field, sustainable procurement has emerged as a way to green the purchasing and supply process. This paper explores issues in sustainable procurement training. The authors formed an interdisciplinary team to design, deliver and evaluate a training programme to promote and develop sustainable procurement in the United…

Provides an objective analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the oldest, most prestigious university management development program, which has been the prototype for many other such courses. (JOW)

Reports a pilot study made at the Center of Advanced Management Learning of the University of Texas (Austin). (EB)

Discusses why measuring behavior change is an effective way to project how the training program is contributing to the objectives of the organization and reducing operating costs. (CT)

Evaluates the effects of a management development program in which women administrators, professionals, and supervisors received training for upward career mobility. Assertiveness and attitudes toward women significantly improved for administrators and professionals but significantly declined for the supervisors. (Author/IRT)

This article suggests an alternative valuation approach and method based on "phenomenology" or "personal constructs" in the evaluation of management training. The approach is that learning and its application depend, not on the direct influence of externally located objects, but on how the learner experiences and evaluates…

A large industrial concern used sensitivity training for managers to try to increase diagnostic skills - awareness of his personal assumptions and habit patterns and the consequences of these on the effectiveness of his behavior. (EB)

Internal management development programs are effective especially for teaching management skills to women because of women's position on the learning curve. (Author)

A matrix is presented for evaluating outdoor development programs. The four quadrants (narrow skills, broad skills, fun/enjoyment, self/other awareness) are ranged along two dimensions: tight to loose task approach and low to high intensity process. (SK)

The Arizona Principals' Academy was first held in 1984 to enable principals to share practices promoting school effectiveness and to personalize their roles as instructional leaders. The goals of the program included informing the principals of current thinking, practices, and strategies; providing practical training to meet identified needs;…

Two hundred and sixty-eight school administrators attended the 1985 Arizona Principals' Academy to share practices promoting school effectiveness and to personalize their roles as educational leaders. The academy's five major goals were (1) to inform principals about current thinking and practices, (2) to provide ways to implement successful…