Responses from 53 postsecondary agriculture departments indicated the following: 32 required leadership/management development courses for agriculture majors; nearly half characterized courses as nontraditional; those not offering such courses cited lack of resources or student demand and institutional barriers; and faculty teaching leadership…

Training for 561 executives in the use of information and communications technologies was based on a model, the Executive Learning Ladder. Results indicated that sense making was accelerated when conducted in peer groups before being extended to less-experienced managers. Learning preference differences played a role. (Contains 38 references.) (SK)

Managers in service and manufacturing organizations (n=433) identified top practices for improving their performance as focus, feedback, and learning from experience. There was a disparity between the management development they want and what organizations provide. (SK)

Presents a study of the business communication connecting an organization with others in its environment. Links boundary spanning with network theory and proposes the concept of an extended network of communication. Studies the relationship between boundary-spanning communication and individual influence in a network with 108 organizational…

As the Czech Republic undergoes massive economic restructuring, education and training in capitalism and management are needed. The Czechoslovakian Management Center uses international advisors in developing its master's of business administration programs for executive development. (SK)

Explores issues concerning the empowerment of students in management while focusing on the relationship between the educational implications of empowering students and the post-educational experiences of interacting within hierarchical organizations. Explores underlying issues through the thoughts of writers from the neo-Lukacsian,…

Paradox is composed of contradictions or polarities, provoking responses of anxiety or defensiveness. It can stimulate creative thinking. Strategies for learning through paradox include constructing complexity from simplicity, discovering inner paradoxes, and learning to read complexity. (SK)

Attempts to explain spirituality by describing epistemological and metaphysical dimensions of four world views: modern, postmodern, mystical, and theistic. Outlines a Christian approach to management and ways in which spirituality rooted in Christian tradition can influence management education. (SK)

Reliability and validity of scores from management seminars using a multirater feedback system were tested. Ratings of participants affected interrater reliability negatively, suggesting that formative and summative stages be held separately. (SK)

Presents the findings from a large-scale educational change initiative in a Fortune 10 company in which managers adopted instructional roles in a cascade delivery approach. (Author/CCM)

A survey of 262 hospital supervisors and managers found that managers who were satisfied with employee career development were more committed to the organization and perceived more organizational support. They were also more likely to provide career development for their own supervisees. (Contains 46 references.) (SK)

Assuming the quality of the principal is directly linked to student learning and instruction, whose responsibility is it to develop building administrators to their fullest? This question is at the center of Principal Training on the Ground by Sandra Stein and colleagues from the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College of the City University of…

Critical action learning engages participants in a process of drawing from critical perspectives to make connections between their learning and work experiences, to understand and change interpersonal and organisational practices. But what does this mean in practice? How can critical action learning be expedited? What outcomes can critical action…

In order to encourage students to be self-motivated, engaged, critical thinkers, instructors must shift away from the traditional teacher-centered class to one that allows students to take responsibility for their own learning. Instructors may be hesitant to change classroom power relationships due to students' resistance to assuming more…

The National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership (NPQICL) is a programme that supports children's centre leaders to develop their own leadership capability. This research highlights the effect the particular constructivist teaching and learning methodology has had on individual tutors' and mentors' professional development.…