Skip to Main Content
Article navigation
Volume 8, Issue 4
1 July 1995
Executive Development Cover Image for Volume 8, Issue 4
Case Report| July 01 1995

Career management at Nationwide Building Society using a soft systems approach Available to Purchase

Robert Bolton;
Robert Bolton
Previously Head of Corporate HR at Nationwide Building Society, but is now an Executive Consultant with KPMG Management Consulting Group, Chippenham, UK.
Search for other works by this author on:
This Site
PubMed
Google Scholar
Jeffrey Gold
Jeffrey Gold
Editor of Executive Development
Search for other works by this author on:
This Site
PubMed
Google Scholar
Author & Article Information
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6011
Print ISSN: 0953-3230
© MCB UP Limited
1995
Executive Development (1995) 8 (4): 22–25.
https://doi.org/10.1108/09533239510089517

Examines how a systemic model of managing career development was developed to improve a messy problem at Nationwide Building Society. The approach adopted was to apply soft systems methodology. Presents the model and then examines actions to improve the situations.

Keywords:
Career development, Systems development
© MCB UP Limited
1995
You do not currently have access to this content.
Don't already have an account? Register

Purchased this content as a guest? Enter your email address to restore access.

Please enter valid email address.
Email address must be 94 characters or fewer.
Pay-Per-View Access
$39.00
Rental
This article is also available for rental through DeepDyve. Read this now at DeepDyve
Erratum
Introducing 360‐degree feedback: the benefits and pitfalls
Releasing middle management potential: part 2
A local authority management development programme: behavioural versus cognitive development?

Suggested Reading

Civil integrated modular avionics – a longer‐term view
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: An International Journal (December,1999)
Systems thinking, personal quality, and learning
Executive Development (July,1995)
Putting systems thinking to work
Executive Development (July,1995)
Unfolding systemic ideas
Executive Development (July,1995)
New maintenance and procurement strategies will be needed for open systems
Assembly Automation (June,2000)

Related Chapters

Communication and Management: An Obvious Relationship? The BA Curricula in Communication Management in Flanders
The Management Game of Communication
Choice Points: The Making of a Scholar-Practitioner
Research in Organizational Change and Development
Impact of College Athletics Involvement on African American Male Student-Athletes’ Career Development
Black Males and Intercollegiate Athletics: An Exploration of Problems and Solutions

Recommended for you

These recommendations are informed by your reading behaviors and indicated interests.

Cited By

Google Scholar
CrossRef (1)
This Feature Is Available To Subscribers Only

or Create an Account

Close Modal
Close Modal