MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION: THE GULF EXPERIENCE Available to Purchase

Introduction It is not always easy to define or distinguish with precision the difference between Management Education, Management Training and Management Development because each is but one of several related and overlapping activities aimed at improving the effectiveness of organisations. For management education, together with management development, organisational development and training, aim at influencing the making of future managers or improving the performance of incumbents. One problem is the sheer vastness of the literature on the subject, the terminological confusion, the rapidly changing intellectual terrain and the elasticity of the uses of these terms reflecting multiple purposes and functions that seem to be involved.