Productivity Perspectives in Management Development

“Productivity” has been the predominant managerial concern of the 1980s. Possible routes to high productivity are varied, but the present focus is on management development. The relationship between management development and productivity improvement offers many challenges. Answering these challenges lies with all those who advocate, design and implement managerial development programmes. This issue offers insights on how to facilitate productivity through effective management development that is both knowledge and behaviour oriented.