... on organizations. The aims of this study were (1) to identify existing evidence on consultants’ knowledge, skills, abilities and other personal attributes (KSAO) related to organizational consulting effectiveness and (2) to lay the foundation of an empirically derived competency framework for effective consulting...

...Stefan Kueenzi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of perceived transformational, transactional and laissez-faire (LF) leadership behaviours on both the effectiveness of the leader and satisfaction with the leader, as perceived by information technology (IT) subordinates...

...Anna-Liisa Elo; Jenni Ervasti; Eeva Kuosma; Pauliina Mattila-Holappa Purpose – Leadership behaviours are shown to contribute to subordinate well-being. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of a 7.5-day personal growth-orientated leadership intervention among line supervisors...

.... It focuses specifically on the development of an understanding of the interpersonal relationships that existed within those action learning sets; both positive and negative. The paper then discusses the subsequent impact those dynamics may have on the effectiveness of the action learning process. Design...

...Ghulam Dastgeer; Atiq ur Rehman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess effectiveness of management development (MD) programs in the Pakistani corporate sector and investigate relationship among various factors that affect MD practices in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach...

... practice of management. This paper explores the effectiveness of one management development program from the perspective of its graduates, who reported that the program positively impacted them as well as their organizations. In particular, they perceived that the program had an enormous impact...

...Stephen J. Carroll; Dennis J. Gillen The manager/teacher role has not been sufficiently identified or discussed in various papers on managerial role theory published over the years. The present paper discusses the findings of an exploratory study of the factors related to effectiveness...

... and peers) of the managers’ effectiveness. Results of the statistical analysis indicate that the manager’s self‐efficacy is a partial mediator of the relationship between his or her employees’ engagement and the manager’s rated effectiveness. Overall, these findings suggest that both employee engagement...

...Billy Bateman; F. Colin Wilson; David Bingham Much has been said and written about the importance of teams to the success of organisations and emphasis has been given to the benefits of team‐building activities to achieving both team and organisational effectiveness. Describes attempts to move...

...Chet Robie; Karin M. Johnson; Dianne Nilsen; Joy Fisher Hazucha A study was conducted that examined which managerial skill dimensions were critical for effective leadership for managers in the USA and seven European countries. The results suggested more similarities than differences across...

...James M. Wilkerson This small‐sample (N = 84) study investigated human resource management practitioners’ views of academic research relevance to, and management professor effectiveness in, management development. Results indicate that practitioners do not particularly value academic research...

...Shamima Ahmed This paper describes and explores an emerging integrated measure of effectiveness for human resource management functions. The emerging measure basically incorporates both the mission support and employee support goals as two criteria of effectiveness. The paper next analyzes...

...Farhad Analoui Despite the considerable attention given to managers and their effectiveness in the last few decades, a great deal of confusion and concern still surrounds the subject. Recently, attention has been drawn to the importance of the role of the public sector to the realisation...

..., and challenges yet to be met. It suggests how international donor agencies could work more closely with government agencies and the management community in the region to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of management development there. At present, not only is Eastern Africa among the poorest regions...

...Peter Goodge Analyses the business context of management development in the late 1990s, and presents some surprising survey results on the effectiveness of development methods ‐ results which challenge many of our past assumptions. Describes two central “principles” of effective management...

...Farhad Analoui Increased managerial effectiveness has been a concern for academics, management trainers and developers. However, the topic has remained relatively unexplored, especially so far as the effectiveness of the senior managers and officials is concerned. Examines results of first‐time...

...Roger Poulet Explains that effective development programmes are those from which people emerge re‐energized and capable of transforming this energy into action which enhances the performance of their organization. Proposes six themes which govern the design and delivery of such programmes...

...Rosemary K. Rushmer Looks at the use of the Team Management Index (TMI) as a team building intervention in a programme of organizational development (OD). Attempts to assess the instrument’s effectiveness using a variety of measures (including the taxonomy of De Meuse and Liebowitz, 1981). In so...

...Peter Goodge Uses multiple regression to highlight the key design variables underpinning development centre effectiveness. Finds third‐generation designs which provide exercise realism, participant involvement and concerted development planning on the centre to be significantly more effective...

... learning and client recommendations. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Action learning Effectiveness Evaluation Learning Management development Masters of Business Administration Projects The Master of Business Administration (MBA) has become ubiquitous in management education. US universities...