TITLE : KEY ISSUES IN MANAGEMENT TRAINING.

Introduction    ix
 
Concepts and Issues in Management Development   xi
 
The MBA and British Industry   1
Management Training and Corporate Strategy   5
A Planning Framework for Training   9
Using Management Training to Build Competitive Advantage  14
Distance Education: An Overview   19
Growth in Tailored Management Education  23
Management Education in Africa  27
Back from the Brink? Lessons on Management Education From The USA  31
The Making of British Managers  36
The Job of Managing  41
The Middle Management Perspective   45
Organisation Development - A Complete Picture?   51
How Tomorrow's 'Top' Managers will be Different   57
The Shape of Organisations to Come?   63
Management in the 1990s  68
Pan-European Management Development   73
Managing Complex Change   77
High Performance Organisations: Aligning Culture and Organisation
  Around Strategy   81
 
The Design and Development of Training Initiatives 87
 
The Learning Environment: Key Variables  89
The Tailored Course   93
A Case Study: British Petroleum's Business Management Programme  98
Advancing Strategic Change through Tailored Management Education  102
Training in Strategy  107
A Case Study in Strategic Planning  113
Financial Management Training 	  118
Computers Add Excitement to Financial Training 	  123
Games and Simulations 	129
A New Approach to Leadership Training 	134
Team Development: A Tailored Approach in the NHS 	  138
Management Training: Understanding the Business  143
The Company-Based MBA 	  147
Simon Engineering: A Major Management Development Initiative with MBA
  Accreditation	  151
 
Aspects of Human Resource Management     157
 
A Note on Organisational Climate   159
A Note on Computer-Assisted Feedback   163
Individuals and Organisations   167
Thriving on Change?   173
Rekindling the Flame  177
 
Innovation     181
 
Innovation - An Integrated Approach   183
Innovation-The Role of Senior Management 188
Innovation - The Skills of the Innovator 192
Innovation - What Works in the Market Place  197
Innovation - Japanese Methods  203
Innovation: We Know We Need It, But How Do We Do It?   209
Innovation - Creating the Future   215
 
Other Issues     219
 
Ten Universial Qualities of Effective Managers   221
Achieving Growth Abroad: Strategies for Playing the Global Game   227
1992 and all That   231