Description
Management Development has long been established as the leading text in its field, and the new edition offers an updated look at the management development field. Designed for students of Management Development on the CIPD PDS qualification and in business and HR degree programmes, the text offers a comprehensive overview of management development to practitioners.
The text builds on previous editions and on the authors wealth of experience in this area, by adding a greater emphasis on student learning through the inclusion of a range of usefully instructive features in each chapter, including:
- chapter outline;
- web links;
- end-of-chapter discussion questions and summary;
- exercises - group or individual activities relating to chapter issues; and
- searching the web - activity using the Internet to gather information on a key feature of management development related to the chapter.Contents
Managers, Management and Management Development
Strategic Management Development
Measuring Managers
Assessing Development Needs
Managers and Learning
Activities Influencing the Development of Managers
Combining Work and Learning
Evaluating Management Development
Helpers in Management Development
The Future Supply of Managers
Management Development for Particular Groups
The Future of Management Development.About the authors
Alan Mumford
Alan has worked in such firms as John Laing & Sons, IPC magazines, International Computers Ltd and the Chloride Group. He was also Deputy Chief Training Advisor at the Department of Employment. In 1983 he was appointed Professor of Management Development at International Management Centres, and is still Visiting Professor there. He has worked with senior managers and directors and developers in a variety of organisations, including Ford of Europe, Pilkington, Unilever and Unison. He has published numerous articles and books and is a leading figure in the Management Development field.Jeff Gold
Jeff is Principal Lecturer in Organisation Learning at Leeds Business School, Leeds Metropolitan University. He has published and presented conference papers on a wide variety of topics relating to management and organisation learning, as well as being a textbook author.