Description
Personal Development and Management Skills focuses on the learning processes that underpin skills development, whether personal, professional or management skills. Written in an engaging and accessible way, this book provides a framework that can be used in different situations to facilitate a wide range of skills. It is a practical book, informed by both professional practice and academic research.
This is ideal for anyone studying personal or professional development or management skills as part of a Business and Management degree or an MBA.
Contents
Introduction
PART 1: THE PROCESS
Background to ADAX
Awareness
Decision Making
Action
Excellence
PART 2: CRITICAL VARIABLES
Experiential Learning
The Brain and Skill Development
State: A Prerequisite for Skill Development
Role of the Senses in Skill Development
Personal Characteristics and Learning
Summary and Conclusion
Appendix: Framework of Management Skills.Authors
Chris Routledge
Chris is a former lecturer at Huddersfield University Business School and is now a management consultant.Jan Carmichael
Jan is Head of the Division of the HRM in the Department of Management at Huddersfield University Business School.Reviews
'Management skills textbooks may briefly outline their views on approaches to skills development at the beginning but this text places more emphasis on the process, which is novel, refreshing and should be immensely useful to both students and tutors.'
Margaret Heath
Senior Lecturer
University of East London Business School