Sidney Mailick

The Practice of Management Development Sidney Mailick

Marc Notes: Bibliography: p. [185]-197; Includes index. Publisher Marketing: A persistent difficulty faced by management professionals is the absence of sources providing information about objectives, theory, and current aproaches and practices for management development. The editors address this issue by bringing together outstanding management professionals to provide a comprehensive review of current management development theory and practice. Individual case studies employing in-depth descriptions of particular management training programs are supplemented by theoretical discussions placing the studies in a common context. The result is an integrated overview of the best and most innovative programs and methods available to the human resources professional. Divided into three principal sections, the volume first focuses on efforts aimed at the development of individual managers and management styles. The papers in Part Two address programs directed toward changing the culture of the organization. Part Three offers examples of programs that are on the cutting edge of management development. Each chapter includes a description of the diagnosed needs and defined objectives, the design and implementation of the program, an analysis of results, and practical implications for other practioners. Throughout, the contributors provide professionals with an integrated source for both new approaches and useful variations on familiar ones.

Contributor Bio:  Mailick, Sidney Sidney Mailick) of "Experiential Management Development: From Learning to Practice" (Quorum Books, 1992) and "The Practice of Management Development" (Praeger, 1988). Contributor Bio:  Hoberman, Solomon SOLOMON HOBERMAN is a Management Consultant and former Chairman of the Civil Service Commission and Director of Training for New York City. He is the author (with Sidney Mailick) of "Experiential Management Development: From Learning to Practice" (Quorum Books, 1992) and "The Practice of Management Development" (Praeger, 1988). Contributor Bio:  Wall, Stephen J STEPHEN J. WALL is a Managing Director and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Leader of Right Management Consultants, a leading organizational consulting and career transition firm with 300 offices worldwide. He is the coauthor of two other books, The New Strategists and The Morning After.