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Management development
About: Management development is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5781 publications have been published within this topic receiving 102139 citations.
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TL;DR: Buchanan et al. as mentioned in this paper conducted a survey of 279 business and government managers to identify several commitment-relevant experiences and suggest that the influence potential of particular experiences varies significantly with tenure.
Abstract: Bruce Buchanan 11 Based on a questionnaire survey of 279 business and government managers, this study sheds light on two questions: (a) which organizational experiences have the greatest impact on managers' organizational commitment attitudes and (b) how does the significance of such experience vary with organizational tenure, particularly at early career stages? The results identify several commitment-relevant experiences and suggest that the influence potential of particular experiences varies significantly with tenure
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01 Jan 2004
TL;DR: Mintzberg's "Managers Not MBAs" as discussed by the authors explores the concept of management as a practice blending craft (experience) with art (insight) and some science (analysis) and argues instead for training balanced, dedicated managers who practice an engaging style, believing that their purpose is to leave behind stronger organizations, not just higher share prices.
Abstract: Thirty years ago, Mintzberg's bestseller ""The Nature of Managerial Work sought to dispel the myths of the disconnected, overly analytical manager by observing a week in the lives of five chief executives. In a sense, ""Managers Not MBAs is the sequel, delving as it does into current practice and the need for developing much better managers. The book examines what is wrong with both management education and management itself, and how both could be changed. Mintzberg explores the concept of management as a practice blending craft (experience) with art (insight) and some science (analysis). Conventional education in this realm, he says, encourages a ""calculating"" approach by overemphasizing the science, and a ""heroic"" approach by overstressing the art. Mintzberg argues instead for training balanced, dedicated managers who practice an ""engaging"" style, believing that their purpose is to leave behind stronger organizations, not just higher share prices.
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TL;DR: In this paper, it is hypothesized that the transfer of managers is used by some multinational organizations to develop a process of control based on socialization, and the control processes are not alternatives but cumulative stages of development; one control strategy is added to, not substituted for, previous ones.
Abstract: Ju ne 1 977, volume 22 The purpose of this paper is to present an argument and some hypotheses to stimulate further research. It is hypothesized that the transfer of managers is used by some multinational organizations to develop a process of control based on socialization. Transfer of managers for socialization is distinguished from transfer of personnel to fill positions in developing countries and for management development. Transfer for socialization is hypothesized to socialize managers and create international, verbal information networks, which combined, permit greater decentralization than the impersonal bureaucratic strategy. Finally, it is suggested that the control processes are not alternatives but cumulative stages of development; one control strategy is added to, not substituted for, previous ones.
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