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Is Management Development Worth the Effort?
Author(s) -
Mol Arnold Jan,
Vermeulen Leopold Petrus
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/103841118802600303
Subject(s) - business , process management , operations management , risk analysis (engineering) , economics
The article examines theprerequisitesfor the successful implementation of a management development programme, and then describes a comprehensive management development programme implemented in a large South African financial institution over a period of two years. Despite careful adherence to the prerequisites, the programme failed. The authors come to the conclusion that thefailure was due to:• Major changes in the organisation structure during the implementation of the management development programme • Lack of follow‐up development activities, despite a commitment from top management to do so • Poor management practices by top managementThe authors draw a distinction between manager development and man agement development, and suggest that the former without the latter is not really worth the effort.