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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-101567202586

ISBN-139781567202588

eBay Product ID (ePID)832564

Product Key Features

Number of Pages296 Pages

Publication NameBuilding in-House Leadership and Management Development Programs : Their Creation, Management, and Continuous Improvement

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1999

SubjectLeadership, General, Management

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBusiness & Economics

AuthorWilliam J. Rothwell, H. Kazanas

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight20.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN99-014846

Reviews"...the authors did a good job of covering the tools and techniques of L&MD programs in a way that is easily understood and applied. The book is well organized and structured. You can easily find a topic and implement the concept or skill."- Personnel Psychology, "...the authors did a good job of covering the tools and techniques of L&MD programs in a way that is easily understood and applied. The book is well organized and structured. You can easily find a topic and implement the concept or skill." Personnel Psychology

Dewey Edition21

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal658.4/07124

Table Of ContentPreface Leadership and Management Development: Background Issues Defining Leadership and Management Development Planning and Designing the Leadership and Management Development Program Focusing a Leadership and Management Development Program Identifying Leadership and Management Development Needs Establishing a Leadership and Management Development Program Administering a Leadership and Management Development Program Selecting, Planning, and Using Formal, Informal, and Special Methods How Should Recruitment and Selection Be Used as Part of a Leadership and Management Development Program? Planning and Using Formal Methods Planning and Using Informal Methods Planning and Using Special Methods Evaluating Leadership and Management Development Methods and Programs Evaluating Methods and Programs Epilogue: Special Issues in Leadership and Management Development Bibliography Index

SynopsisA guide for establishing, maintaining, and evaluating an in-house organizational leadership and management development program., Leadership and Management Development programs have helped companies of every size become high-performing organizations. This practical guide sets out a blueprint for establishing, administering, and evaluating a planned in-house Management Development program and is geared to addressing the training, education, and development needs of supervisors, managers, executives, and others who exert leadership in organizational settings. It reviews important topics such as how to make a case for an in-house program, defining the program, setting policy, establishing goals and objectives, assessing needs, recruiting someone to oversee the program, and evaluating results. The material is based on surveys of Management Development professionals, key literature in the area, and first hand experience. In this how-to-do-it start-up guide, Rothwell and Kazanas provide important background on leadership and management development programs, defining the parameters of a typical organizational program. They review such important topics as the planning and design of a program, formal, informal, and special leadership and management development methods, and evaluation of organizational efforts. Human resource development specialists and human resources managers, workplace learning and performance practitioners, CEOs, CIOs and supervisors will find this guide comprehensive and valuable.

LC Classification NumberHD30