Management Development… some ideals, images and realities

Abstract

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Management development: contemporary trends, issues and strategies

“…Storey (1989aStorey ( , 1989b argues that it may be concerned with``attitudinal structuring'',`w ith the diffusion of company values'' and`w ith forging a common identify and approach'' (Storey, 1989a(Storey, , 1989b. It has been advocated for example, that``management development F F F has F F F the primary task of maintaining order'' (Lawrence, 1977).…”

Double Trouble: Sibling Rivalry and Twin Organizations in the 2008 Credit Crisis

“…Using a ‘disciplined attention to … emotional experience’ (Armstrong, , p. 32) that develops ‘experiential learning’ (Miller, , p. 204) to focus on why something – rather than only what – is happening, such approaches are intended to help identify these essential, underlying issues. Consultants informed by such approaches are likely to develop ‘working hypotheses’ (Lawrence, , p. 231) that, in the cases examined here, focus attention on the way in which intense sibling and twin rivalry can stoke up excessive and dangerous ambitions that put organizations at risk, with the hope of influencing leaders to put these organizations on a sounder footing and avert disaster. Of particular relevance here is the work of Sher (), who works with boards and who has also written on issues facing the financial services industry (Sher, , pp.…”

Doing a Good Job—the Effect of Primary Task Quality on Well‐Being and Job Satisfaction

“…According to Lawrence, organizations are just physical entities “until people take up their roles and subscribe to the organization. Hence, the definition of the primary task is not a given but belongs to the people engaged in the activities” (Lawrence, , p. 23). He distinguishes between three ways of conceiving the primary tasks: 1) the normative primary task, which is defined by the superordinate authority; 2) the existential primary task, which is the overall task the employees perceive they are contributing to; and 3) the phenomenological primary task, which is the overall task that can be inferred from behavior.…”