Journal of Management Development articles from July 1995

Journal of Management Development archives from July 1995

Using computers to teach project management.
July 1, 1995... Introduction As part of the University of Westminster's long-standing commitment to improving the learning experience for students, the Faculty of Business, Management and Social Studies is exploring the use of learning technologies such as:...

Supervisory management and quality circle performance.
July 1, 1995... Introduction Quality circles (QCs) were defined by Ishikawa[1] as: small groups of workers, from the same work place, who meet together on a regular, voluntary basis to perform quality control activities and engage in self and mutual...

Does age matter? (in job hiring)
July 1, 1995... Age certainly does matter if you are over 45 and looking for a job. It is widely recognized that older people have greater difficulty in finding employment, and there have been many suggestions that older staff are more likely to lose their...

Evaluation of training in local government: a typology of trainers.
July 1, 1995... Training is a means whereby an organization may promulgate learning. The significance of trainers in promoting policy implementation is not always recognized. Trainers can be pivotal in organizational learning; their place in the evaluation of...

Workplace sabotage: its styles, motives and management.
July 1, 1995... The history of industrialization is rich with accounts of "unconventional practices"[1] such as sabotage, absenteeism and low productivity. Nowadays, there is a growing recognition among practitioners in industry that workplace practices such...

Twenty-one traits of personality: an alternative solution for the occupational personality questionnaire.
July 1, 1995... Introduction This article provides a summary by Matthews and Stanton of an article which appeared in the journal Personality and Industrial Differences[1]. In another article by Stanton et al.[2], the authors proffered a five- factor...