ABSTRACT
Senior management development programmes, graduate entry,
accelerated development, high-flyer schemes, MBA recruits...the
return of fast tracking appears to be underway in the UK. After
a period in the 1990s when most large organizations gave up
attempts to plan for executive resourcing and succession, the
return of growth in the economy has brought with it renewed
confidence in the future. The promise of speedy advancement up
the corporate ladder is being resurrected as a means of attracting
and retaining the ‘best’ candidates the job market can supply.
The return of the graduate milk round, increased headhunter
activity and job adverts which describe development packages
alongside the usual benefits are just some of the indicators of
such buoyancy.
