ABSTRACT

This study, originally published in 1990, introduces a rich array of approaches to defining and developing the competency of managerial performance. Indeed, the authors are not afraid to cross swords with each other over a number of controversial issues. They provide a stimulating and often contentious overview of the best ways to develop and use managerial profiles.

This book will reveal to senior managers and management developers how competencies can be used as a strategic weapon to improve a range of activities including assessment, management development and leadership planning.

part Section 1|4 pages

The broad brushstroke: identifying effective performance

chapter Chapter 1|9 pages

What makes a manager?

Edited ByStephen Bevan

chapter Chapter 2|7 pages

Doubts about competency

Edited ByJohn Burgoyne

chapter Chapter 3|14 pages

No simple answers

Edited ByRobin Jacobs

chapter Chapter 4|15 pages

Unravelling managerial performance

Edited ByTom Boydell

chapter Chapter 5|11 pages

Individual and collective competency

Edited ByCharles Dodd

part Section 2|5 pages

Filling in the detail: developing leaders and teams

chapter Chapter 6|18 pages

Developing future leaders at British Airways

chapter Chapter 7|10 pages

Releasing of power in ICI

chapter Chapter 8|10 pages

BP’s move from assessment to development*

chapter Chapter 9|11 pages

Management succession and organizational change

chapter Chapter 10|19 pages

Towards organizational teamworking

chapter Chapter 11|6 pages

Action profiling at Kodak

chapter Chapter 12|10 pages

From vision to action

Edited ByEric Mitchell

part Section 3|4 pages

Framing the picture: managing in turbulent times

chapter Chapter 13|17 pages

The adaptive manager

Edited ByRonnie Lessem

chapter Chapter 14|10 pages

In search of fulfilment