Leadership Development
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The Development of Management and Leadership Capability and its Contribution to Performance: The evidence, the prospects and the research need
John Burgoyne, Wendy Hirsh and Sadie Williams
Research Report RR560
Research Report No 560
The Development of Management and Leadership Capability and its Contribution to Performance: The evidence, the prospects and the research need
John Burgoyne, Wendy Hirsh and Sadie Williams
The views expressed in this report are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department for Education and Skills. © Lancaster University 2004 ISBN 1 84478 286 7
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This report has been written by John Burgoyne, Wendy Hirsh and Sadie Williams as members of the Management and Leadership Development Research Network. This group consists of researchers concerned with the topic of this research. Other members have made specific contributions. Chris Mabey has provided a special input on nature and effects of corporate management development. Kim James, David Beech, and Lew Perren have provided special reviews on corporate management and leadership development strategies, leadership and the development of management and leadership capability in small and medium enterprises respectively. The general approach to the project, locating specific studies, drawing conclusions from these, and the judgements about useful future research priorities have been informed by discussions in the network group and comments by its individual members as the review has progressed. The members not already mentioned are: Kamal Birdi, Richard Bolden, Johnathan Gosling, Jim Hillage, Matias Ramirez, Penny Tamkin, Marc Thompson, Stephen Watson and Stephen Wood.
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1: Executive Summary........................................................................................1 2: Introduction ....................................................................................................6 3: The Nature and
The Development of Management and Leadership Capability and its Contribution to Performance: The evidence, the prospects and the research need
John Burgoyne, Wendy Hirsh and Sadie Williams
Research Report RR560
Research Report No 560
The Development of Management and Leadership Capability and its Contribution to Performance: The evidence, the prospects and the research need
John Burgoyne, Wendy Hirsh and Sadie Williams
The views expressed in this report are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department for Education and Skills. © Lancaster University 2004 ISBN 1 84478 286 7
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This report has been written by John Burgoyne, Wendy Hirsh and Sadie Williams as members of the Management and Leadership Development Research Network. This group consists of researchers concerned with the topic of this research. Other members have made specific contributions. Chris Mabey has provided a special input on nature and effects of corporate management development. Kim James, David Beech, and Lew Perren have provided special reviews on corporate management and leadership development strategies, leadership and the development of management and leadership capability in small and medium enterprises respectively. The general approach to the project, locating specific studies, drawing conclusions from these, and the judgements about useful future research priorities have been informed by discussions in the network group and comments by its individual members as the review has progressed. The members not already mentioned are: Kamal Birdi, Richard Bolden, Johnathan Gosling, Jim Hillage, Matias Ramirez, Penny Tamkin, Marc Thompson, Stephen Watson and Stephen Wood.
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1: Executive Summary........................................................................................1 2: Introduction ....................................................................................................6 3: The Nature and
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