Abstract
![CDATA[Management development is not meeting its expectations and current research seeks to identify reasons why. It could be argued that this question could be answered by undertaking evaluations of management development programs, however, evaluation models aim to assess whether specific development interventions meet the stated objectives, or whether the curriculum design is appropriate; they are not designed to question any assumptions held by the designers. This paper contends that evaluation alone will not achieve the research aims because it will not reveal the conceptual view of the world held by program designers; nor will it reflect upon the nature of the learning and knowledge being constructed within the management development intervention. The designers' worldview of how knowledge and learning will impact upon how the two concepts are believed to impact, can be developed in organisational settings and then utilised to create improvement. These frame the design for the management development intervention and its potential to be able to transfer the new knowledge into the organisational system. As a consequence, without analysing these worldviews reasons for failure may not be fully understood.]]
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Teaching, Learning and Research in Institutions and Regions: Proceedings of the 5th Annual Conference of the Pacific Employment Relations Association: PERA 2005 |
Publisher | Pacific Employment Relations Association |
Number of pages | 15 |
ISBN (Print) | 0975013165 |
Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Event | Pacific Employment Relations Association. Conference - Duration: 15 Nov 2010 → … |
Conference
Conference | Pacific Employment Relations Association. Conference |
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Period | 15/11/10 → … |
Keywords
- management
- study and teaching (higher)
- management development
- evaluation
- organizational change
- organizational learning