Sector level analysis of management development: the case of Scottish local authorities
Gibb, S. and Knox, L. (2001) Sector level analysis of management development: the case of Scottish local authorities. Journal of Management Development, 20 (8). pp. 714-730. ISSN 0262-1711 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000005828)
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Studies of management development (MD) can be pursued at company, sector or national levels. "Sector" studies of MD are quite rare, despite providing a potential natural "laboratory" in which a variety of approaches to MD can be studied. The research here was concerned with MD in local authorities (LAs). It is based on a survey of MD policies, methods and practices in Scottish LAs, supplemented by case studies of five LAs. The analysis of this particular sector demonstrates a variety of approaches to planning for and providing MD. These are discussed with reference to a typology of MD "rationales". The broader issues of the usefulness of, and problems with, sector studies of this kind are considered. They do offer a potential "natural laboratory" for comparative analysis, useful for exploring theories about MD; but there are practical difficulties with combining the survey and case study analysis involved.
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Item type: Article ID code: 4145 Dates: DateEvent2001PublishedSubjects: Social Sciences > Industries. Land use. Labor > Management. Industrial Management Department: Strathclyde Business School > Work, Organisation and Employment Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator Date deposited: 01 Oct 2007 Last modified: 08 Apr 2024 15:43 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/4145