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Building In-House Leadership and Management Development Programs: Their Creation, Management, and Continuous Improvement »

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Authors: H. Kazanas, H. C. Kazanas
ISBN-13: 9781567202588, ISBN-10: 1567202586
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: November 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: H. Kazanas

WILLIAM J. ROTHWELL is Professor of Human Resource Development in the Department of Adult Education, Instructional Systems and Workforce Education and Development in the College of Education at Pennsylvania State University.

H. C. KAZANAS is Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Book Synopsis

A guide for establishing, maintaining, and evaluating an in-house organizational leadership and management development program.

Booknews

Provides background on leadership and management development programs, defining the parameters of a typical organizational program. Chapters walk through and explain every step in the process of creating a leadership and management development program. Material is based on surveys of management development professionals, key literature, and first-hand experience. Of interest to human resource development specialists, CEOs, and supervisors. Rothwell is professor of human resource development at Pennsylvania State University. Kazanas teaches at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents

Preface
ILeadership and Management Development: Background Issues1
1Defining Leadership and Management Development3
IIPlanning and Designing the Leadership and Management Development Program31
2Focusing a Leadership and Management Development Program33
3Identifying Leadership and Management Development Needs53
4Establishing a Leadership and Management Development Curriculum75
5Administering a Leadership and Management Development Program89
IIISelecting, Planning, and Using Formal, Informal, and Special Methods115
6How Should Recruitment and Selection Be Used as Part of a Leadership and Management Development Program?117
7Planning and Using Formal Methods127
8Planning and Using Informal Methods181
9Planning and Using Special Methods203
IVEvaluating Leadership and Management Development Methods and Programs221
10Evaluating Methods and Programs223
11Epilogue: Special Issues in Leadership and Management Development243
Bibliography259
Index273

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