How Managers Can Develop Managers

Managers are constantly being told that they are responsible for developing other managers. This challenging book explains why and how this should be done.
Moving beyond the familiar territory of appraisal, coaching and courses, Professor Mumford examines ways of using day-to-day contact to develop managers. The emphasis is on learning from experience - from the job itself, from problems and opportunities, from bosses, mentors and colleagues.
Among the topics covered are: recognizing learning opportunities, understanding the learning process, what being helped involves, the skills required to develop others, and the idea of reciprocity ("I help you, you help me").
Throughout the text there are exercises designed to connect the reader's own experience to the author's ideas. The result is a powerful and innovative work from one of Europe's foremost writers on management development.