Global Training & Develpmnt 11.2 - T & D: Training and Development 11.2 (Express Exec) - Softcover

Syrett, Michel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841124435 ISBN 13: 9781841124438

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2003

Synopsis

Effective Training & Development is essential if you are to continuously get the best from your people and extend the knowledge shelf-life of your company. This module explores the vast array of options available to the HR function including on-the-job learning, formal management education, coaching and mentoring. Cost-effectiveness and measurable payback are also dealt with as cornerstones of any training and development activity.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

• Fast-track route to supporting global company strategies through management development initiatives
• Covers the key areas of linking HR policy to global goals, of designing and delivering management development initiatives across international boundaries, of overcoming cultural differences and creating common aims and aspirations
• Examples and lessons from some of the world's leading companies, including the Disney Corporation, GlaxoSmithKline, Diageo, Volkswagen, General Electric, L'Oreal, BMW and Standard Chartered Bank, and ideas from some of the world's smartest thinkers including Michael Porter, Gary Hamel, Michael Eisner, Jack Welch, and Geert Hofstede
• Includes a gloassary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide

About the Author:

Michel Syrett has written on and international strategy and business practice for a variety of publications including the Financial Times, European, EuroBusiness, Asian Business and the South China Business Post. He has also conducted research on global management development for Cranfield School of Management, the Economist Intelligence Unit and the Poon Kam Kai Institute of Management in Hong Kong. Jean Lammiman was director of management development at the international food and drinks company Grand Metropolitan (now Diagio) during its expansion into Russia, China and India in the mid-1990s. She currently leads a research programme into international innovation at the Roffey Park Institute.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1841124435
• ISBN 13: 9781841124438
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128