Managing Organisational Learning and Knowledge
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Management of Training and Development MSc Assignment submission - Managing Organisational Learning and Knowledge Alan Mumford (1993) defined management development as 'an attempt to improve managerial effectiveness through a learning process'. Critically discuss this statement, comparing and contrasting a range of different approaches that human resource developers can adopt to promote and facilitate learning in organisations. Abstract This essay explores the notion that organisational development is intrinsically linked to the managerial development of is managerial decision makers. It explores a range of organisational approaches to learning and illustrates the changing requirements of a manager to understand, accommodate and develop these approaches for the benefit of the organisation. For this to be successful, it argues that managers must develop their outlook, approach, skills and understanding through a number of learning processes and therefore improve managerial effectiveness. The contexts have been carefully chosen to illustrate that skills need to be developed, irrespective of the number...

