How Line Managers View Management Development

Article by Rick Roskin taken from our e-learning website. Phone us on 01639 700388 or e-mail [email protected] for more information and to get your free trail login details. Managers’ perception of the strategic role of management development Mikko Luoma's study of 2,500 middle and senior managers. The one-liner Management development effectiveness is dependent on its linkage to the organization’s strategy and the knowledge of the manager about the connection between it and the organization’s strategic intent, especially when it contributes to managers' ability to perform their roles successfully. The overview Organizations use management development to increase the likelihood that employees will be of value in achieving corporate goals.  At least that’s the theory - increase their knowledge of management research and practice and thereby their skill and thus the return. But how can this investment be levered to increase the probability that organizational achievement will be the outcome?  Link management development with strategy is the answer.  Some may wonder if the effort is worth it. But most buy in because of the frenetic change found in the external marketplace, along with evolving employee-employer relations.  “Although the emphasis on managerial learning as a response to new competitive challenges is a common movement across organizations, there is a significant variation in the way different development actions are designed, conducted, followed up and integrated into other management processes." Luoma's research looked at the linkage of management development with strategy and its perceived effectiveness from the viewpoint of the participant manager.