05/29/18 BLDE706 Management Development | University of Westminster BLDE706 Management Development (Academic Year 2015/16) View Online 244 items Week 2 (15 items) Suggested reading (10 items) No, Management Is Not a Profession. - Barker, Richard, 2010 Article | Further Leadership and management in the 21st century: business challenges of the future - Cary L. Cooper, 2005 Book | Further Why do Managers Do What They Do? Reconciling Evidence and Theory in Accounts of Managerial Work. - Hales, Colin1 Article | Further Becoming a manager: mastery of a new identity - Linda A. Hill, c1992 Book | Further The general managers - John P. Kotter, c1982 Book | Further WHAT EFFECTIVE GENERAL MANAGERS REALLY DO. - Kotter, John P. Article | Further | Please note there is an issue with accessing Harvard Business Review which means for those articles you need to do an extra step. -Click on the blue online resource button -Log in by clicking on the shibboleth link if prompted to do so -You will then reach a page which will give you some info about the article but will not show the article -You need to click on the green search box near the top of the screen -Then you should see a PDF link underneath the article- you should now be able to read the article THE MANAGER IN THE MIRROR - Mabey, Chris Terry, Robert, 2007 Article | Further The nature of managerial work - Henry Mintzberg, 1980 Book | Further Leadership and Organizing: Sensemaking in Action - A. Pye, 2005-02-01 Article | Further In search of management: culture, chaos and control in managerial work - Tony J. Watson, 1/22
Transcript
05/29/18 BLDE706 Management Development | University of Westminster
BLDE706 Management Development(Academic Year 2015/16)
View Online
244 items
Week 2 (15 items)
Suggested reading (10 items)
No, Management Is Not a Profession. - Barker, Richard, 2010Article | Further
Leadership and management in the 21st century: business challenges of the future - CaryL. Cooper, 2005
Book | Further
Why do Managers Do What They Do? Reconciling Evidence and Theory in Accounts ofManagerial Work. - Hales, Colin1
Article | Further
Becoming a manager: mastery of a new identity - Linda A. Hill, c1992Book | Further
The general managers - John P. Kotter, c1982Book | Further
WHAT EFFECTIVE GENERAL MANAGERS REALLY DO. - Kotter, John P.Article | Further | Please note there is an issue with accessing Harvard Business Review
which means for those articles you need to do an extra step. -Click on the blue online resource button-Log in by clicking on the shibboleth link if prompted to do so-You will then reach a page which will give you some info about the article but will notshow the article-You need to click on the green search box near the top of the screen-Then you should see a PDF link underneath the article- you should now be able to readthe article
THE MANAGER IN THE MIRROR - Mabey, Chris Terry, Robert, 2007Article | Further
The nature of managerial work - Henry Mintzberg, 1980Book | Further
Leadership and Organizing: Sensemaking in Action - A. Pye, 2005-02-01Article | Further
In search of management: culture, chaos and control in managerial work - Tony J. Watson,
An important theme of this module is that people learn best by acting as 'reflectivepractitioners' ie: when they are inquisitive, self learning and self-developing. This modeldoes not sit well with the prescription of 'required texts'. This is my selection of reading,based on my own interests, interpretations and prejudices.You may well wish to find yourown.
You will notice that there is a balance here between (i) 'classics' in the field and (ii)contemporary works (n.b: the most interesting, thought provoking books may notnecessarily be the most 'up to date'); (iii) academic works and (iv) practitioner texts; (v)'demanding' pieces and (vi) popular works; (vii) general books in applied Social Scienceand (viii) specialist studies of a particular aspect of MD.
Because MD is such an eclectic subject, you will find books which adopt a wide range ofperspectives: learning and development; organisational behaviour and analysis; socialpsychology; micro-sociology; philosophy of knowledge; social anthropology, psychologyand management science. This diversity emphasises the 'humanistic' nature of the subjectand reflects the richness of cultural understanding which sophisticated senior(international) managers themselves display.
I hope that this selection of reading addresses the canon of work but it has no claim to becomprehensive. If you find other references which you think are stimulating and helpful,please tell other students and your tutor. This will certainly give you 'plus points' and youwill have the satisfaction of helping your fellow students and those who come after you.
DO NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY. OBVIOUSLY YOU DO NOT HAVE TO READ
05/29/18 BLDE706 Management Development | University of Westminster
ALL OF THESE BOOKS to succeed on the course, only a reasonable proportion. I have onlyread a sample, myself.
Do reflect on your reading strategy –how you choose and interpret books? It will tell you alot about your own managerial interests, values and identity, and your self-defined needsas a manager. Are you interested in concepts and ideas as tools for diagnosis and thinkingor do you want practical frameworks for action? What does 'practical' and 'relevant' meanto you?
One other thing, do not assume that the latest texts are the best texts. The intellectualdevelopment of a subject doesn't work like that. To get a new perspective it is often usefulto read an old book!
In classifying the main books in this field I have divided them up into a number of headingswhich are intended to be helpful. Because I recognise that you have limited time I haveprovided bibliographic notes to help you become discriminating in your choice of reading(and you are welcome to disagree with these comments).
ESSENTIAL TEXTS (10 items)
Human resource management: a contemporary approach - 2014Book | Essential | A general HRM textbook with a very good introductory chapter by
Doyle on MD which introduces a ‘unified systems’ approach. How useful do you think it is?
Leadership and management development: developing tomorrow's managers - KevinDalton, 2010
Book | Essential | You must make up your own minds about the value of my recentlypublished book. It is meant to be an up to date, user-friendly guide to the field as a whole.It also tries to be provocative and teasing, critical and theoretical yet practically relevantto professionals. It deliberately challenges you to decide where you stand on the bigissues.
Exploring human resource management - David Simmonds, Christine Porter, CecilieBingham, 2006
Book | Essential | My two chapters are intended as a quick way into MD and the relatedsubject of OD. I hope they help you.
Rethinking management education - Robert French, Christopher Grey, 1996Book | Essential | For a radically different view of management education and its value.
Also an introduction to the fascinating area of ‘critical management studies’. Very good!
Gower handbook of leadership and management development - Jeffrey Gold, Richard
05/29/18 BLDE706 Management Development | University of Westminster
Thorpe, Alan Mumford, 2009Book | Essential | Full of interesting insights and theorising
Management development: perspectives from research and practice - Rosemary Hill, JimStewart, 2007
Book | Essential | Up to date and very thorough.
Management and leadership development - Christopher Mabey, Tim Finch-Lees, 2008Book | Further | A difficult read because it attempts a sophisticated rendering of the
subject area. Does presume a good knowledge of Social Science. However rewards youreffort with deep insight. Sophisticated.
Management development: strategies for action - Alan Mumford, Jeffrey Gold, 2004Book | Further | A major book (recently updated) which dramatically re-works earlier
editions and tries to be comprehensive in its coverage of the MD field. Some claim that it isa bit ‘dry’ and superficial in parts and a little light on the behavioural aspects…but makeyour own judgements, I’m biased because they are competitors with my own book.
Employee development practice - Jim Stewart, Financial Times Management, 1999Book | Essential | Performs the useful service of linking MD to organisational analysis as
a much needed antidote to the tendency of HRD professionals to ‘technicise’ MD.
Management development: strategy and practice - Jean Woodall, Diana Winstanley, 1998Book | Essential | A good starting point, providing an overview of the subject as a whole
and a framework for appreciating the core concepts involved. A bit ageing but still good.
Main Texts (18 items)
Management development - Michel Syrett, Jean Lammiman, ExpressExec, 2003Book | Further | A bit old now but still good discussion across the board.
Organization development: a process of learning and changing - W. Warner Burke, c1994Book | Further | Excellent introduction to the field by one of the ‘masters’. A truly
reflective practitioner of the voodoo arts of change.
Managing development in an era of radical change: evolving a relational perspective -Mike Doyle, 2000-09
Article | Further | Excellent overview of MD with a plea for more sophisticatedorganisational models as the basis for future MD.
Management research - Mark Easterby-Smith, Richard Thorpe, Paul R. Jackson, 2012Book | Further | Useful as an introduction to research/ evaluation methods and
philosophies; has a bias towards qualitative, interpretive approaches which is no bad thingto my mind.
Organization development: behavioral science interventions for organization improvement- Wendell L. French, Cecil Bell, c1999
Book | Further | The classic work on this subject. A bit descriptive but professional.
The handbook of leadership development evaluation - Kelly Hannum, Jennifer Martineau,
05/29/18 BLDE706 Management Development | University of Westminster
Claire Reinelt, Center for Creative Leadership, c2007Book | Further | I haven’t read this, but skimming ( you have to at 800 pages), it looks
very good. A compendium of different views on a difficult subject.
Managing learning - Christopher Mabey, Paul Iles, 2000Book | Further | A very good collection of ‘readings’ by the ‘good and the great’ in the
field on key themes in the areas of learning, development and change. Something foreveryone here.
The lessons of experience: how successful executives develop on the job - Morgan W.McCall, Michael M. Lombardo, Ann M. Morrison, c1988
Book | Further | Good insightful book that goes beyond the quick fix and asks awkwardquestions about who we are developing and how people really learn to do something asnebulous as ‘managing’. We still don’t have the answers. Ever-green despite it’s age.
Managers not MBAs: a hard look at the soft practice of managing and managementdevelopment - Henry Mintzberg, 2005
Book | Further | Controversial …and stimulating, if daunting.
Gower handbook of management development - Alan Mumford, 1991Book | Further | A bit ageing but a good starting point for all the themes we cover.
Leadership and management for HR professionals - Keith Porter, Paul Smith, Roger Fagg,Peter W. Winfield, 2006 [i.e. 2005
Book | Further | CIPD aligned textbook on management which covers a lot of ground ina pragmatic way. Good linkage to MD. Co-written by one of the tutors at WBS, whichspeaks for itself.
Learning and development for managers: perspectives from research and practice -Eugene Sadler-Smith, c2006
Book | Good introduction to key themes with copious use of research studies andintegration of their insights into the textual commentary.
Human resource development: perspectives, strategies and practice - Jim Stewart, JimMcGoldrick, 1996
Book | Further | A useful attempt to combine OA theory with HRD practice. Some contributions specifically related to MD; quite difficult sometimes, but usually rewardingbecause of its ‘synoptic’ approach.
Management development - Michel Syrett, Jean Lammiman, ExpressExec, 2003Book | Further | Published by ‘Economist Books’, a very practical, ‘investment
conscious’ approach to the study with many international examples.
Changing patterns of management development - A. W. J. Thomson, 2001Book | Further | An empirically based overview of the key themes and trends in MD;
well worked, empirical data with high-level analysis.
Writers on leadership - John Van Maurik, 2001Book | Further | A very good place to start if you are interested in theories and
reflections on leadership. Very ‘bite sized’ entries. Something to read on the train goinghome.
05/29/18 BLDE706 Management Development | University of Westminster
In search of management: culture, chaos and control in managerial work - Tony J. Watson,2001
Book | Further | If you are looking for something that goes beyond managementformulae to offer to’ tell it as it is’ about the processes of managerial behaviour, then thisis it. It challenges you to think conceptually about your own experience of being inmanagement. Really ‘paradigm breaking’ if you interpret the lessons. I love this book!
Developing management skills for Europe - David A. Whetten, Kim S. Cameron, MikeWoods, 2000
Book | Well- presented analysis of the skills needed to become a ‘high flier’ in Europeanmanagement.
PRACTITIONER TEXTS (9 items)
Facilitation - Trevor J. Bentley, c2000Book | Further | I don’t know this work but it is said to be good.
The self-managed development pocketbook - Fiona Elsa Dent, 1999Book | Further | A pocketful of tips, techniques and tools for self development; easy to
read and populist.
A guide to management development techniques: what to use when - Kenneth Fee, 2001Book | Further | A useful practical book on the techniques available. Written with the
‘activist’ in mind.
Cultivating self-development - David Megginson, Vivien Whitaker, Institute of Personneland Development, 1996
Book | Further | Another helpful ‘how to’ book for self improvement.
Mind your manners: managing business cultures in the new global Europe - John Mole,2002
Book | Further | Useful guide to being a cross cultural manager.
Developing management skills for leadership - Chris Parker, Brian Stone, 2003Book | Further | An OK book which takes a very practical and introductory approach to
the subject.
A manager's guide to self-development - Mike Pedler, John Burgoyne, Tom Boydell, 2013Book | Further | Very useful manual for ‘pragmatists’ and ‘activists’ (reflectors may be
less impressed); useful exercises for self-assessment and self- development.
A manager's guide to leadership - Mike Pedler, John Burgoyne, Tom Boydell, 2004Book | The sequel to the above. Full of useful exercises, self -tests etc.
Designing and delivering training - David Simmonds, Chartered Institute of Personnel andDevelopment, 2003
Book | Further | Good on the ‘professional’, practitioner aspects of L/D which obviouslyoverlap with MD.
05/29/18 BLDE706 Management Development | University of Westminster
Making sense of management: a critical introduction - Mats Alvesson, Hugh Willmott, 2012Book | Further | An ‘iconoclastic’ critique of contemporary management ideas. Not easy
to read but pays off for the effort involved. Gives you some conceptual frameworks tosimplify the complexity so that you can ‘act thoughtfully’.
Management learning: integrating perspectives in theory and practice - John Burgoyne,Michael Reynolds, 1997
Book | Further | Best attempt so far to bring together thinking in MD/Learning; the firststeps to a convincing integrated framework. Again, hard at first but persist!
The presentation of self in everyday life - Erving Goffman, 1971Book | Further | A classic text in Social Psychology which students from my OADD class
will know! Has a lot to tell us about awareness of self and others in social interaction.Provides managers with a much needed theoretical perspective. So good it could changeyour life. Also read any commentaries on the big ‘G’.
Management knowledge: a critical view - Paul Griseri, 2002Book | Further | A sophisticated analysis of management ideas and their application to
managerial practice. Also a cry for ‘meaningful management research’ as the basis foraction.
Management development through cultural diversity - Ronnie Lessem, Ronnie Lessem,1998
Book | Further | Thematic analysis of various cross cultural management styles andpractices with some discussion of development. Very ambitious attempt to putmanagement in context.
Power and performance in organizations: an exploration of executive process - IainMangham, 1986
Book | Further | Highly original focus on managerial process using drama and thetheatre as a metaphor for analysis.
Management and leadership development - Christopher Mabey, Tim Finch-Lees, 2008Book | Further | A bit heavy going unless you are super Social Science literate but
sophisticated and clever.
Organizational culture and leadership - Edgar H. Schein, 2010Book | Further | A classic text in this area by one of the ‘greats’ in the field of
organisational psychology and organisational development. Voluminous and heavy in bitsbut definitely worth trying.
Sensemaking in organizations - Karl E. Weick, c1995Book | Further | Not for the intellectually ‘faint hearted’ but a mastery analysis of how
managers make sense of experience in organisations. I’m sure there are many insights forgood MD practice here if only we translated theory into practice ie: were fluent in ‘praxis’.Have a go!
Other texts (35 items)
The international manager - Kevin Barham, David Oates, Ashridge Management ResearchGroup, 1993
05/29/18 BLDE706 Management Development | University of Westminster
Book | Further | Important book, with many examples from international business, onhow to select and develop international managers. Despite the passage of time still veryrelevant.
Business leadership and culture: national management styles in the global economy -Bjorn Bjerke, 2001
Book | Further | Still on my ‘to read’ list, but looks interesting as a good analysis ofdifferent national styles of managing and developing managers.
Power, politics and organizational change: winning the turf game - David A. Buchanan,Richard J. Badham, 2008
Book | Further | A book which examines management as first and foremost a ‘politicalprocess’ with various games and manoeuvres. So, what would be the implications fordeveloping those skills?
Leadership and management in the 21st century: business challenges of the future - CaryL. Cooper, 2005
Book | Further | good compendium of writers offering their perceptions on trends. Amixed bag.
Shattering the glass ceiling: the woman manager - Marilyn J. Davidson, Cary L. Cooper,c1992
Book | Further | Convincing view of why the ‘glass ceiling’ may become cracked but isalways repaired. Lessons for developing future women leaders?
Effective modern coaching: the principles and art of successful business coaching - MylesDowney, 2014
Book | Further | A handy book on the models and practicalities of managementcoaching. The sort of book you read on the train or on a plane.
Emotional intelligence - Daniel Goleman, 2005Book | Further | A concept which has taken the management world by storm, although
the ideas are as old as Aristotle. If you want to make yourself a fortune and retire early,think of an old idea which can be re-packaged as the ‘next big thing’.
International management: cross-boundary challenges - Odd Nordhaug, Paul N.Gooderham, 2003
Book | Further | A good introduction to international business and developinginternational managers.
The new international manager: an action guide for cross-cultural business - Vincent Guy,John Mattock, 1993
Book | Further | Light introductory read to discover if you are made of the ‘right stuff’for such a position. You know, many are called but few are chosen…increase your chanceswith this book.
WHAT DO MANAGERS DO? A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE. - Hales, Colin P., 1986Article | Further | A good place to go for a digest of thinking in the field. Written by an
ex- Westminster University local, so you’d better read it.
Making managers - Charles B. Handy, 1988Book | Further | Influential study of the different national systems of management
05/29/18 BLDE706 Management Development | University of Westminster
development; good descriptive accounts which had an influence on the nature of MD inBritain. Points up how ‘Anglo-American’ MD theory and practice is only one school amongseveral. Don’t be brainwashed.
Harvard business review on leadership - 1998Book | Further | A collection of classic texts on leadership both new and old- from the
Western high priests of management thinking.
Harvard Business Review on developing leaders - 2004Book | Further | A collection of contemporary texts on leadership development, from
the dominant Western perspective.
Successful team management - Nicky Hayes, c1997Book | Further | A useful review of the theories and approaches in the field of team
learning/building.
Movers and shakers: American women thinkers and activists 1900-1970 - June Sochen,c1973
Book | Further | Reflections on managing by both theorists and doers.
Management worldwide: distinctive styles amid globalization - David J. Hickson, D.S. Pugh,2001
Book | Further | Good introduction to cross-cultural patterns of managing throughoutthe world. If you’re thinking of using ‘Anglo-American’ techniques for your nextdevelopment programme in France, then forget it
Cultures and organizations: software of the mind - Geert H. Hofstede, Geert H. Hofstede,Association for Management Education and Development (Great Britain), 2005
Book | Further | International MD using a very well- known model.
Encyclopedia of management development methods - Andrzej Huczynski, June 1983Book | Further | Slightly ageing now, but still a very useful introduction to the
techniques available and how they can be combined.
Management gurus - Andrzej Huczynski, 2006Book | Further | Why do some management thinkers achieve guru status? Why does the
MD ‘industry’ need gurus? Offers advice on how to become a guru! Look no further foryour next career move.
How senior managers think. - Isenberg, Daniel J.Article | Further | Intriguing speculation about the 'split brain' and 'thinking in the
context of action'. Are good managers schizophrenic? Now there’s a question.
The general managers - John P. Kotter, c1982Book | Further | A landmark portrayal of the real world of the general manager. A
de-bunking of many management myths.
Power and influence in organizations - Roderick Moreland Kramer, Margaret Ann Neale,c1998
Book | Further | Useful…or so I understand.
Making management development work: achieving success in the nineties - Charles J.
05/29/18 BLDE706 Management Development | University of Westminster
Margerison, c1991Book | Further | A useful text which focuses on Management Development in the
workplace. A good place to begin for an overview.
The Center for Creative Leadership handbook of leadership development - Cynthia D.McCauley, Ellen Van Velsor, Center for Creative Leadership, c2004
Book | Further | Vast and very professional American text published by the veryinfluential ‘Centre for Creative Leadership’.
The nature of managerial work - Henry Mintzberg, 1980Book | Further | A classic ‘revisionist’ text on the 'doing' of management; undercuts
traditional notions of what management is! Still relevant today.
Managers not MBAs: a hard look at the soft practice of managing and managementdevelopment - Henry Mintzberg, 2005
Book | Further | A recent appraisal of the value of MD as practised by Business Schools.How to develop a form of management education which is thoughtful but also ‘relevant’ tothose who manage?
The handbook of management fads: survival in business - without taking yourself tooseriously - Steve Morris, c1998
Book | Further | A book that does not take itself too seriously or the nostrums whichhave been peddled in the name of Management Development over the last thirty years! Alight but informative read.
Broken ladders: managerial careers in the new economy - Paul Osterman, 1996Book | Further | well written and very interesting book on the ‘new agenda’ at work and
the new gospel of driving your own career.
Human resource development: beyond training interventions - Margaret Anne Reid, HarryA. Barrington, Mary Brown, Margaret Anne Reid, Chartered Institute of Personnel andDevelopment, c2004
Book | Further | Good, worthy textbook with sections on the fundamentals of learningand the manager. Some helpful examples of MD in practice.
Company man: the rise and fall of corporate life - Anthony Sampson, 1996Book | Further | Fascinating and extremely well written account of international
management culture at a time of 'storm and stress'. Critical journalism of a high order
Business leadership - V. J. Shackleton, 2003Book | Further | A very useful, short introduction to the area of leadership with all the
main approaches discussed.
Process consultation: Vol.1: Its role in organization development - Edgar H. Schein, 1988Book | Further | An OD classic: action research, group process and the socially insightful
facilitator. Demonstrates that managers can and should be thinkers too.
The reflective practitioner: how professionals think in action - Donald A. Schön, 1995Book | Further | Very provocative and important work which emphasises that
professionals learn best by 'reflection in action'.
Organizational change - Barbara Senior, Stephen Swailes, 2010
05/29/18 BLDE706 Management Development | University of Westminster
Book | Further | Comprehensive review of change theories, models and approaches;something for everyone.
Developing management skills - David A. Whetten, Kim S. Cameron, 2016Book | Further | Good solid textbook.
SPECIALIST TEXTS (3 items)Those students who come from outside Europe and the USA will probably notice that thetexts cited above seem very oriented to the Western experience. This reflects the balancein the literature of this young subject at this particular point in history. In future, with there-alignment of world economic forces, it is likely that the experience of developingmanagers in other parts of the world will redress the imbalance. The good news forparticipants from developing countries is that there is much virgin soil to be upturned, sorecording your experience could be valuable in adding to the growth of this subject.
At present, all that can be offered to counter balance the ethno-centrism of the literatureare the following texts which are known to the me (although not always read). Theassiduous student will be able to access other references by selective use of the Inter-netand other data sources. If you find anything good, do let me know.
Managing in developing countries: strategic analysis and operating techniques - James E.Austin, 1990
Book | Further
Management development through cultural diversity - Ronnie Lessem, Ronnie Lessem,1998
Book | Further | A conceptual introduction to MD using examples from across the world
The art of Japanese management - Richard Tanner Pascale, Anthony G. Athos, Peter Parker, 1986
Book | Further | A 'milestone' text which sent shivers down the spines of manymanagers in the West
Journals (15 items)
People Management:Journal | Further | has the biggest circulation of any of the journals in this field.
Management Development articles do come up, but not every month. You may need tosearch back copies.
Other specialist/management development/training and developmentjournals include: (14 items)
Human Resource Development InternationalJournal | Further
Industrial and Commercial TrainingJournal | Further
05/29/18 BLDE706 Management Development | University of Westminster
Journal of Management DevelopmentJournal | Further
Journal of Management Education -- Archive of Issues by DateJournal | Further
Journal of European Industrial TrainingJournal | Further
The Leadership QuarterlyJournal | Further
Management Development ReviewJournal | Further
Management Learning -- Archive of Issues by DateJournal | Further
Organizational DynamicsJournal | Further
There are also many other specialist journals of relevance. Take a look at the library'spublications list ie EMERALD e-journals in business and management (ask librarian toexplain access if you need to)
Emerald e-journalsWebsite | Further
In addition, there are also the more generalised and popular management journals whichwill have relevant material from time to time:
Harvard Business ReviewJournal | Further
Management TodayJournal | Further
E-sources (1 items)You may also find relevant data on the following free web sites:
CIPD Championing better work and working lives - 2015Website | Further | Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
You may know this already. Provides access to lots of free information
