Individual differences and development in organisations

✍ Scribed by Michael Pearn

• Publisher: J. Wiley
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 410
• Series: Wiley handbooks in the psychology of management in organizations
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

How can we maintain competitive advantage in a rapidly changing environment and at the same time create and sustain organisations in which people thrive both materially and psychologically? While organisations are facing the twin challenges of advancing technologies and increasing levels of competition, successfully developing and retaining the talents of all its members is key to organisational effectiveness. Individual Differences and Development in Organisations is a wide-ranging review of research, theoretical developments and current best practice for HR consultants, managers, academics.

✦ Table of Contents

Learning theory and the construction of self : what kinds of people do we create through the theories of learning that we apply to their development? / John G. Burgoyne -- Who am I? Self-development in organisations / Monica Lee -- Cognitive science and individual development / Jane Henry -- Individual differences can both facilitate and limit individual development / Kevin R. Murphy -- Old and new models of cognitive abilities : the assessment conundrum / Bruce Torff and Edward C. Warburton -- Personality, style preference and individual development / Adrian Furnham -- To use competencies or not to use competencies? That is the question / Paul Sparrow -- Emotional intelligence and the development of managers and leaders / Victor Dulewicz and Malcolm Higgs -- Assessing individual development needs / Karen van Dam -- Individual assessment as an integrated tool in a systematic management development process / Jörg Iten -- Development centers : a neglected perspective / Jac N. Zaal -- Choosing a development method / Alan Mumford -- Teamworking and the implications for individual development / Roger Mottram -- Informal and incidental learning in the new millennium : the challenge of being rapid and/or being accurate! / Victoria J. Marsick, Karen E. Watkins and Jacqueline A. Wilson -- Individual development and self-managed learning / Ian Cunningham -- Using social networks in organisations to facilitate individual development / Rob F. Poell and Ferd J. Van der Krogt -- Online networking and individual development / Gilly Salmon -- Developing individuals for leadership roles / Cynthia D. McCauley -- Developing innovation in organizations / Nigel King -- Diversity and individual development / Rajvinder Kandola and Satya Kartara.