AMA Guide to Management Development

Based on the set of managerial competencies specially developed by the American Management Association for a new core management curriculum, "The AMA Guide to Management Development" provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of how to continually develop managers throughout their entire organization. The book considers every factor important in management development, and features in-depth information on topics including: the five major categories of competencies, including business knowledge and the ability to lead and manage change and innovation; the specific skills needed, including communication skills and people management skills; and, alternative methods organizations may use to develop managers, including different types of training and evaluation of learning effectiveness.Management development is a crucial task for every enterprise. This book gives readers the guidance they need to make sure that both current and future managers have the abilities their organizations need to prosper.

Table of Contents:
Contents Foreword by Pat Leonard EVP, American Management Association v Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1 Starting with the End in Mind 7 CHAPTER 2 Competence: The Ability to Do Something Well 27 CHAPTER 3 The AMA Management Development Competency Model: Knowing and Managing Yourself 49 CHAPTER 4 The AMA Management Development Competency Model: Knowing and Managing Others 77 CHAPTER 5 The AMA Management Development Competency Model: Knowing and Managing the Business 117 CHAPTER 6 Selecting for Competence 165 CHAPTER 7 Developing Employees 177 CHAPTER 8 Management Development Beyond Training 195 CHAPTER 9 The Role of the Manager/Employee Relationship 211 CHAPTER 10 The Role of the Organizational Leadership 227 CHAPTER 11 The Role of the Human Resources Group 241 CHAPTER 12 The Role of the Training Group 253 CHAPTER 13 The Future of Management Development 267 APPENDIX The AMA Management Development Competency Model 277 Endnotes 323 Index 327 A PDF file of the AMA Management Development Compentency Model, as well as other information about the book, is available at: www.amacombooks.org/go/AMAGuideMgmtDevelop

About the Author :
Daniel R. Tobin (Stamford, CT) is Vice President of Instructional Design and Development for the American Management Association (AMA) and has more than 30 years' experience as a corporate training director, consultant, writer, and speaker on corporate learning strategies. Margaret S. Pettingell (Hillsborough, NJ) is is an instructional designer with AMA. She previously held positions with Novations Group, Accenture, and Decker Communications.

Review :
"Informative, well-written... its objective is to put project management into its contemporary context... a fine job in achieving this objective." -"Project Management Journal" "The book's editors--Paul Dinsmore and Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin--should be commended for doing an excellent editorial job....[the editorial effort] is particularly significant in view of the fact that this handbook comprises work written by 42 distinct authors....All chapters are informative and well written....its objective it to put project management into its contemporary context, enabling readers to get up to speed on important issues in project management today. In my view, the book has done a fine job in achieving this objective." "-Project Management Journal"