Foreword - Lyman Porter
Introduction - John D Bigelow
PART ONE: ISSUES IN DEVELOPING MANAGERIAL SKILLS PROGRAMS
Beyond the Wall - Timothy T Serey and Kathleen S Vanderber
Resolving Issues of Educational Philosophy and Pedagogy in the Teaching of Managerial Competencies
PART TWO: APPROACHES TO LEARNING MANAGERIAL SKILLS
Bringing Management Skill Education into the Mainstream - David A Whetten et al
Executive Challenge - Using the Outdoors to Develop the Personal Action Skills of MBA Students - Graham Elkin
A Humanistic Approach to Leadership Skill-Building - William P Ferris
Creating Realistic Interactions Using Actor-Enhanced Role Plays - Vicki S Kaman, Cynthia Bentson and Waldo R Jones
The Application of Interactive Personal Computer Cases to Teaching Managerial Action Skills - Joan G Dahl
Faculty Intent and Student Outcome in Graduate Management Education - Richard E Boyatzis
PART THREE: ASSESSING MANAGERIAL SKILLS
Assessment Center Technology - Renee V McConnell and John W Seybolt
One Approach for Integrating and Assessing Management Skills in the Business School Curriculum
A Preliminary Study - Ralph Mullin and Paul Shaffer
The Assessment Center Method of Teaching Basic Management Skills
Giving an Action Exam - John D Bigelow
An Evolving Art
Examining the Exam - Glenn M McEvoy
Ruminations on the Development of a Management Action Skills Assessment Procedure
PART FOUR: INSIGHTS INTO MANAGERIAL SKILLS
Developing Key Intervention Skills on Four Organizational Levels - David Coghlan and Nicholas S Rashford
Issues in Communications Skills Training - Ray Rasmussen
Experiences with Interaction Skills Development - Ken S Keleman, Kathi J Lovelace and Joseph E Garcia
A Situational Approach
Management Skill Development - Melvin R McKnight
What it is. What it is not.
Education and Empowerment - Robert E Quinn, Neil B Sendelbach and Gretchen M Spreitzer
A Transformational Model of Managerial Skills Development
Afterword - John D Bigelow
