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== Management education ==

One of the biggest growth areas in UK education since the early 1980s has been the growth of university-level management education.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} In addition to weekly part-time attendance at college/university, many students employ [[distance learning]]. The number of UK business schools grew from two in the early 1970s, to over one hundred providers.

== Selection on the basis of psychological traits ==

A study of oil-industry middle-management in Iran suggests advantages in selecting middle managers on the basis of [[Self-reliance (disambiguation) | self-reliance]], [[self-efficiency]], building [[Trust (social science) | trust]], and [[legal attitude]].<ref>

{{cite journal

| author1 = Alborz Maghtader Mansouri

| author2 = Ghlamreza Rahimi

| author3 = Nader Bohluli

| author4 = Ferhad Nezhad Irani

| title = Identifying psychological traits of middle managers in the oil industry

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Lys4EAAAQBAJ

| journal = International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies

| publication-date = 1 July 2019

| volume = 10

| issue = 8

| page = 1088

| issn = 1906-9642

| quote = [...] the psychological characteristics of the middle managers in the society under investigation were identified in this research, in four categories of self-reliance, self-efficiency, building trust, and legal attitude in the mentioned population. [...] it is suggested that policy makers and decision makers in the oil industry pay attention to select middle managers who have the above-mentioned characteristics.

| access-date = 11 April 2023

}}

</ref>

== Management development programme ==

ManagementLarge corporates and management institutes conduct management-development programmes<ref name="Management Development Programmes">{{Cite web|url= https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe/program/management-development-program-mdp|title=Management Development Program (MDP)|publisher= www.gse.harvard.edu|access-date= February 23, 2017}}</ref> (MDP) are conducted by big corporates and management institutes<ref name="MDPs">{{Cite web|url= http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/iim-a-mdps/1/366139.html|title= IIM Ahmedabad: 11 new Management Development Programmes|publisher= indiatoday.intoday.in|access-date= February 23, 2017}}</ref><ref name="MDP">{{Cite web|url= https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/sbl/default/Programmes/Short-learning-programmes/Management-Development-Programme-(MDP)|title= Management Development Programme (MDP)|publisher= www.unisa.ac.za|access-date= August 20, 2020}}</ref> in order to enable current and prospective managers to develop an understanding of [[management conceptsconcept]]s, [[management practices | practices]], approaches and perspectives. The participants gainreceive an immersive learning experience and, are encouraged to provide insights on situational problems, and are exposed to the views of other participants ofin their group. Through this process, they gain [[problem solving | problem-solving]] skills and analytical[[Analytic reasoning | analytical-thinking]] abilityabilities.

== See also ==