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About the Editor.<br /> <br /> About the Contributors.<br /> <br /> Series Preface.<br /> <br /> Preface.<br /> <br /> Part I: Approaches, Concepts and Theory.<br /> <br /> 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 (J. Burgoyne).<br /> <br /> Who Am I? Self-development in Organisations (M. Lee).<br /> <br /> Cognitive Science and Individual Development (J. Henry).<br /> <br /> Individual Differences Can Both Facilitate and Limit Individual Development (K. Murphy).<br /> <br /> Part II: Individual Differences.<br /> <br /> Old and New Models of Cognitive Abilities: the Assessment Conundrum (B. Torff and E. Warburton).<br /> <br /> Personality, Style Preference and Individual Development (A. Furnham).<br /> <br /> To Use Competencies or Not to Use Competencies? That Is the Question (P. Sparrow).<br /> <br /> Emotional Intelligence and the Development of Managers and Leaders (V. Dulewicz and M. Higgs).<br /> <br /> Part III: Assessment Tools and Processes.<br /> <br /> Assessing Individual Development Needs (K. Van Dam).<br /> <br /> Individual Asessement as a Integrated Tool in a Systematic Management Process (J. Iten).<br /> <br /> Development Centres: a Neglected Perspective (J. Zaal).<br /> <br /> Part IV: Development Methods and Processes.<br /> <br /> Choosing a Development Method (A. Mumford).<br /> <br /> Team-working and the Implications for Individual Development (R. Mottram).<br /> <br /> Informal and Incidental Learning in the New Millennium: the Challenge of Being Rapid and/or Being Accurate! (V. Marsick, K. Watkins and J. Wilson).<br /> <br /> Individual Development and Self-management Learning (I. Cunningham).<br /> <br /> Using Social Networks in Organisations to Facilitate Learning (R. Poell and F. Van der Krogt).<br /> <br /> Online Networking and Individual Development (G. Salmon).<br /> <br /> Part V: Organisational Context.<br /> <br /> Developing Individuals for Leadership Roles (C. McCauley).<br /> <br /> Developing Innovations in Organisations (N. King).<br /> <br /> Diversity and Individual Development (R. Kandola and S. Kartara).<br /> <br /> Author Index.<br /> <br /> Subject Index.

<p><b>Michael Pearn</b>, Senior Consultant, Saville & Holdsworth Ltd, 1981-1984; Founding Partner of Pearn Kandola, Occupational Psychologists, 1984, retired 1999; Fellow of BPS, The Institute for Personnel and Development, The Royal Society for Arts; Member of Board of Examiners in Occupational Psychology, The British Psychological Society, Executive Board, Trinity Institute for Management Education, Association for Management Education and Development, European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology Books authored: Job Analysis for Managers (1987), Learning Organisations in Practice (1995), Tools for a Learning Organisation (1995), Ending the Blame Culture (1998), Empowering Team Learning (1998).</p>

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? <p>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.</p> <p><i>INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AND DEVELOPMENT IN ORGANISATIONS</i> is a wide-ranging review of research, theoretical developments and current best practice for HR consultants, managers, academics and advanced students in psychology.</p> <p>Michael Pearn has assembled a comprehensive collection of renowned academic specialists and leading practitioners to provide academic research findings and practice-relevant information on a variety of subjects. These include: whether competencies exist; the meaning of Emotional Intelligence; whether personality influences performance; what turns an assessment centre into a development centre; whether development resources should be concentrated on the most gifted; methods of developing diversity; and using networks to enhance learning.</p> <p>This authoritative handbook will prove an invaluable tool for those charged with the development of people in organizations in today’s climate of constant change.</p> <p>CONTRIBUTORS</p> <p>John G. Burgoyne, UK<br />Ian Cunningham, UK<br />Victor Dulewicz, UK<br />Adrian Furnham, UK<br />Jane Henry, UK<br />Malcolm Higgs, UK<br />Jörg Iten, Switzerland<br />Rajvinda Kandola, UK<br />Satya Kartara, UK<br />Nigel King, UK<br />Monica Lee, UK<br />Victoria J. Marsick, USA<br />Cynthia D. McCauley, USA<br />Roger Mottram, UK<br />Alan Mumford, UK<br />Kevin R. Murphy, USA<br />Rob F. Poell, The Netherlands<br />Gilly Salmon, UK<br />Paul Sparrow, UK<br />Bruce Torff, USA<br />Karen van Dam, The Netherlands<br />Ferd J. Van der Krogt, The Netherlands<br />Edward C. Warburton, USA<br />Karen E. Watkins, USA<br />Jacqueline A. Wilson, USA <br />Jac N. Zaal, The Netherlands</p>

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