The unit general manager: A competency profile

Personnel Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 106-114

  McCredie, Hugh ^a   Shackleton, Viv ^b  

^a Co ordinates Sr Mgmt Assess D ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competences; Effectiveness; Industry; Managers; Personality; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012691553     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480010295844     Document Type: Article

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