The 16 articles reprinted from HBR which make up this volume explore many aspects of executive development. Issues examined include on-the-job coaching, inc-ompany programs, university training, job descriptions, promotions, and executive stress.

Table of Contents :

* Breakthrough in organization development by Robert R. Blake, Jane S. Mouton, Louis B. Barnes, and Larry E. Greiner

* What killed Bon Lyons? by Harry Levinson

* Job descriptions for executives by John K. Hemphill

* Reaction to university development programs by Kenneth R. Andrews

* Management development is a game by Robert J. House

* Developing decision makers by Charles H. Kepner and Benjamin B. Tregoe

* How to appraise executive performance by Arch Patton

* How to break in the college graduate by Edgar H. Schein

* The case of the unplanned promotion by Stephen A. Greyser

* The power to see ourselves by Paul J. Brouwer

* Skills of an effective administrator by Robert L. Katz

* What helps or harms promotability

* T-groups for organizational effectiveness by Chris Argyris

* A psychologist looks at executive development by Harry Levinson

* What is the manager ? by Herbert Sonthoff

* The knowledge of an executive by David W. Ewing.