THE ROLE OF THE STRATEGIC PARTNER IN THE MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS: JORDAN TELECOM AS A CASE STUDY

The paper explores the role of the strategic partner in the Management Development (MD) process at Jordan Telecom (JT) by surveying the attitudes of 243 Jordanian managers and by testing the relevant hypothesis. The findings reveals that the strategic partner contributes to the development of Jordan...

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Published inInternational journal of commerce and management Vol. 13; no. 2; p. 144
Main Authors AL-Rasheed, Adel M, AL-Qwasmeh, Farid M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01.02.2003
Subjects
Alliances
Attitudes
Case studies
Cooperation
Corporate culture
Developing countries
Employees
Globalization
Joint ventures
LDCs
Management development
Managers
Organizational learning
Privatization
Roles
Telecommunications industry
Time management
Jordan (country)
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Summary:The paper explores the role of the strategic partner in the Management Development (MD) process at Jordan Telecom (JT) by surveying the attitudes of 243 Jordanian managers and by testing the relevant hypothesis. The findings reveals that the strategic partner contributes to the development of Jordanian managers' skills in areas such as time management, performance appraisal, job design and communications and cooperation. A limited significant impact of relevant demographic and managerial, factors on managers' attitudes towards their MD and strong corelational relationships among MD dimensions are also revealed through the findings. The conclusions highlight the positive outcomes and implications of the strategic partnership at JT. The recommendations emphasized the need for further partnerships in Jordan because of their influential effects on Jordanian businesses. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:2059-6014
2059-6022
DOI:10.1108/eb047470