• Provides a theoretical understanding of the multiple components of management and leadership development 
• Provides practical advice and ideas for current and future managers and leaders who wish to enhance their professional development in organisations
• Written for practitioners who design, implement and evaluate management and leadership development processes 
• Also written for those undertaking specialist undergraduate programmes and postgraduate programmes of study, in which there is a focus on the development of managers and leaders
• The text has an attractive, full-colour design and is organised into four parts as follows: 

Part One summarises key concepts and theories, the context of leadership development and the nature of management and leadership. Topics include:

• The scope and purpose of management and leadership development;
• The nature of managerial work; 
• Theoretical views on leadership; recent debates in leadership research. 

Part Two focuses on organisational aspects of management and leadership development including:

• The positioning of management and leadership in organisations; 
• The structure of leadership development activities; 
• The use of competency-based approaches to leadership development and talent management. 

Part Three analyses interventions and processes including:

• Formal management and leadership development interventions
• Informal management and leadership development processes; 
• and developmental relationships in organisations. 

Part Four examines various aspects of management and leadership development for different groups and contexts. Topics include:

• Individual development and self-managed learning; 
• Career development processes; 
• and development issues associated with different groups. 

There is a focus on the comparative aspects of management and leadership development and an examination of whether there is convergence or divergence in thinking and practices on management and leadership development.