The DMS — and the Promise of Management Education

Abstract

Despite the substantial growth of formal management education programmes during the last two decades, Britain's industrial performance has declined substantially by most international comparisons. By taking the Diploma in Management Studies (DMS) as an example of a middle‐management course, the article explores some of the structural constraints and conflicting expectations within management education which can prevent managerial thought being converted subsequently into corporate action and, in particular, some of the mechanisms by which employers and educators collude in maintaining a mutual distancing from each other.

Citation

Lees, S. (1982), "The DMS — and the Promise of Management Education", Personnel Review, Vol. 11 No. 3, pp. 18-25. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb055460