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‘Real’ Managers don’t do NVQs: a review of the new management ‘standards’

Grugulis, I.

Authors

I. Grugulis



Abstract

In 1997 the Management Charter Initiative (MCI) officially launched the new management NVQs (National Vocational Qualifications), benchmarks which attempted to describe the work performed by British managers. This article is a review of those qualifications. It remembers some of the main problems associated with the original management NVQs and, drawing on some of the best theoretical and empirical accounts of managerial work, argues that the new qualifications have failed to live up to the MCI’s original promise, to assist the development and training of managers.

Citation

Grugulis, I. (1998). ‘Real’ Managers don’t do NVQs: a review of the new management ‘standards’. Employee Relations, 20(4), 383-403. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459810232833

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 1998
Deposit Date Jan 7, 2011
Journal Employee Relations
Print ISSN 0142-5455
Publisher Emerald
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 20
Issue 4
Pages 383-403
DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459810232833
Keywords Management, National vocational qualifications, Training and development, United Kingdom.
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1535514

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