management development

programs used to improve the effectiveness with which people in managerial or executive positions perform their roles. Management development can involve a variety of interventions, including classroom training, counseling, mentoring, and executive coaching as well as business games and other role-play techniques. See also organizational development; personnel training.

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September 8th 2024

speciesism

n. discriminatory, prejudicial, or exploitative practices against nonhuman animals, often on the basis of an assumption of human superiority. See also animal rights. —speciesist n., adj.