120 ARTICLES FROM THE LITERATURE ON OMD.
This page contains a list of reference material specifically on Outdoor Management Development (OMD).
This is in a table containing 120 sources of information on OMD drawn from a period between 1981 to 1998
Twenty-one of these sources are marked with a *. This indicates that they are reports of empirical research into OMD. More details are listed on these in a further table at the foot of this page.
Philip Donnison
October 2000
| AUTHOR | YEAR | TITLE | SOURCE | TYPE |
| Acland, J. | 1982 | An Analysis of Development Training at Brathay Hall | Brathay Hall | Internal Paper. |
| Alder, A. | 1995 | The changing vision of the outdoors | Management Training | Trade publication. |
| Aspden, L. * | 1994 | Outdoor management development: An evaluation. | University of Central Lancashire. | Unpublished BA Dissertation. |
| Association for Experiential Education | 1998 | Membership Directory 1998-1999 | Association for Experiential Education | Trade publication. |
| Arkin, A. | 1995 | Breathing fresh air into training. | People Management. 27 July 1995 | Trade publication |
| Badger, B., Sadler-Smith, E. and Michie, E. | 1997 | Outdoor management development: use and evaluation. | Journal of European Industrial Training 21(9) | Journal. |
| Baldwin, T. T., Wagner, R. J. & Roland, C. C. * | 1991 | Effects of Outdoor Challenge Training on Group and Individual Perceptions | Society for Industrial & Organisational Psychology | Conference Paper. |
| Bank, J. | 1994 | Outdoor development for managers | Gower, Aldershot | Book. |
| Barret, J. and Greenaway, R | 1995 | Why adventure? | Foundation for Outdoor Adventure | Book. |
| Barton, B. | 1994 | Learning to Survive | Training Management May 31st - June 14th 1994 | Trade publication. |
| Bessant, C. | 1989 | The Evaluation of Development Training | Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic | Unpublished. MBA Dissertation. |
| Boak, G., Else, J., Nesbitt, D. and Holdsworth, P. * | 1992 | Management Competence and outdoor management training. | A report produced for Northern Regional Management Centre and Brathay Hall Trust. | Internal Report. |
| Boot, M. & Reynolds, M. | 1984 | Rethinking experience based events | In Cox, C. & Beck, J. Management Development: Advance in Practice and Theory. New York: Wiley. | Book |
| Branton Kenton. | Undated | Outdoor development: A guide for managers. | Branton Kenton. Human Technology Consultants. London and Ceredigon. | Internal Report |
| Bronson, J., Gibson, S., Kicher, R. & Priest, S. * | 1992 | Evaluation of team development in a corporate adventure training program | Journal of Experiential Education 15(2) pp 50-54 | Journal |
| Buller, P. F., Cragun, J. R., & McEvoy, G. M. | 1991 | Getting the Most Out of Outdoor Training. | Training and Development Journal March 6.6 58-61 | Journal |
| Burleston, L. & Grint, K. * | 1996 | The deracination of politics: outdoor management development. | Management Learning 27.2 pp187-202 | Journal |
| Burnett, D. | 1994 | Exercising better management skills | Personnel Management - 26.1 January pp 42-46 | Trade publication. |
| Campbell, J. | 1990 | Outdoor Management Development: A fad or a phenomenon? | Training Officer 26.7-8 July-August | Trade publication. |
| Campbell, J. | 1990 | Outdoor Management Development: A plea for greater safety awareness. | Training Officer 1990 pp 285-286 | Trade publication. |
| Chadwick, V., Farrell, P. and Lafferty, G. | 1987 | The Individual: Outdoor Management Development. | Management Education and Development 18(1) pp21-24 | Journal. |
| Channell, G. | 1996 | The future of development training. | Human Resources. 22 | Trade publication. |
| Chapman, S., McPhee, P. and Proudman, B. | 1992 | What is experiential education? What is the question? | Journal of Experiential Education August 1992 15 (2) | Journal. |
| Cole, J. | 1993 | No gung, no ho? | Training and Development. May 1993 | Trade publication. |
| Coleman, J. S. | 1995 | Experiential Learning and Information Assimilation: Toward an appropriate mix. | In Warren, K., Sakofs, M. and Hunt, J. S. (1995) The Theory of Experiential Education. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt. | Book. |
| Collected letters | 1993 | Collected letters | Training and Development May 1993 | Trade publication. |
| Corporate Adventure Training Institute (CATI). | undated | CATInate: A research update. 1 – 19. | Corporate Adventure Training Institute (CATI). Brock University in Canada | Internal Report |
| Crawford, N. * | 1988 | Outdoor Management Development: a practical evaluation. | Journal of European industrial Training | Journal. |
| Curry, L. | 1997 | Exterior Motives | People Management. May 1997 | Trade publication. |
| Cutting Edge, Channel 4 | 1993 | "Exposure" | Shown on Channel 4 Monday 25th January 1993 | Television Programme |
| Dainty, P. & Lucas, D. | 1992 | Clarifying the confusion: A practical framework for evaluating outdoor development programmes for managers | Management Education and Development 23.2 pp 106-122 | Journal |
| Dennehy, R.F., Sims, R. R. and Collins, H. E. | 1998 | Debriefing learning exercises: a theoretical and practical guide for success. | Journal of Management Education 22(1) | Journal |
| Dickson, A. | 1996 | The power of experience. | Training Officer June 1996 32.5 pp 136-137 | Trade publication. |
| Donnison, P. A. * | 1993 | The effect of outdoor management development on self-efficacy | Birkbeck College, University of London | Unpublished MSc dissertation |
| Donnison, P. A. | 1994 | An analysis of management development course aims and objectives during 1993. | Brathay Hall. | Internal report |
| Donnison, P. A. | 1995a | Measuring Effectiveness. | Training Tomorrow 9,7 | Trade publication. |
| Donnison, P. A. | 1995b | OMD put to the test. | Management Development Review 8 (5) pp 35-37 | Journal |
| Donnison, P. A. | 1995c | Course evaluation report. | Brathay Hall | Internal report |
| Donnison, P. A. | 1996 | Great Outdoors. | The Call Centre Focus. November 1996. | Trade publication. |
| Donnison, P. A. | 1998 | Making sense of outdoor management development (OMD); comparing participants responses with the received wisdom. | Monograph from the Association for Experiential Education 26th International Conference. November 1998. | Conference Paper |
| Drebing, C. E., Willis, S. C. and Genet, B. | 1987 | Anxiety and the outward bound process. | Journal of Experiential Education 10(2) | Journal |
| Dybeck, M. | 1996 | A Broad River. Brathay Hall Trust. Fifty Years of Progress. | Ambleside: Brathay Hall. | Book |
| Elkin, G. | 1991 | Outdoor challenge programmes: employee development in New Zealand. | Training Officer September 1991 | Trade publication. |
| Entwistle, N. | 1984 | Contrasting perspectives on learning. | In Marton, F., Hounsell, D. & Entwistle, N. (1984) The experience of learning. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press | Book |
| Everard, K. B. | 1987 | Development training - progress and prospects. The development of personal, group and community effectiveness. | Development Training Advisory Group (DTAG) publication. | |
| Everard, K. B. | 1988 | The growing pains of development training | Transition. April 1988 | Trade publication |
| Ewert, A. | 1987 | Research into experiential education an overview. | Journal of Experiential Education 10:2 | Journal |
| Experience Based Training and Development (EBTD) | 1998 | The Experience-Based Training &
Development Professional Group Homepage |
Web page address http://krypton.mankato.msus.edu/~huntj/EBTD | Web Page |
| Ferguson, M. J. | 1996 | The Outdoor-Based Management Development Survey. An Assessment of the Learning Strategies and transfer Processes relating to Management Development with particular reference to Outdoor-based Programmes and Techniques | Ferguson, M. J. | Unpublished paper |
| Fowler, A. | 1993 | Pull together? | Local Government Chronicle. 26 February 1993 | Trade Publication |
| Fowler, A. | 1995 | How to: decide on training methods | People Management Dec 1995 | Trade publication |
| Francis, A. * | 1996 | An investigation into the effectiveness of adventure based experiential training | Working paper, University of Hertfordshire | Unpublished working paper. |
| Froebel, K. * | 1994 | Outdoor Management Development as a form of management training - An evaluation | University of Edinburgh | Unpublished MBA Dissertation |
| Gall, A. L. | 1987 | You can take the manager out of the woods, but... | Training and Development Journal 41(3) | Journal |
| Gass, M. A. | 1985 | Programming the transfer of learning. | Journal of Experiential Education, 8(3), pp 18-24 | Journal |
| Gates, E. | 1996 | Survival of the fittest. | Occupational Health and Safety 26(10) pp 17 -20, 22-23. | Trade publication |
| Greenaway, R. * | 1995 | Powerful Learning Experiences in Management Learning and Development | University of Lancaster CSML | Unpublished PhD Thesis |
| Greenaway, R., and Bill, C. | 1989 | Competences of Development Trainers | Trainer Development Section of the Training Agency. | Training Agency Publication |
| Hattie, J., Marsh, H. W., Neill, J. T. and Richards, G. E. | 1997 | Adventure education and outward bound: Out of class experiences that make a lasting difference. | Review of Educational Research 67(1) pp 43-87 | Journal |
| Handforth, D. | 1993 | Good Practice in the Outdoors | Training and Development | Trade publication |
| Hinchcliffe, S. | 1997 | Outdoor bodies: the injunction of activity and non-representational learning. | Faculty of Social Sciences. Open University. | Unpublished paper |
| Holman, S. | 1993 | Outdoor Challenge. | Training Officer. 29 (3) | Trade publication |
| Holman, S. | 1996 | Trust exercises. | Training Officer. 32 (5) | Trade publication |
| Honey, P. | 1996 | Outdoor training, making sure the dog wags the tail. | Training Officer. 32 (5) | Trade publication |
| HSE | 1996 | Guidance to The Licensing Authority on The Adventure Activities Licensing Regulations | HSE Books | HSE publication |
| Ibbetson, A. and Newell, S. | 1996 | Winner takes all: An evaluation of Adventure-based Experiential Learning | Management Learning 27.2 pp 163-185 | Journal |
| Ibbetson, A. and Newell, S. * | 1998 | Outdoor management development: the mediating effect of the client organisation. | International Journal of Training and Development 2 (4) | Journal |
| Industrial Relations Service | 1991 | Developing Managers in the great outdoors. | Recruitment and Development Report. Issue 14. Industrial Relations Review pp 6-9 | Trade publication |
| Industrial Relations Service | 1992 | The Role of Outdoor Based Development: A survey of 120 employers. | Employee Development Bulletin Issue 34, Industrial Relations Review and Report: 522 pp 2-17 | Trade publication |
| Institute of Personnel and Development. | 1998 | The IPD guide on outdoor training | London: Institute of Personnel and Development. | Book. |
| Irvine, D. & Wilson, J. P. | 1994 | Outdoor management development - reality or illusion | Journal of Management Development | Journal |
| Jolly, P. | 1992 | The Myth about Outdoor Management Development | Transition Oct pp 21-22 | Trade publication |
| Jones, P. & Oswick, C. | 1993 | Outcomes of outdoor management development: Articles of faith | Journal of European Industrial Training 17 (3) | Journal |
| Kirk, P. | 1986 | Outdoor Management Development: Cellulose or Celluloid? | Management Education and Development 17 (2) | Journal |
| Klint, K. A. | 1990 | New Directions for Inquiry in Self-Concept and Adventure Experiences | In Adventure Education. (1990) Eds. Miles, J. C. and Priest, S. State College, PA: Venture. | Book |
| Krouwel, B. & Goodwill, S. | 1994 | Management Development Outdoors | London: Kogan Page. | Book |
| Kubisch, A. | 1996 | Outdoor Management Development: methods, theories and evaluations | BAEBA London | Unpublished BA Dissertation |
| Lowe, J. * | 1991 | Teambuilding via Outdoor Training: Experiences from a UK Automotive Plant | Human Resource Management Journal 2 (1) pp 42-59 | Journal |
| Loynes, C. | 1995 | The Great Outdoors. | Training Management | Trade publication |
| Lucas, D.M. * | 1992 | The outcomes of personal development within manager development as exemplified by the use of the outdoors | Cranfield Institute of Technology. | Unpublished PhD Thesis |
| MacLean, D., Paton, R. and De Vries, E. | 1996 | Personal competences and outdoor development for managers. | Career Development International 1(1) | Trade Publication |
| Marsh, H. W., Richards, G. E. and Barnes, J. | 1986 | Multidimensional self-concepts: the effect of participation in an outward bound program. | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 50(1) pp 195-204 | Journal |
| Mazany, P., Francis, S. and Sumich, P. * | 1995 | Evaluating the effectiveness of an outdoor workshop for team building. | Journal of Management Development (14(3) | Journal |
| McEvoy, G. M. and Buller, P. F. | 1997 | The power of outdoor management development. | Journal of Management Development 16(3) | Journal |
| McEvoy, G. M., Cragun, J. R. and Appleby, M. | 1997 | Using outdoor training to develop and accomplish organizational vision. | Human Resource Planning 20(3) | Journal |
| McGraw, P. | 1993 | Back from the mountain: outdoor management development programs and how to ensure the transfer of skills to the workplace | Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources 31.3 pp 52-61 | Journal |
| McSherry, M. & Taylor, P. * |
1994 | Supervisory support for the transfer of team-building training | International Journal of Human Resource Management 5.1 pp 107-119 | Journal |
| Miles, J. C. and Priest, S. | 1990 | Adventure Education | State College, PA: Venture. | Book |
| Miller, E. and Rooke, S. | 1991 | Journeys towards excellence: The design and facilitation of outdoor management development programmes. | Asia Pacific Human Resource Management. Summer 1991 | Journal |
| Mossman, A. | 1983 | Making choices about the use of the outdoors in manager development and management development | Management Education and Development. 14.3 pp 182-196 | Journal |
| Neagle, J. J. & Fisher, G. R. | 1985 | Evaluation of outdoor management training. | Training and Development (UK) 23.4 pp 100-102 | Trade publication |
| Neffinger, G. G. | 1990 | Real learning in unreal circumstances. | Journal of Managerial Psychology. 5 (1) pp 27-31 | Journal |
| Noble, P. | 1994 | Outdoor management development: An overview of the industry in England and Wales with references to size and dispersion | Sheffield Hallam University. | Unpublished BA dissertation |
| O'Reilly, S | 1998 | New-age Tarzans. | Human Resources. 8(4) | Trade publication |
| Peckham, M. | 1993 | Management Development and The 'Outdoors' - Exploring the Myth | Training and Development (UK) 11.5 pp 17-18 & 11.6 pp 13-14 | Trade publication |
| People Management | 1998 | Advertisement | People Management. 13 August 1998 Vol. 4.16 pg. 58. | Advertisement |
| Personnel Management | 1993 | Firm in documentary on 'macho' outdoor course is going back for more | Personnel Management March 1993 | Trade publication |
| Philo, L. | 1995 | Teamworking is not about competition. | Personnel Today 17th January 1995 | Trade publication |
| Prickett, R. | 1998 | Breaking the ice (outdoor training) | People Management. 14 May 1998 Vol. 4.10 | Trade publication |
| Priest, S. and Gass, M. A. | 1997 | Effective Leadership in Adventure Programming. | Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. | Book |
| Proudman, B. | 1992 | What is experiential education? Experiential education as emotionally engaged learning. | Journal of Experiential Education 15(2) | Journal |
| Ringer, M. | 1995 | Passion and aliveness in outdoor leadership. Leadership competencies from recreation to therapy. | Australian Journal of Outdoor Education 1(2) | Journal |
| Robertson, I. T. * | 1991 | An Evaluation of Outdoor Development as a Management Development Tool | University of Edinburgh | Unpublished, MBA Dissertation |
| Roland, C. | 1981 | Transfer of Outdoor Managerial Training to the workplace | Cited in Wagner, R. J., Baldwin, T. T. & Roland, C. C. (1991) Outdoor Training Revolution or Fad? Training and Development Journal March | Unpublished dissertation |
| Smith, D. and Vaughan, S. | 1997 | The outdoors as an environment for learning and change management. | Industrial and Commercial Training 29(1) | Trade publication |
| Springett, N. R. * | 1987 | The evaluation of development training courses. | University of Nottingham. | Unpublished. PhD Thesis |
| Symons, J. | 1995 | Developing managers using the Volunteer Reserve Forces | Training Officer 31.2 March pp 44-46 | Trade publication |
| The Financial Times | 1993 | Short cut to the top. | 13th January 1993 | Newspaper |
| The Daily Telegraph | 1995 | Losers feel the stress of playing executive games | 4th January 1995 | Newspaper |
| The Guardian | 1995 | I didn't feel safe or supported | Careers pg. 3. 15th July 1995 | Newspaper |
| The News of the World | 1998 | Blunders of `98 | Page 24. 9th August 1998 | Newspaper |
| Tuson, M. | 1994 | Outdoor training for employee effectiveness. | London: Institute of Personnel Management | Book |
| Twining, C. * | 1990 | Outdoor Management Development. Outcomes and the influence of individual differences. | MRC/SSRC Social and Applied Psychology Unit, University of Sheffield. | Unpublished MSc dissertation |
| Wagner, R. J., Baldwin, T. T. & Roland, C. C. * | 1991 | Outdoor Training Revolution or Fad ? | Training and Development Journal March | Trade publication |
| Wagner, R. J. & Campbell, J. |
1994 | Outdoor-based Experiential Training: Improving Transfer of Training Using Virtual Reality. | Journal of Management Development 13(7) | Journal |
| Wagner, R. J. & Fahey, D. * |
1992 | An Empirical Evaluation of a Corporate Outdoor-Based Training Program | Conference Paper. Academy of Management | Conference paper |
| Wagner, R. J. Roland, C. R. * | 1992 | How Effective Is Outdoor Training? | Training and Development 46 (7) pp 61-64 | Journal |
| Warner, A. | 1990 | Program evaluation, past, present and future. | In Adventure Education (1990) Eds. Miles, J. C. and Priest, S. | Book |
| Warren, K., Sakofs, M. and Hunt, J. S. | 1995 | The Theory of Experiential Education. | Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt. | Book |
| Willis, P. | 1998 | Teambuilding. Outside edge. | Personnel Today. 4 June 1998 | Trade publication |
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH INTO OMD - 21 STUDIES
| Questionnaires
- course objectives |
Standardised
Measures - Tests, Inventories and Rating Scales |
Structured interviews with participants | Observations of significant others |
|
| Published in the UK | Ibbetson & Newell 1996 TDI, PB questions ** | Crawford 1988 written
reports Lowe 1991 * open questions |
Burleston & Grint 1996 participant observation by researchers | |
| Originate in UK - Unpublished | Aspden 1994 changes
in behaviour Froebel 1994 changes in behaviour Robertson 1991 * changes in learning Twining 1990 changes in behaviour |
Donnison 1993 Self
- efficacy questions Francis 1996 TDI, PB questions** Springett 1987 GHQ, Self - efficacy questions** |
Lucas 1992 * repertory
grid Greenaway 1995 open questions |
Boak et al
1992 non - participant observation Lucas 1992 * partnesr & close acquaintances Lowe 1991 * participant observation Robertson 1991 * changes in learning |
| Published outside of UK | Mazany, Francis and Sumich 1995 changes in group functioning | Baldwin et al
1991 Behavioural questionnaires Bronson et al 1992 TDI questionnaires ** McSherry & Taylor 1994 * 21 team work skills Wagner & Fahey 1992 Behavioural questionnaires Wagner & Roland 1992 * Behavioural questionnaires |
Wagner, Baldwin & Roland 1991 open questions | McSherry &
Taylor 1994 * Supervisors Wagner & Roland 1992 * supervisors & managers |
Notes
* Appear in two columns since they use two different research methods.
** TDI - Team Development Inventory. PB - Personal Benefits Questionnaire. GHQ – General Health Questionnaire.