Management Education, 1968 to 1981 Some Warning Signals Howard J Baumgartel Rukhsana Pathan Badal Roy with assistance of Gopal Khandelwal and Anisur Rahman The diffusion and adoption of advanced technologies in business and industry arc critical to development. The rapid growth of the number of instutions offering both degree and non-degree programmes in management has been one response to this critical need. Research on the role of these programmes in the diffusion of innovative technologies has revealed that (i) the climate of employing organisations and (ii) specific characteristics of such training programmes affect greatly the rate or extent to which trained managers introduce improved methods in their job settings.
