High-Flyer Management-Development Programs

Abstract

High-flyer programs are fast-track career-development programs for managers identified as having high-potential and designated for rapid advancement in their organizations (Cox and Cooper, 1988). These programs, common in large, bureaucratic, and stable organizations during the 1960s and 1970s, typically targeted the best and brightest new college graduates for accelerated career development. They moved new recruits through a series of positions and training experiences as they were promoted to middle management and top executive positions (Cox and Cooper, 1988; Hall, 1976; Ofner, 1987). During the early 1980s, as organizations began to cut costs, create flatter organizational structures, and downsize, these programs were frequently revised to meet changing organizational needs (London and Stumpf, 1982). In particular, organizations

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