
Human Resource Development
Theory and Practice
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 16. November 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-4129-2299-9 (ISBN)
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Description
The field of Human Resource Development has emerged as one of the most dynamic and multifaceted areas of business and management in recent years. Yet despite the mosaic of topics, debates and approaches, existing textbooks often overlook important emerging topics within the field, and do little justice to the variety of strands involved in the study of HRD.
Human Resource Development: Theory and Practice encourages students and academics out of their comfort zones by offering the first comprehensive overview that encompasses all the constituent components of HRD, allowing the reader to clearly separate concepts within the field and provide a meaningful basis for detailed discussion and debate.
This book serves as a comprehensive introductory text to the field of HRD, as well as an ideal platform for a more in-depth advanced study of the field. It is an invaluable resource for students of HRD, or any reader interested in how HRD can play a major role in oiling the gears of innovation within an organization.
Human Resource Development: Theory and Practice encourages students and academics out of their comfort zones by offering the first comprehensive overview that encompasses all the constituent components of HRD, allowing the reader to clearly separate concepts within the field and provide a meaningful basis for detailed discussion and debate.
This book serves as a comprehensive introductory text to the field of HRD, as well as an ideal platform for a more in-depth advanced study of the field. It is an invaluable resource for students of HRD, or any reader interested in how HRD can play a major role in oiling the gears of innovation within an organization.
Reviews / Votes
the book successfully delivers on its overarching intention, to provide a 'snapshot of the field, opening up to ... the reader, opportunities and possibilities for further investigation and research'...the diversity of thought, level of abstraction and sophistication in the arguments presented help to keep the book interesting and can only enrich and encourage further dialogue...the variety of topics dealt with, the different styles and orientations of the authors and its general readability make it highly accessible...The main audiences for this book, in my view, are researchers, postgraduate university students, and lecturers...For researchers and HRD educators already familiar with many aspects of HRD, this book will offer a useful resource that one can come back to and will also surface some interesting ideas to hopefully precipitate an urge to explore further and develop the empirical and theoretical base in the fieldManagement Learning
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 170 mm
Weight
457 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4129-2299-9 (9781412922999)
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David McGuire is senior lecturer in human resource development at Edinburgh Napier University.
Content
Foundations of Human Resource Development - David McGuire
Assessing the Effectiveness of Training Solutions - David McGuire
Evaluating Training Outcomes - David McGuire
Performance Management and HRD - David McGuire
Human Resource Accounting - Peter Cleary
Creativity and HRD - Robin S Grenier and David McGuire
Adult Learning Theories - David McGuire
Workplace Learning and HRD - Ulla Thogersen and Kenneth Molbjerg Jorgensen
Organizational Learning and HRD - Kenneth Molbjerg Jorgensen
Organizational Development and HRD - Lars Bo Henriksen et al
Identity and HRD - Kenneth Molbjerg Jorgensen and Lars Bo Henriksen
Futures and Strategic Learning - Kenneth Molbjerg Jorgensen
Strategy Narrative and Storytelling
Leadership Development - David McGuire
Diversity and HRD - David McGuire
International HRD - David McGuire
Reflections on HRD - David McGuire
Assessing the Effectiveness of Training Solutions - David McGuire
Evaluating Training Outcomes - David McGuire
Performance Management and HRD - David McGuire
Human Resource Accounting - Peter Cleary
Creativity and HRD - Robin S Grenier and David McGuire
Adult Learning Theories - David McGuire
Workplace Learning and HRD - Ulla Thogersen and Kenneth Molbjerg Jorgensen
Organizational Learning and HRD - Kenneth Molbjerg Jorgensen
Organizational Development and HRD - Lars Bo Henriksen et al
Identity and HRD - Kenneth Molbjerg Jorgensen and Lars Bo Henriksen
Futures and Strategic Learning - Kenneth Molbjerg Jorgensen
Strategy Narrative and Storytelling
Leadership Development - David McGuire
Diversity and HRD - David McGuire
International HRD - David McGuire
Reflections on HRD - David McGuire