Critical Human Resource Development
Beyond Orthodoxy
Published on 7. September 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-273-70559-8 (ISBN)
Description
An examination of the latest thinking and research in Critical Human Resource Development from subject-leading Editors and Contributors, informing and supporting discussion and debate on the nature and practice of HRD.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 171 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-273-70559-8 (9780273705598)
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This collection from 15 contributors has been edited by Clare Rigg - Senior Lecturer, Institute of Technology, Tralee; Jim Stewart - Professor of Human Resource Development at Nottingham Business School; and Professor Kiran Trehan - Head of Management, University of Central England. List of Contributors:
Dr Sally Sambrook - University of Wales Bangor
Professor Time Hatcher - North Carolina State University, USA
Professor Russ Vince, University of Glamorgan
Beverley Metcalfe, Manchester Business School
Helen Francis, Napier University
Jean Kellie, University of Hull
Lisa Anderson & Richard Thorpe, University of Salford
Claire Valentin, The University of Edinburgh
Brendon Harvey, Coventry University Business School
Dr Valerie Owen-Pugh, University of Leicester
Len Holmes, London Metropolitan University
Professor Monica Lee, University of Lancaster
Dr Sally Sambrook - University of Wales Bangor
Professor Time Hatcher - North Carolina State University, USA
Professor Russ Vince, University of Glamorgan
Beverley Metcalfe, Manchester Business School
Helen Francis, Napier University
Jean Kellie, University of Hull
Lisa Anderson & Richard Thorpe, University of Salford
Claire Valentin, The University of Edinburgh
Brendon Harvey, Coventry University Business School
Dr Valerie Owen-Pugh, University of Leicester
Len Holmes, London Metropolitan University
Professor Monica Lee, University of Lancaster
Content
Introduction- A critical take on a critical turn in HRD
(Clare Rigg, Jim Stewart & Kiran Trehan)
Part One - A Critical Turn in HRD
- Introduction to Part One
ch 1. Exploring the notion of 'time' and 'critical' HRD (Sally Sambrook)
ch 2. The fallacy of ethics and Human Resource Development: How ethics limits the creation of a 'deep' profession (Tim Hatcher)
ch 3. The ethics of HRD (Jim Stewart)
Activities for Part One
Part Two - In the Workplace
- Introduction to Part Two
ch 4. Feminism, gender and Human Resource Development (Beverley Dawn Metcalfe)
ch 5. The mutation of HRD and strategic change: A critical perspective (Helen Francis)
ch 6. Shifting boundaries in work and learning: HRD and the case of corporate education (Jean Kellie)
Activities for Part Two
Part Three - Constraints in the Classroom
- Introduction to Part Three
ch 7. Putting the 'C' in HRD (Lisa Anderson and Richard Thorpe)
ch 8. How can I teach critical management in this place? A critical pedagogy for HRD: Possibilities, contradictions and compromises (Claire Valentin)
ch 9. Chuck out the chintz? 'Stripped floor' writing and the catalogue of convention: Alternative perspectives on management inquiry (Brendon Harvey)
Activities for Part Three
Part Four - Critique of Critical Orthodoxies
- Introduction to Part Four
ch 10. Acknowledging conflict in 'Communities of Practice': A figurational perspective on learning and innovating in the workplace (Valerie Owen-Pugh)
ch 11. The Learning Turn in education and training: Liberatory paradigm or oppressive ideology? (Leonard Holmes)
ch 12. Going beyond a critical turn: Hypocrisies and contradictions (Kiran Trehan, Clare Rigg and Jim Stewart)
Activities for Part Four
(Clare Rigg, Jim Stewart & Kiran Trehan)
Part One - A Critical Turn in HRD
- Introduction to Part One
ch 1. Exploring the notion of 'time' and 'critical' HRD (Sally Sambrook)
ch 2. The fallacy of ethics and Human Resource Development: How ethics limits the creation of a 'deep' profession (Tim Hatcher)
ch 3. The ethics of HRD (Jim Stewart)
Activities for Part One
Part Two - In the Workplace
- Introduction to Part Two
ch 4. Feminism, gender and Human Resource Development (Beverley Dawn Metcalfe)
ch 5. The mutation of HRD and strategic change: A critical perspective (Helen Francis)
ch 6. Shifting boundaries in work and learning: HRD and the case of corporate education (Jean Kellie)
Activities for Part Two
Part Three - Constraints in the Classroom
- Introduction to Part Three
ch 7. Putting the 'C' in HRD (Lisa Anderson and Richard Thorpe)
ch 8. How can I teach critical management in this place? A critical pedagogy for HRD: Possibilities, contradictions and compromises (Claire Valentin)
ch 9. Chuck out the chintz? 'Stripped floor' writing and the catalogue of convention: Alternative perspectives on management inquiry (Brendon Harvey)
Activities for Part Three
Part Four - Critique of Critical Orthodoxies
- Introduction to Part Four
ch 10. Acknowledging conflict in 'Communities of Practice': A figurational perspective on learning and innovating in the workplace (Valerie Owen-Pugh)
ch 11. The Learning Turn in education and training: Liberatory paradigm or oppressive ideology? (Leonard Holmes)
ch 12. Going beyond a critical turn: Hypocrisies and contradictions (Kiran Trehan, Clare Rigg and Jim Stewart)
Activities for Part Four