Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Critical thinking in Human Resource Development: an introduction Carole Elliott and Sharon Turnbull p. 1 Part I Debates on practice p. 9 2 Beware the unbottled genie: unspoken aspects of critical self-reflection Kiran Trehan and Clare Rigg p. 11 3 Ideas for critical practitioners Russ Vince p. 26 4 Becoming critical: can critical management learning develop critical managers? Clare Rigg p. 37 5 Management education: a tool for mismanagement? Finian Buckley and Kathy Monks p. 53 6 A critical review of researching Human Resource Development: the case of a pan-European project Sally Sambrook and Jim Stewart p. 67 7 HRD beyond what HRD practitioners do: a framework for furthering multiple learning processes in work organisations Rob F. Poell p. 85 8 Place: a (re)source for learning Ginny Hardy and Colin Newsham p. 96 9 Critiquing codes of ethics Monica Lee p. 105 Part II Theoretical debates p. 117 10 Good order: on the administration of goodness Heather Hopel p. 119 11 Deconstructing the human in Human Resource Development Christina Hughes p. 128 12 The self at work: theories of persons, meaning of work and their implications for HRD K. Peter Kuchinke p. 141 13 "To develop a firm persuasion": workplace learning and the problem of meaning John M. Dirkx p. 155 14 Sense or sensibility? A reflection on virtue and 'emotional' HRD interventions Linda Perriton p. 175 15 Pedagogies of HRD: the socio-political implications Sharon Turnbull and Carole Elliott p. 189 Index p. 202.

Human Resource Development is an emerging profession and is of increasing importance in the workplace. This collection of articles is a response to the fast changing socio-political backdrop against which HRD scholars and practitioners are seeking to understand and interpret the field, and find new courses of action.