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Human resource development : practices and orthodoxies /

Title By: Walton, John [Edited by] | Valentin, Claire [Edited by]
Material type: BookSeries: Management, work and organisations.Publisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.Description: xviii, 330 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780230292277; 0230292275Program: MGMT322Subject(s): Manpower planning | Career development | Personnel management
Summary:
Human Resource Development brings together an internationally recognised group of contributors to provide a critical overview of contemporary concepts, practices and orthodoxies in human resource development (HRD). The book focuses on four key areas of HRD thinking and practice; formative concepts; training and development interventions; career development practices; and team development practices. Each chapter will identify the theoretical and empirical starting points, and outline the context, history, and current utilisation. Theoretical critique is enhanced by practical examples, providing a critical, but highly accessible examination of contemporary HRD practice.
Brings together international experts in human resource development to critically re-examine some central contemporary concepts and practices in the subject.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
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658.3 HU MA (Browse shelf) Available T0010955
REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
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658.3 HU MA (Browse shelf) Available T0010956
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Human Resource Development brings together an internationally recognised group of contributors to provide a critical overview of contemporary concepts, practices and orthodoxies in human resource development (HRD). The book focuses on four key areas of HRD thinking and practice; formative concepts; training and development interventions; career development practices; and team development practices. Each chapter will identify the theoretical and empirical starting points, and outline the context, history, and current utilisation. Theoretical critique is enhanced by practical examples, providing a critical, but highly accessible examination of contemporary HRD practice.

Brings together international experts in human resource development to critically re-examine some central contemporary concepts and practices in the subject.

MGMT322

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