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Human resource development : practices and orthodoxies / edited by John Walton, Claire Valentin.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Management, work and organisationsPublication details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.Description: xviii, 330 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780230292277
  • 0230292275
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HF5549.5.M3 H8233 2014
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.Summary: 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 Main Collection 658.3 HU MA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0010955
REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 658.3 HU MA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0010956

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.

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