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Human resource development [electronic resource] : theory and practice / edited by Kenneth Molbjerg Jorgensen, David McGuire

Published
Los Angeles. [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, 2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xviii, 242 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
J?rgensen, Kenneth M?lbjerg and McGuire, David
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Foundations of Human Resource Development / David McGuire -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Defining HRD -- Disciplinary origins of HRD -- Practical aspects -- Criticisms levelled at the field of HRD -- Arriving at a critical understanding of HRD -- Conclusions -- Discussion questions -- 2.Assessing the Effectiveness of Training Solutions / David McGuire -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Learning theories -- Knowledge/skills mix -- Training transferability -- Degree of learner interaction -- Locus of initiation -- Degree of reflection -- Cost -- Conclusions -- Discussion questions -- 3.Evaluating Training Outcomes / David McGuire -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Examining evaluation in ontological and epistemological terms -- Getting to grips with evaluation - Kirkpatrick and other models -- Benchmarking -- Balanced scorecard -- Conclusions -- Discussion questions -- 4.Performance Management and HRD / David McGuire -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Strategic HRD -- The role of line managers in performance management and employee development -- Developmental relationships: coaching, mentoring and employee counselling -- The role of leadership in performance management -- Conclusions -- Discussion questions -- 5.Human Resource Accounting / Peter Cleary -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Human resource accounting -- Financial accounting and financial reporting -- Management accounting -- The future -- Discussion questions -- 6.Creativity and HRD / David McGuire -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Definitional issues -- A multi-factorial approach to examining creativity -- Conclusions -- Discussion questions -- 7.Adult Learning Theories / David McGuire -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Cognitivist theories of learning -- Behaviourist theories of learning -- Social learning theory -- Humanist theories of learning -- Experiential learning theory -- Critical theory approaches to learning -- Critical reflection -- Conclusions -- Discussion questions -- 8.Workplace Learning and HRD / Kenneth Mølbjerg Jørgensen -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Theory at work - lessons from practice -- Case study: The Metal Works Factory -- The research field on workplace learning -- Learning through the practice of work -- John Dewey's pragmatism -- Tacit knowing -- Conclusions -- Discussion questions -- 9.Organisational Learning and HRD / Kenneth Mølbjerg Jørgensen -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Theory at work - lessons from practice -- OL as designed dialogues -- OL discourse -- Review of Argyris and Argyris and Schon's systemic approach to OL -- Communities-of-practice and HRD -- Conclusions -- Discussion questions -- 10.Organisational Development and HRD / Hanne T. Andersen -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Organisation culture - background -- Organisation culture defined -- A narrative/theory of reality approach to organisation culture -- Organisation Culture - The story of TAX -- The Consultants' first encounter -- Real problems in TAX -- Consultants' second encounter -- Conclusions -- Discussion questions -- 11.Identity and HRD / Lars Bo Henriksen -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Social construction of reality -- Identity as living storytelling -- Living storytelling and HRD -- Conclusions -- Discussion questions -- 12.Futures and Strategic Learning - Strategy Narrative and Storytelling / Kenneth Mølbjerg Jørgensen -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Narrative, strategy and learning -- Storytelling, strategy and narrative -- Theory at work - lessons from practice -- Storytelling methods for strategic HRD -- Discussion questions -- 13.Leadership Development / David McGuire -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- An integrated framework for linking leadership theories and developmental interventions -- Conclusions -- Discussion questions -- 14.Diversity and HRD / David McGuire -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Diversity training -- Gender and the workplace -- Race and the workplace -- Sexuality and the workplace -- Conclusions -- Discussion questions -- 15.International HRD / David McGuire -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Constructing an international HRD framework -- The multi-domestic organisation -- The international organisation -- The multinational organisation -- The transnational organisation -- Conclusions -- Discussion questions -- 16.Reflections on HRD / David McGuire -- Chapter objectives -- Introduction -- Six grand HRD narratives -- A vision of HRD -- Discussion questions.
Summary
'Human Resource Development' encourages students and academics out of their comfort zones by offering a 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.
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ISBN
9781446251065 (ebook)
Audience Notes
Specialized.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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