Human resource development
Subtitle: processes, practices and perspectives
By: Stephen Gibb
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer; Red Globe Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780230247109
Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Human Resources & Personnel Management; Employees; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Development; Training of; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture
Description: "The newest edition of this highly successfuly book provides a complete and integrated introduction to the processes, practices and perspectives of HRD in the workplace from a theory and practice perspective. Various aspects of HRD at work are explored through case studies, encouraging the student to link the practicalities of HRD with academic analysis"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction to Human Resource Development; title: PART I: PROCESS; title: HRD Needs: People, Work and Organisations; title: Designing for HRD: Principle and Applications; title: Managing Workplace HRD in Action; title: HRD Quality: Reviewing and Evaluating; title: HRD and Theory; title: PART II: PRACTICES; title: HRD Strategies: Systems, Roles and Outcomes; title: Development Partnerships: Coaching and Mentoring; title: Learning in Groups; title: Technology Change and HRD; title: HRD Provider Organisations; title: PART III: PERSPECTIVES; title: Workplace HRD and Public Policy; title: Knowledge Management and Communities of Practice; title: Diversity Themes and HRD; title: Strategic HRD; title: Looking Ahead.