New frontiers in HRD / / edited by Jean Woodall, Monica Lee, and Jim Stewart

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.3
• Soggetto topico: Manpower policy; Manpower planning
• Classificazione: 85.62
• Altri autori: WoodallJean <1950-> LeeMonica <1952-> StewartJim <1952->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; New frontiers in HRD: why now? Setting the scene; Introduction; Philosophy and theory in HRD; A refusal to define HRD; Developments in the human-centred approach to HRD; In search of ethics and integrity in HRD; Line managers, HRD, ethics and values: evidence from the voluntary sector; Working with values: a study of HR consultants in the charity and voluntary sectors; The relationship between professional learning and continuing professional development in the United Kingdom: a critical review of the literature ; Developments in the organizational orientation of HRDProject-based learning in work organizations: strategies used by employees, managers and HRD professionals; Emotion, politics and learning: towards an organizational orientation in HRD; Getting to the heart of HRD: some thoughts on the relationship between quality and performance in higher education in the United Kingdom; HRD in the future; The knowledge revolution and the knowledge economy: the challenge for HRD; The evolution of HR?; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Factors such as globalisation, restructuring, casualization of employment and the erosion of pension rights have led to massive tensions in contemporary organizations. By exploring the boundaries of the field of Human Resource Development this book asks where is HRD in the middle of all this and presents an innovative and challenging approach to HRD theory and practice.With contributions from a number of leading international scholars, the chapters draw upon a range of epistemologies and adopt a critically reflective perspective on the field. The chapters are divided into four sections
• Altri titoli varianti: New frontiers in human resource development
• Titolo autorizzato: New frontiers in HRD
• ISBN: 1-134-38286-3; 0-429-23304-3; 0-203-34901-6; 1-134-38287-1; 1-280-07843-X; 0-203-48659-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809440403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in human resource development ; ; 8.