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The Routledge Companion to Human Resource Development

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Companions in Business, Management and AccountingPublication details: Routledge 2015 LondonDescription: 694pISBN:
  • 9780415820424
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.3 ROU
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Section I: Origins of the field
1. The history, status and future of HRD /​ Monica Lee
2. Andragogy /​ Joseph W. M. Kessels
3. Adult learning /​ Knud Illeris
4. Technical and vocational learning /​ Stephen Billett
5. Continuing professional education, development and learning /​ Ronald M. Cervero

Section II: Adjacent and related fields
6. Organization development in the context of HRD: from diagnostic to dialogic perspectives /​ Toby Egan
7. Career development in the context of HRD: challenges and considerations /​ Linda M. Hite
8. Workers and union HRD: seeking employee voice and empowerment /​ Jennifer Kelly
9. Human resource management and HRD: connecting the dots or ships passing in the night? /​ Jon M. Werner
10. Performance improvement: goals and means for HRD /​ Pedro A. Willging

Section III: Theoretical approaches
11. Conceptualizing Critical HRD (CHRD): tensions, dilemmas and possibilities /​ Tara Fenwick
12. Social capital theory and HRD: debates, perspectives and opportunities /​ Russell Korte
13. The Learning-Network Theory: actors organize dynamic HRD networks /​ Ferd J. Van Der Krogt
14. Systems theory: relevance to HRD theory, research and practice /​ Richard J. Torraco
15. Human capital theory and screening theory: relevance to HRD research and practice /​ Greg G. Wang

Section IV: Policy perspectives
16. National Human Resource Development (NHRD) /​ AAhad M. Osman-Gani
17. Workforce development /​ Joshua D. Hawley
18. Lifelong learning as a life-large and life-deep reality /​ Paul Belanger
19. Strategic HRD /​ Jim Stewart
20. Talent management and leadership development /​ Paul Iles

Section V: Interventions
21. Change management /​ Gene L. Roth
22. Informal learning in learning organizations /​ Karen E. Watkins
23. Communities of practice and value creation in networks /​ Femke Nijland
24. Coaching and mentoring /​ Andrea D. Ellinger
25. Structured on-the-job training /​ Ronald L. Jacobs

Section VI: Core issues and concerns
26. Work and its personal, social, and cross-cultural meanings /​ K. Peter Kuchinke
27. Organizational sustainability, corporate social responsibility and business ethics /​ Alexandre Ardichvili
28. Diversity and inclusion initiatives in organizations /​ Peter Chikwendu Nivavma
29. Working conditions of child labor and migrant workers /​ Nor Wahiza Abdul Wahat
30. Transfer of learning /​ Sarah Leberman

Section VII: HRD as a profession
31. Certification of HRD professionals /​ Bob Hamlin
32. University programmes in HRD /​ Doo Hun Lim
33. HRD and the global financial crisis: regaining legitimacy and credibility through people not economics /​ Cliodhna A. MacKenzie

Section VIII: HRD around the world
34. National and organizational imperatives for HRD in Ghana /​ Nana K. Arthur-Mensah
35. Vocational education and training policy issues in South Africa /​ Andre Kraak
36. Development of human resources in Central and South America /​ Christine Wiggins-Romesburg
37. HRD in North America /​ Bronwyn Cass
38. Emerging trends, challenges and opportunities for HRD in India /​ Arup Barman
39. Human Resource Development in China /​ Jessica Li
40. HRD in the Middle East /​ Khalil M. Dirani
41. HRD in Japan and Taiwan /​ Min-Hsun Christine Kuo
42. HRD in Australia and New Zealand /​ Roger Harris
43. HRD in Hungary and Poland /​ Bela Krisztian
44. HRD in the European Union /​ Jasper B. Van Loo

Section IX: Emerging topics and future trends
45. Line managers and HRD /​ Heather C. Kissack
46. Employee engagement and HRD: intersections of theory and practice /​ Sally Sambrook
47. New ways of working and employability: towards an agenda for HRD /​ Clare Kelliher
48. An international perspective of the work
life system within HRD /​ Hae-Young Lee
49. Emotions and self-development /​ Paul L. Nesbit
50. Workplace incivility as an international issue: the role of HRD /​ Thomas G. Reio Jr.
51. Cross-cultural training and its implications for HRD /​ Mimi Miyoung Lee
52. Intercultural competence and HRD /​ Katherine Rosenbusch
53. Virtual HRD (VHRD) /​ Kristopher J. Thomas

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