Business Research

Human Resource Development as We Know It

Speeches that Have Shaped the Field

Edited by Monica Lee

Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

The field of Human Resource Development has developed largely through academics, scholars and reflective practitioners from across the world coming together. Many people link memorable keynote speeches to changes in their research, practice, career path or even life view. Good keynote speeches are...

Published February 26th 2012 by Routledge

New Ways of Organizing Work

Developments, Perspectives, and Experiences

Edited by Clare Kelliher, Julia Richardson

Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

New Ways of Organizing Work offers a broader understanding of changes to the way work is organized and the implications for relevant stakeholders. It brings together contributions from a well established group of international scholars to examine the nature and consequences of new ways of working....

Published October 5th 2011 by Routledge

Managing Healthy Organizations

Worksite Health Promotion and the New Self-Management Paradigm

By Mikael Holmqvist, Christian Maravelias

Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

During the past two decades, corporate management has come to take an active role in health promotion programming for employees, offering health education, screenings, therapy, and even leisure initiatives. However, little attention has been given to how contemporary worksite health programs in...

Published August 24th 2010 by Routledge

Workplace Learning

Concepts, Measurement and Application

Edited by Marianne van Woerkom, Rob Poell

Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

This edited volume aims to evaluate the promises of workplace learning by addressing the following related questions: What are current developments in theory that informs workplace learning research? How can learning in the workplace be measured? What is the impact of various organizational...

Published May 6th 2010 by Routledge

Human Resource Development in Small Organisations

Research and Practice

Edited by Jim Stewart, Graham Beaver

Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

In its description and analysis of the current context of research and practice of HRD in small organizations, this collection of essays provides a comprehensive and critical evaluation of current approaches. This evaluation leads to an exploration of a number and range of HRD methods as they are...

Published March 25th 2007 by Routledge

Management Development

Perspectives from Research and Practice

Edited by Rosemary Hill, Jim Stewart

Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

Recognizing a significant need to continually update the current body of knowledge on management development with the latest innovations in high quality research and practice in various parts of the globe, this book provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date work on the state of research and...

Published February 8th 2007 by Routledge

Human Resource Development in the Public Sector

The Case of Health and Social Care

Edited by Sally Sambrook, Jim Stewart

Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

Across Europe and the world, countries are attempting to develop their health and social policies and practices to address the global challenge of increasing demand and pressurized supply, created by ageing populations, emerging technologies and finite resources (financial and human). This text...

Published December 20th 2006 by Routledge

Action Learning, Leadership and Organizational Development in Public Services

Edited by Clare Rigg, Sue Richards

Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

Unprecedented investment is being made in leadership development across the public sector: leadership courses are growing, and development is a core theme of organizational capacity building initiatives. Within this, action learning has attracted increasing interest as an approach that can...

Published September 6th 2006 by Routledge

Aesthetics and Human Resource Development

Connections, Concepts and Opportunities

By Stephen Gibb

Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

The first book to look at both aesthetics and human resource development, this timely and original work investigates existing, as well as possible future, connections and relations between the two areas. Well structured and expertly written, The Aesthetic Challenges of Human Resource Development...

Published November 9th 2005 by Routledge

Critical Thinking in Human Resource Development

Edited by Carole Elliott, Sharon Turnbull

Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

This book provides a reflexive critique of the assumptions of orthodox HRD research and practice and questions the conception of humans as resources, as well as the conventional performative focus of HRD. Examining the broader social, political and economic contexts, the book offers alternative...

Published March 2nd 2005 by Routledge