A selection of 6 papers, with subsequent discussion papers, presented at one of a series of 6 seminars held in the U.K. over a 12 month period from October 2000, and convened by the editor, Jean Woodall, and Jim Stewart.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction by Monica Lee; Reviewing the bases of HR: the depth; The complex roots of HRD; Complexity, HRD and organisation development: towards a viable systems approach to learning, development and change; Worldviews that enhance and inhibit HRD's social responsibility; Strategic quest and the search for the primal mother; Reflections of HR: the width; Human resource development in the Arab Middle East: a 'fourth paradigm'; The ethics of HRD; Reconciling autonomy and community: the paradoxical role of HRD.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A strong challenge to traditional Human Resource Development. Internationally renowned authors address HRD presenting multifaceted alternative perspectives to the current practice and theory of HRD.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
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HRD in a complex world.
International Standard Book Number
041531013X
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Human resource development in a complex world
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Human capital, Congresses.
Management, Congresses.
Organizational learning, Congresses.
Psychology, Industrial, Congresses.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Human Resources & Personnel Management.