Books in the Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development series

Considers the evidence for action learning's effectiveness. Intended for postgraduate students and researchers of human resources, training, and development, this book raises various questions concerning the role of the facilitator, the value of a 'bilingual' ability with public service issues and facilitation, and more.

This book provides a comprehensive, up to date, and international overview ofhuman resource development research in the area of workplace learning with contributions from academics such as Stephen Billet, Tara Fenwick and Victoria Marsick.

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.

Looking at both aesthetics and human resource development, this original work investigates existing connections and relations between the two areas. Well structured and expertly written, it is a useful reference for students of human resource management, business and management, and aesthetics.

This book examines the organization as embodied experience. An international range of contributors is assembled to deal explicitly with the 'maternal' aspects of organization.

This book is the result of an European study into the changing views and practices of professionals in the field of Human Resource Development within companies that explicitly encourage and support worker learning, from a strategic perspective.

Recognizing a significant need to continually update the current body of knowledge, this book provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date work on the state of research and practice in management development.

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.

New Ways of Organizing Work is concerned with examining contemporary changes to how work is organized, how those changes are implemented and how they are experienced by employees. It brings together contributions from an international team of established scholars working in the field and provides empirical evidence from Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.

A collection of essays offering a comprehensive and critical evaluation of approaches in the analysis of the current context of research and practice of HRD in small organizations. This book helps in the exploration of a number and range of HRD methods as they are applied in the small organization context.

A challenge to feminist perspectives that see the glass ceiling as the exclusive domain of women's careers and work life, this text extends existing debates to include original empirical evidence from several US and UK comparative studies that look at the effect of caring for dependents upon the careers and aspirations of both men and women.

Recognizing a significant need to continually update the current body of knowledge, this book provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date work on the state of research and practice in management development.

Presents a comprehensive and international overview of human resource development research in the area of workplace learning with contributions from academics such as Stephen Billet, Tara Fenwick and Victoria Marsick.

This book brings together the findings of twenty-four leading researchers on new forms of work and the demands these place on workers' knowledge and skill.

Drawing on contributions from leading academics in the field, this volume within the Routledge Series in Human Resource Development specifically focuses on Global Human Resource Development (HRD). Specifically, the volume provides an overview of 17 regions, 85 countries and includes one emerging market grouping, CIVETS. This book examines the role of the state in HRD, the relationship between HRD and the level of economic development in the country or region, the influence of foreign direct investment within the country or region, and firm-level HRD practices within countries or regions. Global Human Resource Development analyzes HRD from institutional and cross-cultural perspectives, making it possible, for the first time, to analyze trends across countries and regions and to draw conclusions about the value of institutional and cross-cultural perspectives in the HRD context. There is currently no book on the market that conceptualizes the discipline of global HRD in this way, making this a definitive book on HRD across the globe of particular interest to researchers and reflective practitioners.

This collection of essays provides a comprehensive and critical evaluation of current approaches to human resource development in small organizations.

A definitive work on the design and conduct of research in HRD, examining the possibilities and limitations of particular methods and techniques. Emerging debates on the purpose, nature, practice and theoretical base of 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.

How can managers develop the appropriate knowledge base to make their organisations grow? The answer lies in action research. Action research is increasingly perceived and used as a powerful methodology to promote professional awareness and development. This title includes the location of management and organisational theory within a framework.

This international collection explores how science fiction can enrich studies of organization. The papers assembled draw upon perspectives from across the arts and social sciences.

The corporate management has come to take an active role in health promotion programming for employees, offering health education, screenings, therapy, and even leisure initiatives. This title argues that this narrow focus, and the typical uncritical standpoint towards initiatives which are taken in the name of employees' health, is inadequate.

A critical perspective on HRD, Russ Vince's key argument is that staff responsible for learning and change in organizations have put too much effort into the development of individuals and not enough into understanding and engaging with organizational dynamics that limit abilities and opportunities to learn and change.

Drawing on international research expertise, this book offers an overview and analysis of bridge employment experiences in Europe and the US, and summarises the psychological, psychosocial, organizational and social benefits for employees, employers and society.

This collection presents an innovative and challenging approach to HRD theory and practice. A strong critically reflexive approach is adopted in order to explore the highly contested nature of HRD in the organizational context.

This work studies the design and conduct of research in HRD, examining the possibilities and limitations of particular methods and techniques. Emerging debates on the purpose, nature, practice and theoretical base of Human Resource Development.