The Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development (HRD) series aims to reflect and foster the development of HRD as an emerging discipline
Edited by C Elliott & S Turnbull
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
$208.00
The Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development (HRD) series aims to reflect and foster the development of HRD as an emerging discipline. It covers a range of different, international, organisational, methodological and theoretical perspectives and sets out to be thought provoking and even a little controversial.
This collection of articles is a response to the fast changing socio-political backdrop against which HRD scholars and practitioners seek to understand and interpret the sometimes complex field, and find new courses of action.
It is a critique of the assumptions of orthodox HRD research and practice and questions the concept of humans as resources.
The chapters are structures into two sections: theoretical debates and debates on practice. Leading English, Irish and American academics suggest new and cutting edge research agendas for the field and introduce the use of critical theory into the study of HRD. All interesting and worthy topics.
However, at this hefty price this is a book for hard core HR professionals or academics only.
