Critical Thinking 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 perspectives for considering both the needs of individuals and the sustainable development of organizations in post-industrial economies.
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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 perspectives for considering both the needs of individuals and the sustainable development of organizations in post-industrial economies.
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- Publication Date:©2005
- Edition:1st ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
- Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2005
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (225 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780203313312, 0203313313
- oclc:on1048383245
- LC Classification:HF5549.15 ǂb C75 2005eb
- Dewey Decimal:658.3/01
Table of Contents
Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- 1 Critical thinking in Human Resource Development -- 2 Beware the unbottled genie -- 3 Ideas for critical practitioners -- 4 Becoming critical: can critical management learning develop critical managers? -- 5 Management education: a tool for mismanagement? -- 6 A critical review of researching Human Resource Development: the case of a pan-European project -- 7 HRD beyond what HRD practitioners do -- 8 Place: a (re)source for learning -- 9 Critiquing codes of ethics -- 10 Good order: on the administration of goodness -- 11 Deconstructing the human in Human Resource Development -- 12 The self at work: theories of persons, meaning of work and their implications for HRD -- 13 "To develop a firm persuasion" -- 14 Sense or sensibility? -- 15 Pedagogies of HRD: the socio-political implications -- Index.
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