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Germain, Marie-Line; Palamara, Sherry A. – Online Submission, 2007
Solution-focused applications are proposed to assist survivor employees to return to workplace homeostasis after co-workers voluntarily or involuntarily leave the organization. A model for transitional coping is presented as well as a potential case study illustrating the application of the model. Implications for the theory, practice, and…
Descriptors: Coping, Labor Force Development, Human Resources, Models
Githens, Rod P. – Online Submission, 2007
Critical approaches to HRD do not focus solely on improving organizational performance; instead, they address previously undiscussable issues such as power, politics, class, sexism, racism, and heterosexism. Since critical HRD often seeks to raise problems instead of solve them immediately, it is sometimes criticized for being elitist and detached…
Descriptors: Action Research, Gender Bias, Labor Force Development, Adult Education

1995
These five papers are from a symposium that was facilitated by Susan Dougherty at the 1995 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development (HRD). "The Relationship between Productivity and Work Team Autonomy and Team Process Effectiveness" (Candice L. Phelan) reports that correlation analysis of results of a study of 21 work teams revealed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Research, Evaluation, Human Resources
Gallagher, Suzanne J. – Online Submission, 2004
The yearning for spirituality and social responsibility in HRD illuminates the need for reflective practice in professional education to be transformed by multiple sources of information and praxis questions. Theological reflection, a form of reflective practice, is contextualized by praxis questions, spirituality, and social analysis. An…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Social Responsibility, Professional Education, Reflective Teaching
Brown, Richard – 1989
The United States needs a vocational educational system that delivers, in an applied technological setting, the new basic skills that industry needs, as well as a general education system that provides creative instruction in applied math, physics, and science. To be effective, technological training should encompass, along with machine-specific…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Needs, General Education, Labor Education

1996
This document consists of three papers presented at a symposium on expertise in organizations moderated by Ross Azevedo at the 1996 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD). "How Individual Expertise May Be Socially Constructed: A Literature Review" (Abney V. Gleespen) looks at the research to determine the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Goal Orientation, Helping Relationship, Human Resources
Kuchinke, K. Peter – 1999
Three alternative views of adult development can serve to distinguish competing schools of thought regarding the research, theory, and practice of human resource development (HRD). These views are as follows: (1) the person-centered view, which aims at self-realization of the individual and is grounded in humanistic psychology and liberalism; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Definitions
Lai, Su-Huei – 2002
A conceptual framework of the modes of problem-solving action has been developed on the basis of a simple relationship cone to assist individuals in diversified professions in inquiry and implementation of theory and practice in their professional development. The conceptual framework is referred to as the Cone-Deciphered Modes of Problem Solving…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Decision Making
Todd, Edward S. – 1983
The need for higher education to plan curricula based upon generalizable human, analytical, and technical skills is discussed in view of historical and economic changes, productivity questions, demographic projections, and employment forecasts. Questions are posed regarding the form of undergraduate education that will best prepare the college…
Descriptors: Automation, College Planning, Demography, Economic Factors
Van Horn, Richard L. – 1987
The question of whether information technology can increase intellectual productivity is addressed. If concern for the intellectual productivity of professionals increases, universities are likely to become more important in society. Access to the knowledge base affects intellectual productivity. The way that people use the contents of the…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Libraries, College Role, Computer Oriented Programs
2002
This symposium on the learning organization is comprised of three papers. "Leading the Learning Organization" (James R. Johnson) examines actions that four leaders of widely diverse organizations took to transform an organization into a learning organization. (Leaders who were successful in implementing the learning organization concept…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Behavior, Developing Nations, Educational Background
2001
This symposium on human resource development (HRD) and small manufacturers consists of three presentations. "Toward a Model of Technical Assistance for Small Manufacturers: The Role of Performance Technology" (Dale C. Brandenburg) reviews literature documenting the need for technical assistance to small manufacturers, especially as it…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Compensation (Remuneration), Developing Nations
2001
This document contains three papers on professional development. "An Inquiry into the Continuing Professional Education of Information Technology Workers" (David D. Branigan) reports on a study in which the model of the critically reflective teacher was used to examine the practice of continuing education for the information technology…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Educational Strategies
2002
This document contains three papers on key skills and competencies and human resource development (HRD). "Career Related Competencies" (Marinka A.C.T. Kuijpers) reports findings from surveys completed by Dutch employees who identified these issues: self-reflection is more important than career control; age and gender influence attitude…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Age, Career Choice