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Pleasant, Stephanie – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2017
This essay explores the intersection of employee engagement and workplace diversity and inclusion. The current trend of organizations fusing these two concepts has provided motivation to examine the (dis)connection between theory and practice. This essay advances the perspectives of practitioners, as well as a critical framework used to discuss…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Employees, Job Training
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Williams, Sandra L.; Hurley, Mark N. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2017
In this second segment of HRD in a developing country situation, accelerated pressure for organizational growth is placed upon leaders by the international board of directors. This growth pressure is accompanied by new technology which can assist in growth accomplishment, but which demands further training and orientation of cross-cultural…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Smith, Douglas H., Comp. – 1990
This dictionary lists and defines approximately 360 words and phrases used in the field of human resource development (HRD). It reflects the opinions and collective expertise of a diverse range of HRD practitioners and faculty. The words and phrases selected were drawn from a search of more than 300 current and recent texts and 10 periodicals in…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Definitions, Economic Development, Higher Education
Brinkerhoff, Robert O.; Gill, Stephen J. – 1994
This book presents an approach that organizes the principles and processes of an emerging human resource development (HRD) paradigm requiring training to be everyone's business. Chapter 1 describes the paradigm and presents a practical approach for applying it. Chapter 2 draws a picture of highly effective training (HET), focusing particularly on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employer Employee Relationship, Human Resources, Job Training
Shandler, Donald – 1996
This book addresses the goal of radically repositioning training from a peripheral role in the organization to that of a provider of bottom-line results, return on investment, and driver of performance. Each of five parts, and their respective chapters, begins with a changing mindset model that implies a shared perception, by both the individual…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Benchmarking, Employer Employee Relationship, Global Approach
1997
This document contains five papers from a symposium on the purpose and place of human resource development (HRD). "An Introduction to a Debate on the Foundations of the Field: The Purpose and Place of HRD" (Robert W. Rowden) introduces issues related to workplace learning, which both adult education and HRD claim as an area of practice. "The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Educational Objectives, Foundations of Education
Stuckey, Sherry; Berardinelli, Paula – 1990
Using the results of a literature search, a conceptual framework is developed for comparing the schools of philosophical thought with the aims, methods, curriculum, and teacher-learner relationships found in training and development programs in business and industry. From this analysis, a philosophy for the field of training and development can be…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Science Research, Educational History, Educational Objectives
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Hassan, Arif; Hashim, Junaidah; Ismail, Ahmad Zaki Hj – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2006
Purpose: The aim of the study was to measure employees' perception of human resource development (HRD) practices, to explore whether ISO certification leads to any improvements in HRD system, and to examine the role of HRD practices on employees' development climate and quality orientation in the organization. Design/methodology/approach: A total…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Employees, Information Systems, Foreign Countries
1997
This document contains three papers from a symposium on human resource development (HRD) and performance outcomes. "Going to the Next Level of Growth: Employing Systems Thinking to Make Effective Interventions" (Carol Ann Zulauf, Joseph A. Ilacqua) shows how a systems view enables organizations to find the most effective point for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Educational Needs, Human Resources
Saint, Avice – 1974
The book describes what must happen within an organization, both to its framework and its operations and to its instructional-learning process, if the organization and its employees are going to learn and adapt to their work tasks and roles. The major finding was that productive results occur primarily when training and learning are integrated…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Business, Governmental Structure, Human Resources
2000
This packet contains three papers from a symposium on developing employee competence. The first paper, "Coaching in Organizations: Self-Assessment of Competence" (Gary N. McLean, Min-Hsun [Christine] Kuo), reports on development and pilot-testing of an instrument to identify the developmental needs of managers and peers to function more…
Descriptors: Adults, Competence, Competency Based Education, Educational Needs
1997
This document contains four papers from a symposium on global human resource development (HRD). "Globalization of Human Resource Management (HRM) in Government: A Cross-Cultural Perspective" (Pan Suk Kim) relates HRM to national cultures and addresses its specific functional aspects with a unique dimension in a global organization.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business, Career Development, Employer Employee Relationship
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1996
This document consists of four papers presented at a symposium on core directions in human resource development (HRD) moderated by Verna Willis at the 1996 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development. "Reengineering the Organizational HRD Function: Two Case Studies" (Neal Chalofsky) reports an action research study in which…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adult Education, Change Agents, Change Strategies
1997
This document contains four papers from a symposium on strategic human resource development (HRD). "Examination of the Use of Scenarios as Learning and Decision-Making Tools for Human Resource Development" (Roger F. Miller, Susan A. Lynham, Joanne Provo, Jeanne M. St. Claire) explores the potential value of scenarios as learning and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies
Wentling, Rose Mary; Palma-Rivas, Nilda – 1997
To obtain information on workplace diversity initiatives and programs, 12 diversity experts were interviewed. Participants identified organizational and individual barriers to the advancement of diverse groups in the workplace. The following factors were most likely to influence diversity in the workplace: demographic changes, global marketplace,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Affirmative Action, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Institutional)
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