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Developing an OD-Intervention Metric System with the Use of Applied Theory-Building Methodology: A Work/Life-Intervention Example
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Morris, Michael Lane; Storberg-Walker, Julia; McMillan, Heather S. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2009
This article presents a new model, generated through applied theory-building research methods, that helps human resource development (HRD) practitioners evaluate the return on investment (ROI) of organization development (OD) interventions. This model, called organization development human-capital accounting system (ODHCAS), identifies…
Descriptors: Intervention, Research Methodology, Outcomes of Education, Metric System
Formal Mentoring as a Strategy for Human Resource Development: A Review of Research.
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Hegstad, Christine D. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 1999
Using a social exchange framework, a literature review examined individual and organizational antecedents, moderators, and outcomes of mentoring. Social exchange theory demonstrates how participants assess the costs and benefits of mentoring before, during, and after their participation. (SK)
Descriptors: Mentors, Models, Social Exchange Theory, Staff Development
Managing the HRD Function and Service Quality: A Call for a New Approach.
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Mafi, Shirine L. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2000
Adapts the gap model (comparison of service recipients' attitudes before and after service delivery) into a human resource development (HRD) service management model. Delineates linkages among organizational mission, internal customers' mission, performance needs, and HRD mission. (SK)
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Models, Program Evaluation, Staff Development
Integrating Learning with Working: A Reconception of the Role of Workplace Learning.
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Torraco, Richard J. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 1999
Theories of situated learning and distributed cognition are used to support emerging relationships between learning and working. The nature of work evolves from being predictable and deterministic to being more contingent and idiosyncratic. Models of employee development are examined. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Instructional Systems, Models, Organizational Development