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Peer reviewedHansen, Carol D.; And Others – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 1994
Analysis of workplace experiences recounted by 29 human resource development (HRD) professionals uncovered 3 themes: emphasis on people and work processes, need for greater personal control and security, and desire for task and functional equity. Findings suggest that HRD is an occupational culture more concerned with employee development and…
Descriptors: Occupations, Personal Autonomy, Personnel Directors, Staff Development
Peer reviewedFenwick, Tara; Lange, Elizabeth – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 1998
Traces the expansion of human resource development (HRD) into spirituality. Identifies associated problems: contradiction between the purposes of spirituality and HRD, religious fundamentalism, invasion of privacy, potential for manipulation, coercion into the global economy, and simplistic and naive treatment of spiritual community. (SK)
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Human Resources, Religious Factors, Self Determination
Burke, Lisa A., Ed. – 2001
Designed for front-line training professionals, this book addresses the most pressing issues in the training and development field (T&D). "Introduction" (Lisa A. Burke) discusses the importance of viewing training as a subsystem of human resources, training as a systematic process, and indicators of high impact training.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Technology, Human Resources, Job Skills
Download full textGuggenheim, Eric Fries – 2003
Materials from Agora 12 demonstrate that the disabled are merely another side of ourselves and training for them is a means of developing and acquiring independence and of becoming absorbed into society. A Foreword outlines the subjects of the three sessions: social solidarity and mental disability; training of the mentally psychologically…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Cost Effectiveness, Developed Nations
Harris, Roger; Simons, Michele; Hill, Doug; Smith, Erica; Pearce, Ron; Blakeley, John; Choy, Sarojni; Snewin, David – 2001
The changing role of staff development for teachers and trainers in Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector was examined. Data collection strategies were as follows: a preliminary analysis of VET staff development provision; a literature review of mainly Australian sources; a Delphi survey involving 31 key stakeholders in VET…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Delphi Technique
