Covers a diversity of issues, providing the latest thinking from respected HRD researchers
The book offers an innovative, critical perspective to the familiar fields of HRD
It encourages a move away from the dominant formulaic approach and explores new person-centred forms of enquiry and presentation
'This book, published in the United Kingdom, is a welcome addition to the field of Human Resource Development (HRD), where there has been a notable absence of critical studies in the area.' Julia Connell, University of Newcastle, Australia for Labour and Industry
'The book should prove interesting to HRD, HRM, organisation and management scholars, as well as those human resource practitioners who wish to expand their knowledge and philosophy regarding HRD.' - Julia Connell, The University of Newcastle
1. Critical Thinking in HRD: An Introduction Part One: Debates on Practice 2. Beware the Unbottled Genie: Unspoken Aspects of Critical Self-Reflection 3. Ideas for Critical Practicioners 4. Becoming Critical: Can Critical Management Learning Develop Critical Managers? 5. Management Education: A Tool for Mismanagement? 6. A Critical Review of of Researching Human Resource Development: The Case of a Pan-European Project 7. HRD Beyond What HRD Practicioners Do: A Framework for Furthering Multiple Learning Processes in Work Organisations 8. Place: A (Re)source for Learning 9. Critiquing Codes of Ethics Part Two: Theoretical Debates 10. Deconstructing the Human in Human Resource Development 11. Sense or Sensibility? A Reflection on Virtue and 'Emotional' HRD Interventions 12. The Self at Work: Theories of Persons, Meaning of Work and their Implications for HRD 13. To Develop a Firm Persuation: Workplace Learning and the Problem of Meaning 14. Good Order: On the Administration of Goodness 15. Pedagogies of HRD: The Socio-Political Implications