Human Resource Development: Perspectives, Roles and Practice Choices

A thorough examination of human resources development, this book familiarizes business students, managers, and human resource professionals with strategies for helping people achieve optimum personal and organizational improvement. Drawing on contributions by key HR strategists from around the world, it examines the theoretical models, paradigms, and perspectives from which human resource development might be considered. Included are educational, management, interpersonal, psychological, and other strategies. Various roles of the HR professional -- including change agent, needs analyst, trainer, and facilitator -- are also discussed. Adaptive solutions and popular human resource practices from around the world serve as examples.