Human Resource Development A Concise Introduction

by Carbery, Ronan; Cross, Christine

• ISBN13: 9781137360090
• ISBN10: 1137360097
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-05-07
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The field of human resource development (HRD) has emerged as one of the most dynamic and multifaceted areas of business and management for both academics and practitioners. Human Resource Development: A Concise Introduction is an engaging and succinct textbook that deals with HRD at a basic introductory level, covering the major areas of HRD, including strategic HRD, the interaction between leadership, talent management and HRD and HRD in large and small enterprises. With a unique blend of theory and practice, this text will help you to succeed in your HRD course and help you to develop important practical skills for your future career.

Key features include:

• A specially written Skills Development section, which provides guidance on developing your skills in presentation, time management and persuasion.
• Spotlight on Skills features, which present the opportunity to diagnose problems and develop solutions in relation to each chapter, then watch video interviews with HR professionals to discover how they would approach a similar dilemma
• Building your skills boxes, place you in the position of a line manager and encourage you to reflect on a variety of HRD related issues.
• A chapter on Graduate Employability, discussing how the transferable, soft and hard skills of new graduates can best be developed

In addition, the Active Case Studies and HRD in the News features, alongside a range of international examples, bring HRD theory to life.

Author Biography

Ronan Carbery lectures in Human Resource Development, Employee Development and Human and Organisational Behaviour at Work at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland. He is a Chartered member of CIPD Ireland (MCIPD) and is also a member of University Forum for Human Resource Development (UFHRD) and the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD).

Christine Cross lectures in Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland where she has extensive experience of teaching at undergraduate, postgraduate and post-experience levels and has been actively involved in curriculum review and development. Prior to joining UL she worked for a number of the world's leading organisations including Lloyd's bank, Dell Computers and Mars Inc in both management and human resource management roles. In 2010 she was a Visiting Professor at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF HRD
2. Strategic HRD
3. Organisational learning
4. Individual Learning
5. Organisation Development
6. Managing the HRD Function
PART II: PROCESSES OF HRD
7. Identification of needs
8. Designing Programmes
9. Delivering HRD Programmes
10. Evaluation
PART III: CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES
11. Talent Management
12. Leadership and Management Development
13. Graduate Employability
14. HRD, Ethics, and CSR