Strategic Human Resource Development - Hardcover

Yorks, Lyle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0324071787 ISBN 13: 9780324071788

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2004

Synopsis

Human Resources Development is written with the primary purpose of covering core and emerging issues in Human Resource Development. The book's secondary purpose is to offer a specific perspective on HRD, one that links the practice of HRD to enhancing organizational strategy and developing performance capability through learning interventions. This text begins with a strategic view of the organization from a general management perspective as a driver for the HRD function -specifically creating a focus on strategic learning and developing performance throughout the organization. The goal of the text is to provide learners with a framework to understand the role of HRD in the strategic imperatives of an organization, the foundations of HRD practice, and stimulate debate as to the role of HRD in today's organizations.

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PART I. STRATEGY MAKING AS LEARNING: POSITIONING THE ROLE OF HRD IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 1. Defining the Scope of Human Resource Development Practice 2. Strategy, Tactics, and Operational Effectiveness 3. Strategy Making as Learning 4. The Role of HRD Leadership in the Organization 5. Strategic Positioning and Human Resource Development PART II. PUTTING HRD INTO PRACTICE 6. Theoretical Foundations of HRD Practice 7. Designing Learning Opportunities 8. Web-Based Learning 9. Assessing The Effectiveness of HRD Interventions 10. Linking Learning and Performance 11. Future Directions for HRD Practice PART III. FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE. Cases

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0324071787
• ISBN 13: 9780324071788
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400