Human Resource Development: A Concise Introduction - Softcover

Carbery, Ronan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1137360097 ISBN 13: 9781137360090

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 2015

Synopsis

This core textbook on human resource development (HRD) focusses on a topic that has emerged as one of the most dynamic and multifaceted areas of business and management for both academics and practitioners. Providing an engaging and succinct discussion of the topic, this textbook tackles HRD from 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, alongside innovative learning tools such as videos and active case studies, this text will help students to succeed in their HRD courses and to develop important practical skills for their future career.

This is the perfect textbook for first and second year undergraduate students, as well as for post-experience students, studying introductory modules on Human Resource Development, Training and Development, or Learning and Development.

Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/human-resource-development. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.

About this title

About the Authors

Dr. Ronan Carbery is Head of Graduate Studies for the College of Business and Law, and Director of the Executive MBA programme at Cork University Business School, University College Cork in Ireland.

Professor Christine Cross is the Dean of The Business School at Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland.

From the Back Cover

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137360097
• ISBN 13: 9781137360090
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300