Human Resource Development: From Theory into Practice
Human Resource Development: From Theory into Practice (Sage, 2022) is one of the leading textbooks on learning and development. It’s based on over two decades of teaching human resource development (HRD) to postgraduates, undergraduates and managers.
The book is divided into ‘Macro-HRD’ and ‘Micro-HRD’ and is the first HRD book to take this approach:
- Macro-HRD (Chapters 1-7) looks at the existing and emerging megatrends (including AI, climate change, and demographics) that are shaping the HRD landscape and business strategy (including learning as a source of creativity and competitive advantage) and which set the scene for the day-to-day learning and development practice in business;
- Micro-HRD (Chapters 8-14) drills down into how people and groups in business organizations learn and develop on a day-to-day basis. It tells you what you can do to maximise the learning of individuals, groups and organizations to achieve outstanding results.
Human Resource Development: From Theory into Practice is packed full of learning activities that can be used individually or in the classroom. It’s essential reading for HRD classes at master’s and undergraduate levels.
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