Human Resource Development (MBA Masterclass Series) - Softcover

MEGGINSON, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749441607 ISBN 13: 9780749441609

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2004

Synopsis

Successful implementation of a successful human resource development (HRD) programme is crucial to any organisation. The third edition of this title lays the foundations for HRD, as well as explaining current ideas and contemporary thinking on the subject.

About this title

About the Author

John P Wilson teaches at Sheffield University Management School and is a tutor at the University of Oxford. His experience in education and consultancy spans a variety of countries and sectors, including aerospace engineering, banking, law and pharmaceuticals and he has worked with the United Nations Development Programme in Ethiopia and Nigeria.

He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). He has written and edited a number of articles and books, including Experiential Learning, International Human Resource Development and The Call Centre Training Handbook, published by Kogan Page.

From the Back Cover

Human Resource Development takes the reader through the broad range of HRD practices and strategies in use today. Packed with questions, discussion topics and case studies, this book provides the very latest expert advice on the different strategies of current HRD practice.

About the MBA Masterclass series
Series Editor: Philip Sadler

Authoritative, academically rigorous yet practical, the MBA Masterclass series is designed to cover the latest developments in management thinking and practice. Covering the core subjects on current MBA programmes and business courses, the series will:

-accelerate your MBA
-develop your knowledge
-improve your skills

Written by a team of leading international academics, consultants and practitioners, the series includes global case studies and examples with a keen emphasis on the practical implications for management.

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1 Positioning human resource development

Introduction

Learning outcomes

Defining the scope of HRD

HRD and organizational strategy

HRD in a context of change

HRD strategy and policy

HRD in an international context

HRD in a UK national context

Case Study 1.1: Ginsters work-based learning

Summary: tensions in HRD

2 Current leading ideas

Introduction

Learning outcomes

Leading ideas versus fads

The time-bounded nature of leading ideas

Developing the set of leading ideas

The 10 leading ideas in detail

Case Study 2.1: Communicating the vision

Survey your own approach to HRD

Scoring

Summary

3 Approaches to human resource development

Introduction

Learning outcomes

Human resource management

Performance management

Organization development

Facilitating learning

Communication

Quality management

Project management

Training

Creativity

Case Study 3.1: Tetra Pak - continuous improvement

Summary

4 Learning

Introduction

Learning outcomes

Definitions

The components of learning

Implications for development and training

Managing learning

Problems with learning

Triggers for learning

The science of learning

The learning cycle

Learning styles

Self-managed learning

Lifelong learning

Continuous professional development

Summary

5 e-Learning and blended learning

Introduction

Learning outcomes

Definitions

Why e-learning is important

The Government's response

Why blended learning is important

Antecedents and history

Key concepts and terms

Processes

Who is involved?

Blended learning

Knowledge management

Case Study 5.1: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Summary

6 Continuous Professional Development

Introduction

Learning outcomes

Identifying our own approach to CPD

Principles of CPD

Framework for CPD

Is there another way?

Corporate case study: Kellogg's Europe

Case Study 6.1: Career development at Kellogg's

Summary

7 HRD and change through groups

Introduction

Learning outcomes

Groups as strategic entities

The role of groups in change

Managing change through groups

Some ideas about how groups work

Using groups to progress change

Differing needs of groups

Case Study 7.1: Reality culture change programme, 'We Deliver the Goods'

Summary

8 Organizational learning

Introduction

Learning outcomes

Learning faster and competitive advantage

Single-loop learning at Appleyards

Double-loop learning by technicians at Appleyards

Deutero-learning in Chesterfield

A postscript on Frank Lord and Appleyards of Chesterfield

Moving the workplace towards becoming a learning company

Developing the learning company in your workplace

Research on the 11 characteristics

Case study of a high-growth knowledge-based company

Case Study 8.1: Nexor - a learning company

Summary

9 Diagnosis and evaluation in human resource development

Introduction

Learning outcomes

Diagnosis

Case Study 9.1: XCL Ltd - diagnosis in a contemporary private-sector company

Evaluation

Case Study 9.2: Connexions' outdoor development programme

Summary

10 Management development

Introduction

Learning outcomes

Definitions

The deep shift in ideas about management development

The changes and challenges for management development

The processes and practices of the delivery of management development

The special requirements of different categories of manager

Case Study 10.1: Village AiD

Summary

11 Leveraging the human resource development function

Introduction

Learning outcomes

Managers, management and the relationship to the HRD/learning function

The HRD/training function

Enabling the organization's strategy to drive the development process

Researching what is needed

Gaining clarity about what you as a manager want to achieve for yourself, your staff and colleagues

What managers need to know about HRD

Who you need to know

What you need to use

As a manager you need power

Ways to keep up to date

Managing the HRD professionals so they work to your specification

Harnessing the HRD professionals' expertise to achieve your goals

Recognizing that you are the client

Working to change mindsets

Ways that enable everyone to continue learning

Case Study 11.1: your own organization

Summary

12 Learning for the future

Introduction

Learning outcomes

Predicting the future

The contributions

Summary

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0749441607
• ISBN 13: 9780749441609
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 324