Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

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1. Managing Healthy Organizations

   Worksite Health Promotion and the New Self-Management Paradigm

   By Mikael Holmqvist, Christian Maravelias

   Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

   During the past two decades, corporate management has come to take an active role in health promotion programming for employees, offering health education, screenings, therapy, and even leisure initiatives. However, little attention has been given to how contemporary worksite health programs in...

   Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge
2. New Frontiers in HRD

   Edited by Monica Lee, Jim Stewart, Jean Woodall

   Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

   Factors such as globalisation, restructuring, casualization of employment and the erosion of pension rights have led to massive tensions in contemporary organizations. By exploring the boundaries of the field of Human Resource Development this book asks where is HRD in the middle of all this and...

   Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
3. Management Development

   Perspectives from Research and Practice

   Edited by Rosemary Hill, Jim Stewart

   Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

   Recognizing a significant need to continually update the current body of knowledge on management development with the latest innovations in high quality research and practice in various parts of the globe, this book provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date work on the state of research and...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
4. Human Resource Development as We Know It

   Speeches that Have Shaped the Field

   Edited by Monica Lee

   Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

   The field of Human Resource Development has developed largely through academics, scholars and reflective practitioners from across the world coming together. Many people link memorable keynote speeches to changes in their research, practice, career path or even life view. Good keynote speeches are...

   Published February 26th 2012 by Routledge
5. New Ways of Organizing Work

   Developments, Perspectives, and Experiences

   Edited by Clare Kelliher, Julia Richardson

   Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

   New Ways of Organizing Work offers a broader understanding of changes to the way work is organized and the implications for relevant stakeholders. It brings together contributions from a well established group of international scholars to examine the nature and consequences of new ways of working....

   Published October 5th 2011 by Routledge
6. Workplace Learning

   Concepts, Measurement and Application

   Edited by Marianne van Woerkom, Rob Poell

   Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

   This edited volume aims to evaluate the promises of workplace learning by addressing the following related questions: What are current developments in theory that informs workplace learning research? How can learning in the workplace be measured? What is the impact of various organizational...

   Published May 6th 2010 by Routledge
7. Rethinking Strategic Learning

   By Russ Vince

   Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

   Russ Vince examines learning as both a social and a strategic process, invariably linked to emotions and politics that are mobilized by attempts at learning and organizing. He makes a substantial contribution to theories of organizational learning and develops new ideas about critical reflection...

   Published January 3rd 2010 by Routledge
8. Critical Thinking in Human Resource Development

   Edited by Carole Elliott, Sharon Turnbull

   Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

   This book provides a reflexive critique of the assumptions of orthodox HRD research and practice and questions the conception of humans as resources, as well as the conventional performative focus of HRD. Examining the broader social, political and economic contexts, the book offers alternative...

   Published October 15th 2008 by Routledge
9. Human Resource Development in the Public Sector

   The Case of Health and Social Care

   Edited by Sally Sambrook, Jim Stewart

   Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

   Across Europe and the world, countries are attempting to develop their health and social policies and practices to address the global challenge of increasing demand and pressurized supply, created by ageing populations, emerging technologies and finite resources (financial and human). This text...

   Published October 5th 2008 by Routledge
10. Action Learning, Leadership and Organizational Development in Public Services

    Edited by Clare Rigg, Sue Richards

    Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

    Unprecedented investment is being made in leadership development across the public sector: leadership courses are growing, and development is a core theme of organizational capacity building initiatives. Within this, action learning has attracted increasing interest as an approach that can...

    Published October 5th 2008 by Routledge