Human Resource Development

The Trainer’s Workshop Series is designed to be a practical, hands-on roadmap to help you quickly develop training in key business areas. Each book in the series offers all the exercises, handouts, assessments, structured experiences and ready-to-use presentations needed to develop effective trainin..

Helps you design different employee orientation programmes at the organizational and department level. This guide contains exercises, handouts, assessments and tools to help you: build a customised employee orientation programme; create organisation-wide and department-level training; and, become a ..

Contributions from a number of leading international scholars explore the boundaries of the field of Human Resource Development and present an innovative and challenging approach to HRD theory and practice...

Contributions from a number of leading international scholars explore the boundaries of the field of Human Resource Development and present an innovative and challenging approach to HRD theory and practice...

_x005F_x000D_ Examining the tensions between self and other, agency and structure, On the Nature of Human Resource Development draws inspiration from an almost-autoethnographic approach. This yields a text that is personal, entertaining, and easier to read than many academic tomes – yet considers th..

It is now widely accepted that organizational maturity is dependent on being able to reorganize on a continuous basis and learn faster and more effectively than your competitors. This new book by Paul Kearns focuses on the need for an evidence-based approach to learning and development, bringing tog..

Over half of all people working on behalf of any given organization are typically not their own employees. Little attention has been paid to how these 'non-employees' are managed, motivated and meaningfully engaged. This book demonstrates that non-employees are often the organization's most importan..

Pattern Making, Pattern Breaking describes an inter-active, learner-centred process that values existing experience (old patterns) whilst creating real and demonstrable behavioural change (new patterns). The author draws on a wide range of well-established methodologies, practical examples, activiti..

Supervision is increasingly required for a coach’s and a mentor's professional development, and engaging in reflective practice with peers can be a valuable way of meeting these needs. This book  guides practitioners to develop and integrate their range of individual and group reflective practice ac..

Supervision is increasingly required for a coach’s and a mentor's professional development, and engaging in reflective practice with peers can be a valuable way of meeting these needs. This book  guides practitioners to develop and integrate their range of individual and group reflective practice ac..

People and Self Management leads the reader through all the skills needed for today's supervisor/team leader, including:* how to assess and improve your workplace performance;* the essential skills of effective self management;* the management of change. The Team Leader Development Series is an esse..

Leads the reader through the skills needed for supervisor/team leader, including: how to assess and improve your workplace performance; the skills of effective self management; and the management of change. This work is suitable for individuals and organisations seeking to improve their business per..