Human Resource Development in a Complex World presents a strong challenge to traditional Human Resource Development. Internationally renowned authors address HRD from within the notions and language of complexity, presenting multifaceted alternative perspectives to the current practice and theory of HRD.
Author(s): Monica Lee
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 264
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Illustrations......Page 10
Notes on contributors......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 17
Introduction by Monica Lee......Page 18
Reviewing the bases of HR: the depth......Page 22
The complex roots of HRD......Page 24
Complexity, HRD and organisation development: towards a viable systems approach to learning, development and change......Page 42
Worldviews that enhance and inhibit HRD's social responsibility......Page 59
Strategic quest and the search for the primal mother......Page 74
Reflections of HR: the width......Page 84
Human resource development in the Arab Middle East: a 'fourth paradigm'......Page 86
The ethics of HRD......Page 100
Reconciling autonomy and community: the paradoxical role of HRD......Page 117
The urge to destroy is a creative urge......Page 134
Realising HR: applying the theories......Page 146
Clarifying the complexity of emotion in HRD: the use of visualisation technology......Page 148
Complexifying organisational development and HRD......Page 164
A new perception for a new millennium......Page 183
Individual learning from exceptional events......Page 196
Realities of HR: aspects of practice......Page 210
Leadership principles and reflections for unravelling the stranglehold of organisational boundaries: challenges for health services......Page 212
Propositions for incorporating a pedagogy of complexity, emotion and power in HRD education......Page 221
The line manager as a facilitator of team learning and change......Page 235
A practitioner's reflections on HRD research: a case of internalized complexity?......Page 248
Index......Page 260
