This edited volume contains original chapters by some of the leading researchers and writers in HRD. It provides a definitive work on the design and conduct of research in HRD and identifies and examines the possibilities and limitations of particular methods and techniques. Emerging debates on the purpose, nature and practice and theoretical base of HRD are examined. Each chapter is structured with: * Statement of aims* Description of theoretical and empirical context^* Identification and examination of methodological issues* Description and evaluation of research design* Critical analysis and evaluation* Key learning points
Author(s): Jim Mcgoldrick
Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 462
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Illustrations......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 21
Researching HRD: philosophy, process and practice......Page 22
Defining the research question: on seizing the moment as the research question emerges......Page 39
Problems of method in HRD research: company-based lifelong learning and 'longitudinality'......Page 62
The tools of freedom and the sources of indignity......Page 86
Towards evidence-based HRD practice......Page 114
Researching HRD in small organizations......Page 143
Evaluating the impact of management development on performance......Page 167
Learning for change by telling stories......Page 187
Learning to change, changing to learn: case studies in the automotive sector......Page 203
Analysing quantitative research......Page 225
Writing the research story......Page 247
Ethical issues in HRD research......Page 276
Implementing networked learning with HRD professionals internationally......Page 294
Implications for reflective HRD practitioners of the influence of life experience on managers' career decisions......Page 314
Going native!: ethnographic research in HRD......Page 336
Convergence and divergence in HRD: research and practice across Europe......Page 360
Using action research to explore the development needs of second generation Asian small businesses......Page 376
A new approach to the literature review......Page 398
Postscript: the future for HRD research......Page 416
Index......Page 420
