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Understanding human resource development : a research-based approach /

Understanding human resource development : a research-based approach / edited by Jim McGoldrick, Jim Stewart, and Sandra Watson. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2002. - xx, 407 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Routledge studies in human resource development. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Researching HRD : philosophy, process and practice / Jim McGoldrick, Jim Stewart and Sandra Watson -- Defining the research question : on seizing the moment as the research question emerges / Monica Lee -- Problems of method in HRD research : company-based lifelong learning and 'longitudinality' / Jim McGoldrick, Graeme Martin and Judy Pate -- The tools of freedom and the sources of indignity / John Hamblett, Rick Holden and Denise Thursfield -- Towards evidence-based HRD practice / Bob Hamlin -- Researching HRD in small organizations / Rosemary Hill -- Evaluating the impact of management development on performance / Jonathan Winterton and Ruth Winterton -- Learning for change by telling stories / Jeff Gold, Stuart Watson and Mike Rix -- Learning to change, changing to learn : case studies in the automotive sector / Penny West -- Analysing quantitative research / Darren C. Short and K. Peter Kuchinke -- Writing the research story / Sally Sambrook -- Ethical issues in HRD research / Rona S. Beattie and Marilyn McDougall -- Implementing networked learning with HRD professionals internationally / Catherine Edwards -- Implications for reflective HRD practitioners of the influence of life experience on managers' career decisions / Goronwy Davies and Tony Wilson -- Going native! : ethnographic research in HRD / Rona S. Beattie -- Convergence and divergence in HRD : research and practice across Europe / Jean Woodall ... [et al.] -- Using action research to explore the development needs of second generation Asian small businesses / Clare Rigg, Kiran Trehan and Monder Ram -- A new approach to the literature review / Sally Sambrook -- Postscript : the future for HRD research / Jim McGoldrick, Jim Stewart and Sandra Watson.

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Personnel management--Research.

HF5549.15 / .U52 2002

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