Aesthetics and Human Resource Development

Stephen Gibb is Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. He researches and teaches HRD with a vision to explore how the subject can be made most vital by creating imaginative and compassionate analysis and action.

• List of Illustrations. Foreword Part I: Connections 1. Pretty Smart: Aesthetics and HRD 2. Making It Up: Constructing Creativity 3. Valuing Aesthetics 4. The Illusion of Potential: Imaginative Truth 5. Caring About Beauty Part II: Concepts 6. Artful HRD: Pleasure for Pleasure 7. Arts-Based HRD 8. Beyond Artfulness: Expressing Human Vitality Part III: Challenges 9. Developing Strategies for Creativity 10. Creative Industries 11. Taking it Seriously: Subverting Double Standards 12. Ending the Silence Aesthetically. Notes. References. Index

"Creativity has become a valued commodity in the business world, and in this volume Gibb (human resources managemen, U of Strathclyde, Scotland) considers the connection between human resource development and the creative class. Examining industries in the realms of science, engineering, design, arts, education, and music, he discusses theconcepts of aesthetic value systems, imagination, and beauty and relates these concepts to the practice of human resources development." -- Art Book News Annual, January 2007