Fundamentals of Human Resource Development

David McGuire is senior lecturer in human resource development at Edinburgh Napier University.

• PART ONE: THE NATURE OF HRDDefining HRD: An Examination of the Underlying Principles of HRDModels for HRD Practice - P. McLaganEconomics and Human Resource Development - G.G. Wang and R.A. SwansonCommonly Held Theories of HRD - L. A. WeinbergerA Refusal to Define HRD - M. LeeExploring Human Resource Development - T.N. Garavan, D. McGuire and D. O′DonnellA Level of Analysis ApproachShining a Torch on Metaphor in HRD - D. ShortPART TWO: LEARNINGTheories of LearningSituated Learning - J. Lave and E. WengerLegitimate Peripheral ParticipationCommunities of Practice - E.C. Wenger and W.M. SynderThe Organizational Frontier Experiential Learning - D.A. KolbContextual Factors Influencing Informal Learning in a Workplace Setting - A.D. EllingerThe Case of ′Reinventing Itself Company′How Groups Learn - J. Silberstang and M. LondonThe Role of Communication Patterns, Cue Recognition, Context Facility and Cultural IntelligenceAdult LearningThe Adult Learners - M. Knowles, E.F. Holton and R.A. SwansonThe Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource DevelopmentTowards Development of a Generalized Instrument to Measure Andragogy - E.F. Holton III, L.S. Wilson and R.A. BatesUpdating Our Knowledge of Adult Learning - S.B. MerriamTowards an Holistic Theory of Knowledge and Adult Learning - B. YangOrganizational Learning and the Learning OrganizationOn Organizational Learning - C. ArgyrisThe Fifth Discipline - P. SengeThe Construct of the Learning Organization - B. Yang, K.E. Watkins and V.J. MarsickDimensions, Measurement and Validation The Relationship between the Learning Organization Concept and Firms′ Financial Performance - A.D. EllingerAn Empirical Assessment Disciplines of Organizational Learning - M. Easterby-SmithContributions and Critiques Towards an Architecture of Organization-Led Learning - N. HeratyKnowledge Management and Intellectual CapitalA Model of Knowledge-Sharing Motivation - M. GagneKnowledge Sharing - S. Wang and R.A. NoeA Review and Directions for Future ResearchThe Knowledge-Creating Company - I. Nonaka and H. TakeuchiHow Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of InnovationKnowledge and Organization - J.S. Brown and P. DuguidA Social-Practice Perspective The Tacit Dimension - M. PolanyiStrategic HRDExploring Strategic Maturity in HRD - M. McCracken and M. WallaceRhetoric, Aspiration or RealityA Strategic Perspective on Human Resource Development - T.N. GaravanDesperately Seeking Alignment - V. AndersonReflections on Senior Line Managers and HRD Executives Toward a Political Economy Model for Comparative Analysis of the Role of Strategic Human Resource Development Leadership - L. YorksCreating and Sustaining a Strategic Partnership - S.L. PetersonA Model for Human Resource DevelopmentPART THREE: TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENTTraining and DevelopmentA Review and Critique of Research on Training and Organizational-Level Outcomes - P. Tharenou, A.M. Saks and C. MooreDevelopment of a Generalized Learning Transfer System Inventory - E.F. Holton III, R.A. Bates and W.E.A. RuonaInfluences of Individual and Situational Characteristics on Measures of Training Effectiveness - J.E. Mathieu, S.L. Tannenbaum and E. SalasInvestigation of the Factors That Influence Employees′ Participation in Development Activities - R.A. Noe and S.L. WikTransfer of Training - T. Baldwin and J.K. FordA Review and Directions for Future Research EvaluationBehaviorally Anchored Competencies - K.E. Dooley et al Evaluation Tool for Training via DistanceIn Search of the Holy Grail - D. Russ-Eft and H.S. PreskillReturn on Investment Evaluation in Human Resource DevelopmentGreat Ideas Revisited - D.L. KirkpatrickTechniques for Evaluating Training Programmes How to Measure the Return on Your HR Investment - J. Phillips and P. PhillipsTraining Evaluation - G.G. Wang and D. WilcoxKnowing More Than Is PractisedPART FOUR: CAREER DEVELOPMENTCareer DevelopmentAdvances in Career Theory and Research - S.E. Sullivan and Y. BaruchA Critical Review and Agenda for Future Exploration Strategic Talent Management - D.G. Collings and K. MellahiA Review and Research AgendaExecutive Coaching - D.C. Feldman and M.J. LankauA Review and Agenda for Future ResearchWhat Influences Continuous Employee Development Decisions? - C.M. Garofano and E. SalasCareer Development - T.M. Egan, M.G. Upton and S.A. LynhamLoad-Bearing Wall or Window Dressing? Exploring Definitions, Theories and Prospects for HRD-Related Theory BuildingModels, Definitions and Outcome Variables of Action Learning - E.C. Chenhall and T.J. ChermackA Synthesis with Implications for HRDManagement and Leadership DevelopmentBehavioural Indicators of Ineffective Managerial Coaching - A.D. Ellinger, R.G. Hamlin and R.S. BeattieA Cross-National StudyIt′s All Action, It′s All Learning - J. Clarke et alAction Learning in SMEsEmotional Intelligence - D. GolemanIssues in Paradigm Building in the Emotionally Intelligent WorkplaceEmotional Labour in Corporate Change Programmes - S. TurnbullTowards Universalistic Models of Managerial Leadership Effectiveness - R.G. HamlinA Comparative Study of Recent British and American Derived ModelsPART FIVE: ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENTOrganizational Commitment and Organizational CultureThe Measurement and Antecedents of Affective, Continuance and Normative Commitment to the Organization - N.J. Allen and J.P. MeyerCulture′s Consequences - G.H. HofstedeComparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations across Nations Organization Culture - E.H. ScheinOrganizational PerformanceThe Impact of Human Resource Management Practices on Turnover, Productivity and Corporate Performance - M.A. HuselidThe Foundations of Performance Improvement and Implications for Practice - R.A. SwansonKey Characteristics of Effective and Ineffective Developmental Interactions - E.R. Eddy et al Human and Social CapitalThe Age of Human Capital - G.S. BeckerEducation in the 21st CenturyThe Evolution of Social Capital Theory - J. Storberg-WalkerA Critique of a Theory of Social Capital and Implications for HRD Social Network Analysis in Human Resource Development - J.P. HatalaA New MethodologyLinking Mentoring and Social Capital - S.A. Hezlett and S.K. GibsonImplications for Career and Organization DevelopmentPART SIX: IDENTITY AND DIVERSITYDiversity and HRDResisting HRD′s Resistance to Diversity - L.L. BieremaHow Lesbians Learn to Negotiate the Heterosexism of Corporate America - J. Gedro, R.M. Cervero and J. Johnson-BaileyEvaluating AHRD Research Using a Feminist Research Framework - L.L. Bierema and M. CsehWhere to Now? Race and Ethnicity in Workplace Learning and Development Research: 1980-2005 - A.K. Brooks and T. ClunisDiversity in Human Resource Development and Continuing Professional Education - J.M. Ross-Gordon and A.K. BrooksWhat Does It Mean for the Workforce, Clients and ProfessionalsPART SEVEN: HRD IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXTNational and International HRDIf We Can′t Define HRD in One Country, How Can We Define It in an International Context? - G.N. McLean and L.D. McLeanThe Concept of Culture in International Comparative HRD Research - A. Ardichvili and K.P. KuchinkeMethodological Problems and Possible SolutionsTheorizing Advances in International Human Resource Development - B.D. Metcalfe and C.J. ReesDoes It Matter Where to Conduct Training? Accounting for Cultural Factors - B. Yang, Y. Wang and A.W. DrewryPART EIGHT: RESEARCHING HRDTheory-Building and HRDThe General Method of Theory-Building Research in Applied Disciplines - S.A. LynhamChallenges and Choices for Theoretical Research in Human Resource Development - R.J. TorracoAn Impressionistic Framework for Theorizing about Human Resource Development - J.L. Callahan and T.D. DeDavilaWriting Integrative Literature Reviews - R.J. ToraccoGuidelines and ExamplesCase Study Research and Theory-Building - L.M. DooleyCritical Theory and HRDCritically Challenging Some Assumptions in HRD - D. O′Donnell, D. McGuire and C. CrossTowards a Critical HRD in Theory and Practice - T. FenwickA Critical Time for HRD? - S. SambrookPART NINE: CONCLUSIONReflections on the Field and the Future of HRDWho Is Not Sleeping with Whom? What′s Not Being Talked about in HRD? - K. TrehanThe Making of 21st Century HR - W.E.A. Ruona and S. GibsonAn Analysis of the Convergence of HRM, HRD and ODHuman Development as a Central Goal of Human Resource Development - K.P. Kuchinke