Mark Loon is Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at Bath Spa University, UK. He is a co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Human Resource Development: Practice, Policy and Research and an incoming Vice Chair in the British Academy of Management, co-leading the Management Knowledge and Education Committee.Jim Stewart is Professor of Human Resource Development in Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, UK, where his role is to provide mentoring support and research leadership for colleagues teaching and researching Human Resource Management. He has authored and co-edited over 20 books on HRD as well as of numerous articles in academic and professional journals.Stefanos Nachmias is Principal Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham Business School, UK. His research interests include an assessment of line managers’ diversity needs, gender in the workplace andemployment practices. He has co-edited several books, including Inequality and Organizational Practice, Volumes I and II, and Hidden Inequalities in the Workplace (Palgrave Macmillan).

• 1. Introduction to the Volume: Future of Human Resource Development .- 2. HRD as the Epicentre of Governance in Public Administration .- 3. Unleashing Creativity in the Workplace. Apprenticeships in the Swiss Telecommunication and Public Transportation Industry .- 4. Self-Directed Learning and Absorptive Capacity: The Mediating Role of Trust and Human Capital .- 5. Examining Evidence-Based Change Agency Practice in Anglo and Non-Anglo Countries: Implications for Professional HRD Practitioners .- 6. Coaching for Workplace Learning and Development .- 7. HRD for an Ageing Workforce .- 8. Organisational Ethics as Foundational for Organisational Health and Sustainability .- 9. Learning and Innovation through Interfirm Alliances: The Role of Human Resource Development .- 10. Evaluation of HRD and UFHRD Conferences: Analysing at the last 20 years and looking at the next 20.

Mark Loon is Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at Bath Spa University, UK. He is a co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Human Resource Development: Practice, Policy and Research and an incoming Vice Chair in the British Academy of Management, co-leading the Management Knowledge and Education Committee.Jim Stewart is Professor of Human Resource Development in Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, UK, where his role is to provide mentoring support and research leadership for colleagues teaching and researching Human Resource Management. He has authored and co-edited over 20 books on HRD as well as of numerous articles in academic and professional journals.Stefanos Nachmias is Principal Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham Business School, UK. His research interests include an assessment of line managers’ diversity needs, gender in the workplace andemployment practices. He has co-edited several books, including Inequality and Organizational Practice, Volumes I and II, and Hidden Inequalities in the Workplace (Palgrave Macmillan).

• 1. Introduction to the Volume: Future of Human Resource Development .- 2. HRD as the Epicentre of Governance in Public Administration .- 3. Unleashing Creativity in the Workplace. Apprenticeships in the Swiss Telecommunication and Public Transportation Industry .- 4. Self-Directed Learning and Absorptive Capacity: The Mediating Role of Trust and Human Capital .- 5. Examining Evidence-Based Change Agency Practice in Anglo and Non-Anglo Countries: Implications for Professional HRD Practitioners .- 6. Coaching for Workplace Learning and Development .- 7. HRD for an Ageing Workforce .- 8. Organisational Ethics as Foundational for Organisational Health and Sustainability .- 9. Learning and Innovation through Interfirm Alliances: The Role of Human Resource Development .- 10. Evaluation of HRD and UFHRD Conferences: Analysing at the last 20 years and looking at the next 20.

Mark Loon is Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at Bath Spa University, UK. He is a co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Human Resource Development: Practice, Policy and Research and an incoming Vice Chair in the British Academy of Management, co-leading the Management Knowledge and Education Committee.Jim Stewart is Professor of Human Resource Development in Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, UK, where his role is to provide mentoring support and research leadership for colleagues teaching and researching Human Resource Management. He has authored and co-edited over 20 books on HRD as well as of numerous articles in academic and professional journals.Stefanos Nachmias is Principal Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham Business School, UK. His research interests include an assessment of line managers’ diversity needs, gender in the workplace andemployment practices. He has co-edited several books, including Inequality and Organizational Practice, Volumes I and II, and Hidden Inequalities in the Workplace (Palgrave Macmillan).

• 1. Introduction to the Volume: Future of Human Resource Development .- 2. HRD as the Epicentre of Governance in Public Administration .- 3. Unleashing Creativity in the Workplace. Apprenticeships in the Swiss Telecommunication and Public Transportation Industry .- 4. Self-Directed Learning and Absorptive Capacity: The Mediating Role of Trust and Human Capital .- 5. Examining Evidence-Based Change Agency Practice in Anglo and Non-Anglo Countries: Implications for Professional HRD Practitioners .- 6. Coaching for Workplace Learning and Development .- 7. HRD for an Ageing Workforce .- 8. Organisational Ethics as Foundational for Organisational Health and Sustainability .- 9. Learning and Innovation through Interfirm Alliances: The Role of Human Resource Development .- 10. Evaluation of HRD and UFHRD Conferences: Analysing at the last 20 years and looking at the next 20.