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Chapter Ten: Human Resource Development

Learning and skills web resources

q       Department for Education and Skills (UK) www.dfes.gov.uk/ – find links to the latest research commissioned by the UK government.

q       Learning Partnerships (UK) www.lifelonglearning.co.uk/llp/index.htm

q       Lifelong Learning (UK) www.lifelonglearning.co.uk

q       Lifelong Learning Towns and Cities (UK) www.lifelonglearningcities/index.htm

q       SkillsBase Labour Market Information Database – for the Employers Skill Survey and Case Study reports. www.skillsbase.dfes.gov.uk/Reference/Reference.asp?sect=1&page=7

q       The ‘learning society’ www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/f.j.coffield/

Learning and skills trategies, plans and services

q       Investors in People www.iipuk.co.uk

q       Learndirect www.learndirect.co.uk

q       Learning and Skills Council home page www.lsc.gov.uk

q       Learning and Skills Development Agency www.lsda.org.uk/home.asp

q       Learning and Skills Research Centre www.lsrc.ac.uk

q       Modern apprenticeships – www.realworkrealpay.info

q       Regional Development Agencies www.local-regions.detr.gov.uk/rda/info

q       Sector Skills Councils www.ssda.org.uk/ssc/sscouncil.shtml

q       Small Business Service www.sbs.gov.uk

q       Union Learning Fund www.dfes.gov.uk/ulf/

q       University for Industry www.ufitd.co.uk

q       University for Industry (Scotland) www.scottishufi.co.uk

HRD resources

q       Australian National Training Authority www.anta.gov.au

q       Department of Labour (South Africa) www.labour.gov.za

q       Free Management Library training and development www.mapnp.org/library/trng_dev/trng_dev.htm

q       Trainers Network www.trainersnetwork.org/

q       Training Needs Analysis www.trainingneedsanalysis.co.uk/index.htm

q       Training Zone www.trainingzone.co.uk/

Mentoring

q       Coaching Network www.coachingnetwork.org.uk/ResourceCentre/WhatAreCoachingAndMentoring.htm

q       European Mentoring Centre www.mentoringcentre.org/

q       Evaluation and the impact of training links www.orau.gov/pbm/training.html 

q       Learning climate: if you would like to explore an organization’s learning climate, visit this online questionnaire. www.psych.rochester.edu/SDT/measures/auton_learn.html

q       Mentoring Australia www.mentoring-australia.com

q       National Mentoring Network (UK) www.nmn.org.uk/

q       Reviewing in learning www.reviewing.co.uk

q       UK Evaluation Society www.evaluation.org.uk/

Theories of learning

q       Association of Neuro-linguistic Programming www.anlp.org/

q       Constructivist Learning Theory www.exploratorium.edu/ifi/resources/constructivistlearning.html

Knowledge management

q       Brint www.brint.com/km/ I – provides access to many resources relating to knowledge management.

q       Journal of Knowledge Management (Europe) www.emeraldinsight.com/jkm.htm

q       Knowledge Management (Australia) www.knowledge.standards.com.au

q       Knowledge Management Society of Southern Africa www.kmssa.org.za/html

q       The Online Book on Knowledge Management www.kmbook.com

q       University of Texas knowledge management server www.bus.utexas.edu/kman/

E-learning

q       Capella University www.capellauniversity.net/capella_university.htm – offers 500 online undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

q       E-Learning Centre www.e-learningcentre.co.uk – links to articles and resources relating to e-learning.

q       eLearning Network www.elearningnetwork.org/frameset.htm – acts as a source of information and best practice.

q       Smartforce www.smartforce.com/corp/marketing/ – one of the larger e-learning companies.

q       UNext www.unext.com/about.htm – an attempt between leading universities to provide on-line programmes.

q       If you are interested in speculations on the effect of technology on the future, you can read the work of BT’s futurologist at www.innovate.bt.com/ideas/futurology.

Practising HRM: Searching the Web – academic study of HRD

q       Academy of HRD in the USA www.ahrd.org

q       European HRD portal www.b.shuttle.de/wifo/ehrd/=portal.htm – provides research-based information on HRD in Europe

q       Lancaster University’s forum for HRD in the UK www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/ufhrd/

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