Human Resource Development, 2nd edition, meets the needs of students studying both undergraduate and specialist postgraduate modules in learning and development and human resource management, as well as CIPD students. It provides students with the tools to analyze, develop and implement learning and development strategies for the workplace.

Introduction to HRD
PART 1: PROCESS
HRD Needs: People, Work and Organisations
Design for HRD: Principles and Applications
Managing the Workplace: HRD in Action
HRD Quality: Reviewing and Evaluating
HRD Theory
PART 2: PRACTISE
HRD Strategies: Systems, Roles and Outcomes
Development Partnerships: Coaching and Mentoring
Learning in Groups
Technology and Change in HRD
HRD Provider Organisations
PART 3: PERSPECTIVES
Public Policy and Workforce HRD
Knowledge Management and Communities of Practice
HRD and Diversity
Strategy Perspectives and HRD
Looking Ahead: Horizons Old and New
Appendices

STEPHEN GIBB is Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK.