On the Nature of Human Resource Development

Holistic Agency and an Almost-Autoethnographical Exploration of Becoming
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-78109-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 428 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 721 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development

The nature of human resource development (HRD) has been, and remains, a contested topic – the debate was sparked in part by Monica Lee’s seminal 2001 paper which refused to define the discipline of HRD, but has been accentuated by increasing globalization, political unrest, inequality and the erosion of boundaries. Should HRD now be seen as more than ‘training,’ or a sub-function of large western bureaucracy? This book represents a very wide view of HRD: that it is at the core of our ‘selves’ and our relationships, and that we continually co-create ourselves, our organisations and societies. These ideas are hung upon a model of Holistic Agency, and supported from sources as diverse as evolutionary psychology, science fiction, the challenges of transitional economies, and the structural uncertainties of contemporary society. Examining the tensions between self and other, agency and structure, the book draws inspiration from an almost-autoethnographic approach. This yields a text that is personal, entertaining, and easier to read than many academic tomes – yet considers the depth and development of the human condition, and locates HRD within that.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lee, Monica

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Berufe, Ausbildung, Karriereplanung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction Section 1: Being, Becoming, and Almost-Autoethnography 2. Defining HRD? 3. Evolutionary Roots and Holistic Agency 4. Fact, Fiction and Representation 5. Meaning and Methodological Choice 6. Meet the Author Section 2: Aspects of Self 7. The Emergent Self 8. The Future Self 9. The Submerged Self Section 3: Aspects of Other 10. Freedom and Choice 11. Decision Making and Hidden Others 12. Difference and Conflict Section 4: Aspects of Agency 13. Who is the Agent? 14. Agency and Impotence 15. The Isolation of Agency Section 5: Aspects of Structure 16. Boundaries and Change 17. The Rules We Create 18. Becoming 19. Conclusions 20. Antecedents

Über Autor(innen)

Monica Lee is a Chartered Psychologist, a Fellow of CIPD and RSA, and Associate Fellow of British Psychological Society.