Critical Thinking in Human Resource Development [Paperback]

This book provides a reflexive critique of the assumptions of orthodox HRD research and practice and questions the conception of humans as resources, as well as the conventional performative focus of HRD. Examining the broader social, political and economic contexts, the book offers alternative perspectives for considering both the needs of individuals and the sustainable development of organizations in post-industrial economies.

1. Critical Thinking in HRD: An introduction&nbsp; Carole Elliott and Sharon Turnbull&nbsp; Part One: Debates on Practice&nbsp; 2. Beware the Unbottled Genie: Unspoken aspects of critical self-reflection&nbsp; Kiran Trehan and Clare Rigg&nbsp; 3. Ideas for Critical Practicioners&nbsp; Russ Vince&nbsp; 4. Becoming Critical: Can critical management learning develop critical managers?&nbsp; Clare Rigg&nbsp; 5. Management Education: A tool for mismanagement?&nbsp; Finian Buckley and Kathy Monks&nbsp; 6. A Critical Review of of Researching Human Resource Development: The case of a pan-European project&nbsp; Sally Sambrook and Jim Stewart&nbsp; 7. HRD Beyond What HRD Practicioners Do: A framework for furthering multiple learning processes in work organisations&nbsp; Rob Poell&nbsp; 8. Place: A (re)source for learning&nbsp; Ginny Hardy and Colin Newsham&nbsp; 9. Critiquing Codes of Ethics&nbsp; Monica Lee&nbsp; Part Two: Theoretical Debates&nbsp; 10. Deconstructing the Human in Human Resource Development&nbsp; Christina Hughes&nbsp; 11. Sense or Sensibility? A reflection on virtue and 'emotional' HRD interventions&nbsp; Linda Perriton&nbsp; 12. The Self at Work: Theories of persons, meaning of work and their implications for HRD&nbsp;<l“.