Description
This new edition of Training Interventions (now called Human Resource Development), takes into account the growing emphasis on interactive and online learning. It also adopts a more accessible and student-friendly approach to aid learning, with case material, examples, activities and questions.
Acclaimed on publication as 'the most comprehensive British analysis of training philosophies, approaches, methods and their underlying historical context currently available in print', successive editions of this text have ensured that it remains a definitive text on training in the UK.Contents
PART 1: THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
The Evolution of HRD
The 'Institutional' Context: National Networks and Their Impact on Learning
How We Learn - Theories of Learning Explored
Learners and Their Organisations
PART 2: THE OPERATIONAL ARENA: FROM ORGANISATIONAL POLICIES TO ANALYSIS AND MEETING OF LEARNING NEEDS
Corporate Matters: Mission, Strategy, Policy and Resources to Align Learning with the Organisation's Business Plan
The HRD function - Roles and Responsibilities for Specialists and Line Management
Learning and Training Needs for the Organisation: Strategies and Methods
The Individual and the Job - From Job Analysis to Discretionary Behaviour
Meeting Needs: Designing HRD Interventions and Measuring Their Success
PART 3: DEVELOPING NEW EMPLOYEES AND FUTURE MANAGERS
Educating and Developing the New Workers
Management Development in Action
PART 4: FROM TRAINING INTERVENTIONS TO LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS - HAS THE 'LEARNING AGE' DELIVERED ITS PROMISE?
Analysing Organisational Cultures to Development Effective Learning Environments
From Training Interventions to Learning Environments - Towards Theories of 'Learning to Learn'.About the authors
Margaret Anne Reid
Margaret Anne Reid, MA, CCIPD. After substantial experience as a professional practitioner in general HR and training and development functions, she held responsible positions as a Principal Lecturer in Human Resources, specialising in training and development at the (former) Leeds Polytechnic. Later, she moved to the University of Leeds as a Principal Fellow and Director of the MBA programme. She is a past Vice President (Education) of the (former) IPM.Harry Barrington
The late Harry Barrington, BA, CCIPD, formerly Company Training and Management Development Manager with Lever Brothers, and Chairman of the UK Soap and Detergent Industry''s Training Committee, is also a past Vice-President of the (former) Institute of Personnel Management, and was the Institute''s Chief Examiner for Employee Development between 1986 and 1991. He is perhaps best known as the originator of the ''continuous development'' movement. An ex-governer of Kingston College, whose governing body he chaired for several years during the 1980s, he is also Treasurer of an associated educational trust and a director of the college''s trading company. He has written and lecturered extensively on all aspects of employee development.Mary Brown
Mary has been a Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen for over five years. Prior to her academic career, Mary worked as an Employee Relations Manager and Personnel Officer for a range of companies including Hampshire Police and Cumbria County Council.Customer reviews
'I have always liked the Reid and Barrington textbook and I think this edition has been successfully updated by the new author in a style that compliments and is sympathetic to the original text. A huge amount of material is covered in an extremely accessible way and there are many opportunities taken to engage the reader with discussion questions and humorous asides. This book is suitable both for part-time students following traditional PDS CIPD programmes and also for undergraduates on HRM or business studies degrees. An excellent book which I plan to use on my programmes next year. I just wish I had written it!'
Caroline Hook
Lecturer
Huddersfield University Business School