International Human Resource Development is the ideal handbook for all professional trainers and provides core information needed by all professional students of this subject.
International Human Resource Development provides thought-provoking questions and stimulating answers to key issues in human resource development today, putting HRD in its strategic organizational context and examining in depth the process of learning from different perspectives.
This third edition provides a thorough exploration of international human resource development, and has been completely updated and revised with a variety of case studies and contributions from a range of HR development experts, making it the most topical book in this field. It also addresses the increasingly important area of knowledge management, incorporating learning and development.
Clearly structured and mapped against the current Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) standards, this comprehensive handbook covers each aspect of the training cycle, including the role and identification of learning, training and development needs in organizations, working in multicultural and multilingual settings, learning and competitive strategy, planning and design, delivering effective training programmes, assessment and evaluation, international development and managing the human resource function.
Substantiates the value of learning and development and shows you how to get the most out of investing in your workforce
Helps you identify learning needs and evaluate whether your training programmes have been effective
Demonstrates the relationship between HRD and HRM and why this is important in increasing the performance of your organization as a whole
Substantiates its arguments with case studies from experts in the field of human resource development worldwide
Supports you in encouraging constructive and positive learning and training
John P. Wilson
John P Wilson teaches at Sheffield University Management School and is a tutor at the University of Oxford. His experience in education and consultancy spans a variety of countries and sectors, including aerospace engineering, banking, law and pharmaceuticals and he has worked with the United Nations Development Programme in Ethiopia and Nigeria.
He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). He has written and edited a number of articles and books, including Experiential Learning, International Human Resource Development and The Call Centre Training Handbook, published by Kogan Page.
"Overall this looks a very promising publication with 24 both interesting and relevant chapters and is probably the best book available in the UK for domestic HRD practitioners, academics and students."
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"I would wholeheartedly recommend this third edition of International Human Resource Development to any student, professional HRM / HRD colleague or manager interested in the local, national and international arena of learning and development."
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