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Foundations of Human Resource Development, Third Edition, 3rd Edition
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Foundations of Human Resource Development, Third Edition, 3rd Edition

by Richard A. Swanson
March 2022
Intermediate to advanced
520 pages
17h 50m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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Preface

Human resource development (HRD) is deeply concerned with developing and unleashing human expertise along with the dynamic issues of individual and organizational change. HRD is a very large field of practice and a relatively young academic discipline. Such a profession requires a complete and thoughtful foundational text—the purpose of this book. This is not a handbook of disparate stand-alone chapters by individual authors. Rather, it is an articulated text with a few selected contributions by noted scholars for the purpose of adding interest.

This third edition of Foundations of Human Resource Development is intended to help practitioners and academics by adding clarity to their professional journeys. While preferences about the purpose ...

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ISBN: 9781523092116