... upon the implementation of employee friendly WLB policies for achieving high organisational outcomes. Furthermore, the findings may be useful for human resource management and human resource development professionals to understand and appreciate the organisational components, settings...

... similar organisations, they may have limitations in their applicability to other contexts. Practical implications The study holds promise for the field of human resource development, as practitioners and scholars can benefit from the renewed interest in youth apprenticeship to identify how...

... and Seligman (2011a,b) posits that these issues can readily be addressed by the provision of training. Human resource development Organizational burnout Employee engagement Wellbeing Change management Stress Within the last three years, the global economic crisis has prompted unprecedented...

.... Originality/value The paper describes a model that challenges current training evaluation practice and by focusing on business results enables “training” to become a core business partner. Evaluation Impact E‐learning Learning technologies Training Human resource development Human resource...

... Talent management High potential High performance Strengths Human resource development Skills While there has been substantial research undertaken on talent management as an HR initiative (Scullion et al., 2010), as Howe et al. (1998 , pp. 399‐400) note, people are rarely...

... unique quadrants of the brain. Human resource development Corporate strategy Project management Whole brain thinking Research on the brain has led us to understand that each of us has a preferred way and mode of thinking that affects the way we receive and process information...

... 2011 Multinational companies Talent development Career development Human resource development The crusade for talent has proven to be highly resilient to the current economic downturn. The recession may be persistent, but the scarcity of talented employees and managers remains...

... in relation to the role of HRD (human resource development) professionals in devising policies and strategies designed to create healthier workplaces by minimizing work and family conflicts. Originality/value The study offers a topical insight into how issues surrounding occupational stress...

... and individual levels. The key here is to provide meaningful and accurate data to enable essential analysis and decisions on that data to be relevant. Thus the customisation of data reporting so that it is relevant to the receiver is an essential consideration. Learning Human resource development...

...Alan Cattell Edited by Carole   Elliott and Sharon   Turnbull . Critical Thinking in Human Resource Development . London and New York, NY : Routledge – Taylor Francis Group   2005 . 210 pp.   £65 , ISBN: 041532917‐5 hardback © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006...

...Alan Cattell Rosemary   Harrison . Learning and Development . London : CIPD   2005 . 389 pp.   £36.99 (paperback) with additional discounts for CIPD Members and students , ISBN: 1843980509 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Human resource development...

... key evidence of the links between investment and organizational performance over an eight‐year period to managers in public and private organizations across the UK. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Leadership Development Human resource development Management development...

...Alan Cattell Malcolm S.   Knowles , Elwood F.   Holton   III and Richard A.   Swanson . The Adult Learner – The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development . San Diego, CA and London : Elsevier‐Butterworth Heinemann   2005 . 378 pp. , ISBN...

...Peter Gabe Edited by John   Wilson . Human Resource Development – Learning and Training for Individuals and Organizations (2nd ed.) . London : Kogan Page   2005 . 592 pp. , ISBN: 0749443529   £35 (paperback) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Human...

...John P. Wilson Jennifer   Joy‐Matthews , David   Megginson and Mark   Surtees . Human Resource Development (3rd ed.) . London : Kogan Page   2004 . 309 pp. , ISBN: 0‐7494‐4160‐7   £19.99 (paperback) DOI 10.1108/00197850510577168 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited...

...Alan Cattell Alan   Cattell University of Bradford, Bradford, UK . Jennifer   Joy‐Matthews , David   Megginson and Mark   Surtees . Human Resource Development (3rd ed.) . London : Kogan Page   2004 . 309 pp. , ISBN: 0‐7494‐4160‐7   £19.99 (paperback) DOI 10.1108...

... their performance and discuss their potential for progress. The findings support what we all really know deep down! People want to know: © MCB UP Limited 2003 Human resource development Individual development Employees involvement Performance appraisal “It’s that time of year again...

... of such information. Leadership Self‐assessment Human resource development This article is written in the form of a case history. It is about how the authors, Tony Manning and Bob Robertson, came to develop a leadership self‐assessment instrument, the Dynamic Leader Inventory, and how they used...

... Investing in basic skills Keywords: Skills, Human resource development The Basic Skills Agency has launched a new leaflet, Investors in People and Basic Skills, aimed at raising awareness of the importance of good basic skills in the workplace. The leaflet is the result...

... School of Coaching helps to transform organisations Keywords: Coaching, Human resource development, Professional development The Industrial Society's School of Coaching is a joint venture between the Industrial Society and Myles Downey and was established in 1997. Downey...