Critical thinking in human resource development / edited by Carole Elliott and Sharon Turnbull.

"First published in 2005. Transferred to Digital Printing 2008."--T.p. verso of paperback edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Critical thinking in human resource development : an introduction / Carole Elliott and Sharon Turnbull -- 2. Beware the unbottled genie : unspoken aspects of critical self-reflection / Kiran Trehan and Clare Rigg -- 3. Ideas for critical practitioners / Russ Vince -- 4. Becoming critical : can critical management learning develop critical managers? / Clare Rigg -- 5. Management education : a tool for mismanagement? / Finian Buckley and Kathy Monks -- 6. A critical review of researching human resource development : the case of a pan-European project / Sally Sambrook and Jim Stewart -- 7. HRD beyond what HRD practitioners do : a framework for furthering multiple learning processes in work organisations / Rob F. Poell -- 8. Place : a (re)source for learning / Ginny Hardy and Colin Newsham -- 9. Critiquing codes of ethics / Monica Lee -- 10. Good order : on the administration of goodness / Heather Hopfl -- 11. Deconstructing the human in human resource development / Christina Hughes -- 12. The self at work : theories of persons, meaning of work and their implications for HRD / K. Peter Kuchinke -- 13. "To develop a firm persuasion" : workplace learning and the problem of meaning / John M. Dirkx -- 14. Sense or sensibility? : a reflection on virtue and 'emotional' HRD interventions / Linda Perriton -- 15. Pedagogies of HRD : the socio-political implications / Sharon Turnbull and Carole Elliott.

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.