Factors such as globalisation, restructuring, casualization of employment and the erosion of pension rights have led to massive tensions in contemporary organizations. By exploring the boundaries of the field of Human Resource Development this book asks where is HRD in the middle of all this and presents an innovative and challenging approach to HR

Section I: New Frontiers in HRD: Why now/setting the scene 1. Introduction - Jean Woodall, Monica Lee and Jim Stewart 2. Philosophy and Theory in HRD - Jim Mcgoldtrick, Jim Stewart and Sandra Watson 3. A Refusal to Define HRD - Monica Lee Section II: Developments in the Human Centred Approach to HRD 4. In Search of Ethics and Integrity in Human Resource Development - Darlene Russ-Eft 5. Line Managers, HRD, Ethics and Values: Evidence from the Voluntary Sector - Rona S Beattie 6. Working with Values: A Study of HR Consultants in the Charity and Voluntary Sectors - Diana Winstanley 7. The Relationship between Professional Learning and Continuing Professional Development in the UK: A Critical Review of the Literature - Jean Woodall and Stephen Gourlay Section III: Developments in the Organisational Orientation of HRD 8. Project-Based Learning in Work Organizations: Strategies used by Employees, Managers, and the HRD Professionals - Rob F Poell 9. Emotion, Politics and Learning: Toward an Organizational Orientation in Human Resource Development - Russ Vince 10. Getting to the Heart of HRD: Some thoughts on the Relationship between Quality and Performance in Higher Education in the UK - Heather Höpfl 11. The Knowledge Revolution and the Knowledge Economy: the Challenge for HRD - Joseph Kessels 12. The Evolution of HR? - Monica Lee