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Power and influence in the management of human resource development. Case D, Breaking the low-skill cycle : a role for HRD? / Rick Holden & Vivienne Griggs.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: [London] : SAGE, 2016Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781473957572 (ebook) :
Other title:
  • Breaking the low-skill cycle
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.3 23
Online resources: There is a wealth of literature exploring power and influence in organizations. These cases examine the effect of these issues on the role and effectiveness of human resource development (HRD). The goal is to explore the reality of HRD in organizations and in doing so, highlight tensions that emerge when theory is applied to actual practice. The cases are based on interviews with one or two key people in each organization as part of a wider research project.
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Originally Published in: Holden, R. & Griggs, V. (2010). Power and influence in the management of human resource development - Case D. Breaking the low-skill cycle: A role for HRD? Alexandria, VA: Society for Human Resource Management.

There is a wealth of literature exploring power and influence in organizations. These cases examine the effect of these issues on the role and effectiveness of human resource development (HRD). The goal is to explore the reality of HRD in organizations and in doing so, highlight tensions that emerge when theory is applied to actual practice. The cases are based on interviews with one or two key people in each organization as part of a wider research project.

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