Human Resource Development (HRD) is fundamental in generating and implementing the tools needed to manage and operate the organization right from the production, management, marketing and sales to research and development, in order to be more productive. This can be done by making people sufficiently motivated, trained, informed, managed, utilized and empowered. Thus, HRD forms a major part of human resource management activities in the organizations.This book has been carefully developed keeping in mind the requirements of all the varied segments that could use this book extensively and specifically for the students who have chosen HR elective and scholars pursuing research in the broad field of HR.The book is divided into nineteen chapters and each chapter is backed by illustrations, exercises and case studies, appropriately. The first two chapters start with the introduction to the field. The third and fourth chapters give an introduction to how HRD plays a role in learning the behavior of employees. Rest of the chapters - five to eighteen - deal with various functions of HRD. Finally, the last chapter brings out a detail methodology of how to develop a validated instrument which could be used for survey research in the HR field.The book has been written in very simple and easily understandable manner with relevant quoted references from earlier researches in this field. This will definitely help the readers to refer the source material, if detail reading is required.

This book will assist you to understand the fundamentals of HRD and how HRD fits into the broader category of knowledge management. Presented in a clear and accessible style, the book focuses on understanding the essential theoretical concepts and developing practical HRD skills.

Development of human resources is essential for any organisation that would like to be dynamic and growth-oriented. Unlike other resources, human resources have rather unlimited potential capabilities. The potential can be used only by creating a climate that can continuously identify, bring to surface, nurture and use the capabilities of people. Human Resource Development (HRD) system aims at creating such a climate. A number of HRD techniques have been developed in recent years to perform the above task based on certain principles. This book provides an understanding of the concept of HRD system, related mechanisms and the changing boundaries of HRD. The purpose of this study Material is to present an introduction to the subjects of ‘Human Resourse Development’ for Commerce and Management Students. The book contains the syllabus from basics of the subjects going into the intricacies of the subjects. All the concepts have been explained with relevant examples and diagrams to make it interesting for the readers.We owe to many websites and their free contents; we would like to specially acknowledge contents of website www.wikipedia.com and various authors whose writings formed the basis for this book. We acknowledge our thanks to them. At the end we would like to say that there is always a room for improvement in whatever we do. We would appreciate any suggestions regarding this study material from the readers so that the contents can be made more interesting and meaningful. Readers can email their queries and doubts to our authors on [email protected]. We shall be glad to help you immediately. Dr. Ajay Pethe I Prof Amruta Mahalle I Dr. Mukul Burghate Authors

This textbook outlines the four phases of the human resource development process--assessment, design, implementation, and evaluation--and explores the workplace socialization process, skills training programs, the importance of coaching, employee counseling, career development, and development activities for managers. The fourth edition incorporate

This book explores the social history of training and development and describes how ordinary training systems were linked to extraordinary events. Using instrumental case studies, the author explores the direct and indirect motives behind famous and infamous training systems of history such as the methods used by John Lennon and Paul McCartney in the Beatles, those used by the Third Reich in training forced labor, and in the social guidance films of the 1950’s, among others. This book links modern-day themes of corporate and community social responsibility and social justice to historical cases of workplace and community training; in addition, it offers a unique view of business history that students and scholars can relate to, and contributes to a more thorough and robust inquiry into critical human resource development, ethics in the workplace, and the nature of training adults, in general.