Human Resource Development
PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT
Assignment one
By: Shaun Szabo – W0051439
Task:
There is a wide range of definitions applied to Human Resource Development (HRD). To demonstrate your understanding of HRD, use an essay format to critically discuss the following definition:
HRD is a combination of structured and unstructured learning and performance based activities which develop individual and organisational competency, capability and capacity to cope with and successfully manage change.
Introduction
The field of Human Resource Development (HRD) is embroiled in a dichotomous debate. The purpose of this essay is to provide an understanding how the role HRD performs in coping with, and successfully managing change. It will do this by examining both the learning and performance based streams of thought. This essay will outline the definition of HRD in comparison to Human Resource Management (HRM), and will briefly explain the dichotomy of the academic and practitioners views of Learning and Performance within HRD. It will then examine the two streams of debate in depth to determine how both learning and performance are equally important to the success of an HRD strategy. Finally the importance of strategy will be discussed in how it successfully manages change through assessment of individual and organisational competency, capability and capacity, before a conclusion can be drawn.
HRD and how this differentiates from HRM
Human resource management can be defined as ‘the policies, practices and systems that influence employee behaviour, attitudes and performance’ (De Cieri and Kramer, 2007, pg4). HRD is defined as ‘a combination of structured and unstructured learning and performance based activities which develop individual and organisational competency, capability and capacity to cope with and successfully manage change’. (Simmonds and Pedersen, 2006, pg122). Comparing the above definition of
Assignment one
By: Shaun Szabo – W0051439
Task:
There is a wide range of definitions applied to Human Resource Development (HRD). To demonstrate your understanding of HRD, use an essay format to critically discuss the following definition:
HRD is a combination of structured and unstructured learning and performance based activities which develop individual and organisational competency, capability and capacity to cope with and successfully manage change.
Introduction
The field of Human Resource Development (HRD) is embroiled in a dichotomous debate. The purpose of this essay is to provide an understanding how the role HRD performs in coping with, and successfully managing change. It will do this by examining both the learning and performance based streams of thought. This essay will outline the definition of HRD in comparison to Human Resource Management (HRM), and will briefly explain the dichotomy of the academic and practitioners views of Learning and Performance within HRD. It will then examine the two streams of debate in depth to determine how both learning and performance are equally important to the success of an HRD strategy. Finally the importance of strategy will be discussed in how it successfully manages change through assessment of individual and organisational competency, capability and capacity, before a conclusion can be drawn.
HRD and how this differentiates from HRM
Human resource management can be defined as ‘the policies, practices and systems that influence employee behaviour, attitudes and performance’ (De Cieri and Kramer, 2007, pg4). HRD is defined as ‘a combination of structured and unstructured learning and performance based activities which develop individual and organisational competency, capability and capacity to cope with and successfully manage change’. (Simmonds and Pedersen, 2006, pg122). Comparing the above definition of
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