A HISTORY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Richard J. Torraco
University of Nebraska, USA
Keywords: human resource development, computerization, HRD, Organizational change.
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Contents
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1. Introduction
2. In the Beginning: Survival through Labor and Learning
3. The Use of Tools and Mutual Cooperation
4. The Influence of the Greeks and Romans
4.1 The Greek Disdain for Menial Work
4.2 The Pragmatic View of the Romans
5. Education and Training in the Middle Ages
5.1 The Influence of Monastic Schools
5.2 St. Thomas Aquinas
5.3 Merchant and Craft Guilds
6. Apprenticeship
7. Education and Training during the Renaissance
8. The History of Human Resource Development in Selected Countries
8.1 The History of HRD in China
8.2 The History of HRD in The Netherlands
8.3 The History of HRD in Africa
8.4 Tanzania
8.5 Nigeria
8.6 Republic of South Africa
8.7 The History of HRD in Colonial America
9. Twentieth Century Influences
9.1 World War Influences
9.2 The Labor Movement
9.3 Development in HRD since the Second World War
10. HRD and Organizational Change
11. The Era of Computerization and Information Technology
12. Transformation of Contemporary Organizations
13. The Evolving Nature of Work
Bibliography
Summary
A study of the history of learning reveals that training and education of all types, academic and work-related, are largely the products of social and economic conditions.
Over time, the concepts of training and education have been identical, overlapping, or totally discrete depending on the prevailing social, political, and economic conditions.
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