Page vii The problem with strategy Strategy and HRD-an historical context Value chain analysis Conclusion 3.Human Resource Management John Shipton Introduction and learning objectives Origins and development of HRM HRM:the search for meaning Where is HRM 'coming from'? Hard and soft HRM Implications for action Conclusion 4.Organizational Change Bland Tomkinson Introduction and learning objectives The paradox of change The nature of change Methods to make the transition What can go wrong? The role of HRD in organizational change Conclusion 3550994779371623404577849 5.The Learning Organization:A Critical Evaluation Rob Poell Introduction and learning objectives Definition and characteristics of the learning organization Criticism of the concept of the learning organization An alternative view of the learning organization Conclusion 6.National Economic Development and Human Resource 59 Development John P Wilson Introduction and learning objectives Developing the human resources of a nation Human development 器 Conclusion 1 Section Two:The Identification of Learning,Training and Development Needs 7.The Identification of Organizational and Individual Training 117 2tcocscRandieetoseegnd 11☑ Defining training and development Undertaking a TNAPage viii The problem with strategy 33 Strategy and HRD–an historical context 35 Value chain analysis 35 Conclusion 40 3. Human Resource Management John Shipton 43 Introduction and learning objectives 43 Origins and development of HRM 44 HRM: the search for meaning 47 Where is HRM 'coming from'? 47 Hard and soft HRM 49 Implications for action 53 Conclusion 57 4. Organizational Change Bland Tomkinson 61 Introduction and learning objectives 61 The paradox of change 62 The nature of change 63 Methods to make the transition 64 What can go wrong? 70 The role of HRD in organizational change 74 Conclusion 75 5. The Learning Organization: A Critical Evaluation Rob Poell 77 Introduction and learning objectives 77 Definition and characteristics of the learning organization 78 Criticism of the concept of the learning organization 84 An alternative view of the learning organization 85 Conclusion 86 6. National Economic Development and Human Resource Development John P Wilson 89 Introduction and learning objectives 89 Developing the human resources of a nation 90 Human development 105 Conclusion 111 Section Two: The Identification of Learning, Training and Development Needs 7. The Identification of Organizational and Individual Training and Development Needs Richard Palmer 117 Introduction and learning objectives 117 Defining training and development 118 Undertaking a TNA 119