ABSTRACT

This edited volume contains original chapters by some of the leading researchers and writers in HRD. It provides a definitive work on the design and conduct of research in HRD and identifies and examines the possibilities and limitations of particular methods and techniques. Emerging debates on the purpose, nature and practice and theoretical base of HRD are examined. Each chapter is structured with:

* Statement of aims
* Description of theoretical and empirical context^
* Identification and examination of methodological issues
* Description and evaluation of research design
* Critical analysis and evaluation
* Key learning points

chapter 1|17 pages

Researching HRD

Philosophy, Process and Practice

chapter 2|23 pages

Defining the Research Question

On Seizing the Moment as the Research Question Emerges

chapter 3|24 pages

Problems of Method in HRD Research

Company-based Lifelong Learning and ‘Longitudinality'

chapter 5|29 pages

Towards Evidence-Based HRD Practice

chapter 9|22 pages

Learning to Change, Changing to Learn

Case Studies in the Automotive Sector

chapter 11|29 pages

Writing the Research Story

chapter 15|24 pages

Going Native!

Ethnographic Research in HRD

chapter 16|16 pages

Convergence and Divergence in HRD

Research and Practice Across Europe

chapter 19|4 pages

Postscript

The Future of HRD Research