ABSTRACT
A profession is more than an occupation. It is more than a simple collection of skills. A profession includes extensive intellectual knowledge and the provision of products and/or services which are important to the functioning of society (Callahan, 1988). HRD as a field of practice has recognized collections of competencies that identify extensive intellectual knowledge such as competencies developed by the American Society for Training & Development, and in the UK, the National Vocational Qualifications administered by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications and the competency standards of the Chartered Institute for Personnel. But what the HRD profession has yet fully to acknowledge and resolve is its inability to enhance global sustainability and its fundamental responsibility to society.
