This book is a second edition, the first having been published in 2002 under the title Learning and Development. In his introduction the author Stephen Gibb explains that the title has been changed to reflect contemporary usage and that while the text retains the overall approach of the first edition, there is some modification in structure and content. Gibb is Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK and Director of the Centre for Executive Education at Strathclyde Business School. The book is of equal value to those studying the subject area at undergraduate or postgraduate levels and/or those seeking to enhance their professional development. In this regard the text is mapped against Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (UK) Standards. The author's stated aim for the text is to provide a resource which supports and challenges, identifies and explores the core propositions that successful people, companies and countries will require to seriously support and manage HRD at work.
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