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
Illustration vii Contributors ix Preface xiii Acknowledgements xx Researching HRD: philosophy, process and practice 1(17) Jim Mcgoldrick Jim Stewart Sandra Watson Defining the research question: on seizing the moment as the research question emerges 18(23) Monica Lee Problems of method in HRD research: company-based lifelong learning and `longitudinality 41(24) Jim Mcgoldrick Graeme Martin Judy Pate The tools of freedom and the sources of indignity 65(28) John Hamblett Rick Holden Denise Thursfield Towards evidence-based HRD practice 93(29) Bob Hamlin Researching HRD in small organizations 122(24) Rosemary Hill Evaluating the impact of management development on performance 146(20) Jonathan Winterton Ruth Winterton Learning for change by telling stories 166(16) Jeff Gold Stuart Watson Mike Rix Learning to change, changing to learn: case studies in the automotive sector 182(22) Penny West Analysing quantitative research 204(22) Darren C. Short K. Peter Kuchinke Writing the research story 226(29) Sally Sambrook Ethical issues in HRD research 255(18) Rona S. Beattie Marilyn Mcdougall Implementing networked learning with HRD professionals internationally 273(20) Catherine Edwards Implications for reflective HRD practitioners of the influence of life experience on managers career decisions 293(22) Goronwy Davies Tony Wilson Going native!: ethnographic research in HRD 315(24) Rona S. Beattie Convergence and divergence in HRD: research and practice across Europe 339(16) Jean Woodall Alison Alker Christina Macneil Sue Shaw Using action research to explore the development needs of second generation Asian small businesses 355(22) Clare Rigg Kiran Trehan Monder Ram A new approach to the literature review 377(18) Sally Sambrook Postscript: the future for HRD research 395(4) Jim Mcgoldrick Jim Stewart Sandra Watson Index 399
Sandra Watson, Jim McGoldrick, Jim Stewart
