Book Description Human Resources Development is written with the primary purpose of covering core and emerging issues in Human Resource Development. The book?s secondary purpose is to offer a specific perspective on HRD, one that links the practice of HRD to enhancing organizational strategy and developing performance capability through learning interventions. This text begins with a strategic view of the organization from a general management perspective as a driver for the HRD function ?specifically creating a focus on strategic learning and developing performance throughout the organization. The goal of the text is to provide learners with a framework to understand the role of HRD in the strategic imperatives of an organization, the foundations of HRDpractice, and stimulate debate as to the role of HRD in today's organizations.