Human Resources Development

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This paper discusses the role of the human resources development department in organizations. It discusses how this role has changed over time, from passively conducting trainings, tests and needs analyses to actively being knowledgeable about labor and corporate laws. The paper concludes with the advantages of the new responsibilities of human resources to the running of the company.

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"DS 128 (HRD) has shattered pre-conceived notions of the course Human Resources Development as a corporate tool to bridge the gap between management and its employees and workers. It has remolded the role of Human Resources from passively conducting trainings, tests and needs analyses to actively being knowledgeable about labor and corporate laws in order to foster good working relationships between the executives and the and rank and file. It should know the dynamics of different kinds of employees so as to be able to craft a balanced employee policy based on mutual respect, merit and productivity."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Miner, T. (1994). Adventure training. In Tracey, W. R. (Ed.). Human Resources Management & Development Handbook. New York: American Management Association, pp. 879-886
• Miner, T. (1999). Adventure in the workplace. In Miles, J. C. & Priest, S. (Eds.). Adventure programming. State College, PA: Venture, pp. 395-400.
• O'Reilly, S. (1998). New age Tarzans. Human Resources, 8(4).

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