"An extraordinary confluence of forces stemming from automation and digital technologies is transforming both the world of work and the ways we educate current and future employees to contribute productively to the workplace. The Great Skills Gap opens with the premise that the exploding scope...

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I.1. The omnipresence of quantification in Western societies -- I.2. The specific challenges of human resources quantification: quantifying the human being -- I.3. HR...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- List of contributors -- 1 The challenges of human resource development in Indonesia -- 2 The 4IR and the challenges for developing economies -- 3...

Human capital – the productive capacity that is embedded in people – is one of the most important contributors to the growth in nations’ output and standard of living. Globalisation and technological change have increased the importance of human capital in recent years, to the point that...

"Human resource development (HRD) is a large field of practice but a relatively young academic discipline. For the last two decades, Foundations of Human Resource Development has fulfilled the field's need for a complete and thoughtful foundational text. This essential text provides an...