Description: The book provides a reflexive critique of the assumptions of orthodox HRD research and practice and questions the conception of humans as resources, as well as the conventional performative focus of HRD.
Review Quotes:
'The book should prove interesting to organisation and management scholars ... [and] is a welcome addition to the field of Human Resource Development, where there has been a notable absence of critical studies.' - Julia Connell, Labour and Industry
'Succinct, accessible and well written, and manage[s] to tread a line between "preaching to the converted" and being accessible to those unfamiliar with critical management approaches' - Claire Valentin, Human Resource Development International