Critical Theory and What It has to Offer to Human Resource Development

Yıl 2016, Cilt: 2 Sayı: 1, 33 - 41, 01.12.2016

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In this paper, the purpose of human resource development is critically examined and suggested that critical theory can provide a theoretical lens to alter the corporate bottom-line approaches that are dominant in the field of HRD to more humane ones. After reviewing both HRD and critical theory literature and its approach to knowledge and learning, a critical HRD approach is presented

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Human Resource Development , Critical Theory

Critical Theory and What It has to Offer to Human Resource Development

https://izlik.org/JA35CZ36DC

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