The Role of Human Resource Development in Organizational Change: Professional Development Strategies of Employees, Managers and HRD Practitioners

• Published in: International Handbook of Research in Professional and Practice-based Learning pp. 1043 - 1070
• Main Authors: Poell, Rob F., Van Der Krogt, Ferd J.
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands
• Series: Springer International Handbooks of Education
• Subjects: Actor strategies; Career development; Case study; Employee learning; Human resource development; Human resource management; Learning path; Learning program; Learning-network theory; Professional development

The aim of this chapter is to present, and provide empirical evidence for, a theory that gives central stage to actors operating strategically in the context of professional development. The learning-network theory (based on the seminal work of Ferd van der Krogt) deals with the organization of HRD...