HRD today is at cross roads. So are the HRD Managers. HR Managers who have made a mark
and made a difference can be counted on fingers in this large nation of millions of people. Those
who missed the boat and continue to miss the boat are many. A number of corporations are using
them as Personnel Administration Managers though designated them as HRD managers (to mean
Mangers of Human Resource Departments rather than Human Resources Development
Mangers).
The examination of the past is done very critically. The critical comments on some HRD
Managers or the HRD Profession are meant to stimulate thinking for future
It is going to be of those HRD managers who have an entrepreneurial spirit in them,
innovativeness, leadership qualities and a business drive. The future is going to be of those HRD
managers who are willing to learn, network, vision driven, articulate, communicative, proactive
and pushing and persevering. The book out-lines the roles and tasks of such HRD managers and
also gives some ideas to develop themselves and their Human Resources Development function.
It identifies the challenges faced by HRD in the wake of rapid globalization.
Table of contents
HRD as a profession: Where are we?
HRD Function – Global Models and Indian Experiences: An Audit
HRD Managers of Today: At Crossroads
HRD: The vision
Future HRD Managers
Resource Requirements for making HRD work
HRD at the National Level: The Asian Challenge
and made a difference can be counted on fingers in this large nation of millions of people. Those
who missed the boat and continue to miss the boat are many. A number of corporations are using
them as Personnel Administration Managers though designated them as HRD managers (to mean
Mangers of Human Resource Departments rather than Human Resources Development
Mangers).
The examination of the past is done very critically. The critical comments on some HRD
Managers or the HRD Profession are meant to stimulate thinking for future
It is going to be of those HRD managers who have an entrepreneurial spirit in them,
innovativeness, leadership qualities and a business drive. The future is going to be of those HRD
managers who are willing to learn, network, vision driven, articulate, communicative, proactive
and pushing and persevering. The book out-lines the roles and tasks of such HRD managers and
also gives some ideas to develop themselves and their Human Resources Development function.
It identifies the challenges faced by HRD in the wake of rapid globalization.
Table of contents
HRD as a profession: Where are we?
HRD Function – Global Models and Indian Experiences: An Audit
HRD Managers of Today: At Crossroads
HRD: The vision
Future HRD Managers
Resource Requirements for making HRD work
HRD at the National Level: The Asian Challenge