Human Resource and Managerial Development

This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of various psychological and cultural paradigms along with excellent models of human resource development and management. Researchers, practitioners and professionals have contributed reviews of research and interventions that allow the reader to appreciate the nature and scope of the field in terms f significant themes and perspectives. The book is divided into five parts and each one is interrelated following step by step approach. The early chapters focus upon the identification of talents and potential in human resources followed by chapters dealing with the globalisation of organizational culture and their effective models. The related psychological parameters for effective human resource management has been explored in later chapters such as role of values, organizational climate, level of deprivation amongst workers, etc. The final chapters emphasis upon the cross-cultural issues making a comparative analysis between eastern and western culture. The last part human resource development deals with the women’s perception, participation and empowerment in terms of empathy, life satisfaction and self-esteem. Taken together, these nineteen chapters illustrate the traditional and modern approach of human resource development in terms of psychological and cultural attributes. Thus the book provides an excellent applied review of the field for psychologists, management people and other professionals and practitioners.