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Human Resource Development (HRD) is the integrated use of training and development, organization development, and career development to improve individual, group, and organizational effectiveness.

• HRD uses training and development to identify, assure, and help develop the key competencies that enable individuals to perform current or future jobs with planned individual learning accomplished through training, on-the-job learning, coaching, or other means.
• HRD uses organization development as a focus for assuring healthy inter- and intra-unit relationships and helping groups initiate and manage change by facilitating individuals and groups to effectively impact on the organization as a system.
• HRD uses career development as a focus on assuring an alignment of individual career planning and organizational career management processes to achieve an optimal match of individual and organizational needs.

Primary Professional Associations in HRD:

Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD)
AHRD, College of Technology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403-0301
Phone: 419-372-9155
Fax: 419-372-8385
http://www.ahrd.org

American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
1640 King Street, Box 1443, Alexandria, VA 22313-2043
Phone: 703-683-8100
Fax: 703-683-8103
http://www.astd.org

International Board of Standards for Training, Performance, and Instruction (IBSTPI)
http://www.ibstpi.org

International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI)
1400 Spring Street, Suite 260, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301-587-8570
Fax: 301-587-8573
http://www.ispi.org

National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP)
810 First Street, NE, Suite 525, Washington, DC 20002-4227
Phone: 202-589-1790
Fax: 202-589-1799
http://www.nawdp.org

Primary Journals in HRD:

HR Magazine, published by Society for Human Resource Management

Info-Line, published by American Society for Training and Development

International Journal of Training and Development, published by Blackwell Publishers

Performance Improvement Quarterly, published by International Society for Performance Improvement

Training and Development Journal, published by American Society for Training and Development

Training, published by Lakewood Publication

References and Readings:

Craig, Robert L. ed. The ASTD Training & Development Handbook. 4th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1996.

McLagan, P. The models. Models for HRD Practice. 4 vols. Alexandria, VA: American Society for Training and Development, 1989.

Rothwell, W.J. and Sredl, H.J. The ASTD Reference Guide to Professional Human Resource Development Roles & Competencies, Volumes I & II. 2nd ed. Amhearst, MA: HRD Press, Inc., 1992.

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