Title:
Aesthetics and human resource development : connections, concepts and opportunities
Personal Author:
Series:
Routledge studies in human resource development ; 13
Publication Information:
Abington, Oxfordshire : Routledge, 2005
ISBN:
9780415360975
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Summary
Summary
The first book to look at both aesthetics and human resource development, this timely and original work investigates existing, as well as possible future, connections and relations between the two areas.
Well structured and expertly written, The Aesthetic Challenges of Human Resource Development is undoubtedly a valuable reference for students of human resource management, business and management, and aesthetics.
Author Notes
Stephen Gibb is Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. He researches and teaches HRD with a vision to explore how the subject can be made most vital by creating imaginative and compassionate analysis and action.
Table of Contents
| List of illustrations | p. xi |
| Foreword | p. xiii |
| Part I Connections | p. 1 |
| 1 Pretty smart: aesthetics and HRD | p. 3 |
| 2 Making it up: constructing creativity | p. 20 |
| 3 Valuing aesthetics | p. 36 |
| 4 The illusion of potential: imaginative truth | p. 51 |
| 5 Caring about beauty | p. 65 |
| Part II Concepts | p. 83 |
| 6 Artful HRD: pleasure for pleasure | p. 85 |
| 7 Arts-based HRD | p. 96 |
| 8 Beyond artfulness: expressing human vitality | p. 109 |
| Part III Opportunities | p. 121 |
| 9 Developing strategies for creativity | p. 123 |
| 10 Creative industries | p. 131 |
| 11 Taking it seriously: subverting double standards | p. 144 |
| 12 Ending the silence aesthetically | p. 159 |
| Notes | p. 167 |
| References | p. 169 |
| Index | p. 174 |
