Aesthetics and Human Resource Development : Connections, Concepts and Opportunities.

Aesthetics and Human Resource Development : Connections, Concepts and Opportunities.

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 Developme...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2005.
Subjects:
Aesthetics.
Creative ability in business.
Manpower policy.
Aesthetics
Creative ability in business
Manpower policy
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover
  • Half-Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Part I Connections
  • 1. Pretty Smart: Aesthetics and HRD
  • 2. Making it Up: Constructing Creativity
  • 3. Valuing Aesthetics
  • 4. The Illusion of Potential: Imaginative Truth
  • 5. Caring About Beauty
  • Part II Concepts
  • 6. Artful HRD: Pleasure for Pleasure
  • 7. Arts-based HRD
  • 8. Beyond Artfulness: Expressing Human Vitality
  • Part III Opportunities
  • 9. Developing Strategies for Creativity
  • 10. Creative Industries
  • 11. Taking it Seriously: Subverting Double Standards
  • 12. Ending the Silence Aesthetically
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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