2003
DOI: 10.1177/1523422303254668
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The Future: Globalization and New Roles for HRD

Abstract: The problem and the solution. Globalization, an inevitable and irreversible force, has significantly affected the workplace and the community, in ways both good and bad. Human resource development's (HRD's) response and impact has been minimal and at a mostly micro level. This article discusses seven key macro areas in which HRD can maximize the beneficial elements of globalization and limit its dehumanizing forces, namely, (a) political development, (b) economic development, (c) organizational and workplace l… Show more

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“…Others acknowledge the difficulty of describing what a complete learning organization looks like (e.g. Marquardt and Berger 2003;Pedler and Aspinwall 1998;Watkins and Marsick 1993). Scholars argue that each company produces its own learning organization and these specific learning organizations are dynamically and continually changing.…”
Section: Organizational Learning Culturementioning
confidence: 97%
“…Others acknowledge the difficulty of describing what a complete learning organization looks like (e.g. Marquardt and Berger 2003;Pedler and Aspinwall 1998;Watkins and Marsick 1993). Scholars argue that each company produces its own learning organization and these specific learning organizations are dynamically and continually changing.…”
Section: Organizational Learning Culturementioning
confidence: 97%
“…The examining of the rhetoric vis-à-vis the reality of HRM emerged as a field of investigation (Rees et al, 2005). Nevertheless, evidence captures the fact that globalization is effecting a universalistic approach (Marquardt &Berger, 2003). Multinational organizations are faced with dilemma; whether to opt for global standardizations or localization.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The diagnosing of the rhetoric vis-à-vis the reality of HRM emerged as a field of investigation (Rees et al, 2005). However, evidence suggests that globalization is effecting a universalistic approach (Marquardt &Berger, 2003).The performance model has influenced IHRM theorizing and it has communicated an issue for greater societal well-being (Boxall, 1995;Sparrow & Marchington, 1998).The international HRM (IHRM) literature has traditionally focused on multinational corporations (MNCs) as a 'head-office' driven entity, and constructs choices as a function of environmental issues for analysis and strategic interpretation by central MNCs executives (Ngo et al, 1998).…”
Section: Theory Of Ihrmmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While many advanced countries had been suffering from slowdown or stagnation of their economic growth due to unfavorable events such as the global financial crisis, some developing countries and emerging economies was prospering (ILO 2011). These emerging countries have achieved national development due to the demand for globalization and industrialization (Marquardt and Berger 2003). In this environment, one of the key factors in improving the competitiveness of emerging countries is human resource.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%