Human Resources in Development Along the Asia-Pacific Rim

Human Resources in Development Along the Asia-Pacific Rim
Author: Naohiro Ogawa
Publisher:
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1993
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The experience of the Asia-Pacific Rim is crucial in testing new growth theories which emphasize human resources, for example, investments in education and health care. Using the best methodology and data available, this book addresses a wide range of issues, including the demographicfoundations for human resource development, the role of women, the rapid expansion of educational systems, and the implications of evolution towards ageing societies.

The Routledge Companion to Human Resource Development

The Routledge Companion to Human Resource Development
Author: Rob F. Poell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1062
Release: 2014-09-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136727132

The field of Human Resource Development (HRD) has grown in prominence as an independent discipline from its roots in both management and education since the 1980s. There has been continual debate about the boundaries of HRD ever since. Drawing on a wide and respected international contributor base and with a focus on international markets, this book provides a thematic overview of current knowledge in HRD across the globe. The text is separated into nine sections which explore the origins of the field, adjacent and related fields, theoretical approaches, policy perspectives, interventions, core issues and concerns, HRD as a profession, HRD around the world, and emerging topics and future trends. An epilogue rounds off the volume by considering the present and future states of the discipline, and suggesting areas for further research. The Routledge Companion to Human Resource Development is an essential resource for researchers, students and HRD professionals alike.

Behind East Asian Growth

Behind East Asian Growth
Author: Henry S. Rowen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2002-11-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134709277

East Asian countries have adopted remarkably good policies to ensure sustained economic growth, but how did they come to adopt such policies in the first place? This book produces a more thorough explanation than has previously been advanced drawing on several disciplines including contributions from anthropologists, economists, political scientists, technologists, demographers, historians and psychologists. Several contributors have held high positions in Asian governments. Four broad themes are identified: * effective governance * achieving and learning societies * growth with equity * external influences This is the most comprehensive account of the foundations of East Asia's rise. Its distinctiveness lies in the range of comparisons across the countries of East and South-East Asia and in the wide array of contributing disciplines.

Human Capital Formation as an Engine of Growth

Human Capital Formation as an Engine of Growth
Author: Loong-Hoe Tan
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789812300188

The East Asian countries have been relatively more advanced than other developing countries in the field of human capital development. Even in the 1960s they managed to attain higher levels of human capital compared with other low- and middle-level economies in the developing world. This volume examines the role of human capital formation in the rapid growth of the East Asian economies. Apart from the formal education variable, other factors such as better health care of the labour force, nutritional status of the population, and on-the-job training are important concerns that were not given sufficient attention in the 1993 World Bank study The East Asian Miracle. This present volume offers many insights of interest to policy-makers and specialists with regard to developing (and transitional) economies.

Education and Change in the Pacific Rim

Education and Change in the Pacific Rim
Author: Keith Sullivan
Publisher: Symposium Books Ltd
Total Pages: 271
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1873927339

The chapters in this book provide a diverse set of topics, perspectives and formulations about educational issues in a group of important Pacific Rim countries. Each contributor explores an area of national educational importance for their particular country, taking care to locate themselves within their own national context and then to look outwards to consider the educational relevance of the Pacific Rim and, more generally, globalisation.

Human Resource Management in the Asia-Pacific Region

Human Resource Management in the Asia-Pacific Region
Author: Chris Rowley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2012-10-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136316019

HRM (human resource management) suffers from a selective tendancy and ad hoc approach, which misses the historical, paradoxical often incoherent, incompatible and inconsistent nature of the subject. This text reduces this myopia by adding to our knowledge and the milieu within which it operates.

Human Resources in Development Along the Asia-Pacific Rim

Human Resources in Development Along the Asia-Pacific Rim
Author: Naohiro Ogawa
Publisher:
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1993
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The experience of the Asia-Pacific Rim is crucial in testing new growth theories which emphasize human resources, for example, investments in education and health care. Using the best methodology and data available, this book addresses a wide range of issues, including the demographicfoundations for human resource development, the role of women, the rapid expansion of educational systems, and the implications of evolution towards ageing societies.

Asia-Pacific Economies

Asia-Pacific Economies
Author: Iyanatul Islam
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780415107662

Why is the centre of international economic dynamism moving towards the countries of the East and South East Asia? Are there common elements that explain this success? Divided into two parts, the authors consider the central debates concerning the developm

Managing Human Resources in Asia-Pacific

Managing Human Resources in Asia-Pacific
Author: Arup Varma
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2013-06-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136584285

Given the enormous economic and developmental changes being experienced by nations in the Asia-Pacific region, and the related movement of people between and across countries, it is critical that we better understand the HRM policies and practices of these nations. The latest instalment in the Global HRM series, Managing Human Resources in Asia-Pacific (2E) presents the HRM situations in a number of South-East Asian and Pacific Rim countries, highlighting the growth of the personnel and HR function, the dominant HRM system(s) in the area, the influence of different factors on HRM, and the challenges faced by HR functions in these nations. This edition extends its coverage to Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, and the Philippines; a new chapter discusses HR research challenges in the region, such as the transferability of western constructs, problems with data collection, and the emergence of MNEs from Asia Pacific.