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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOLOGICAL,PHYSIOLOGICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WATER SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENERGY SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INSTITUTIONAL AND INFRASTRUCTURAL RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TECHNOLOGY,INFORMATION, AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT RESOURCES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REVIEWS

The above simplified figure illuminates the essential interconnectedness of the sixteen component encyclopedias of EOLSS.

 In the real world, the various knowledge domains do not exist in isolation from each other. They form an integrated whole, with links in all directions. It is well known that all forms of human knowledge are inter-connected and inter-related. EOLSS mimics this complexity, the automatic inter-connectedness of the various subject categories facilitating navigation through the vast landscape of EOLSS knowledge. This provides the user with an effective and efficient tool to search, navigate and browse through each of the component encyclopedias, through any combination of the sixteen, or through the whole of EOLSS.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY AND MANAGEMENT

CONTENT OUTLINE (partial listing)

 

SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE

Toward a Philosophy for Human Development for the Twenty-First Century

From Biological Evolution to Cultural Adaptation

Cultural Evolution, Symbolism, and Globalization

The Inherited Burden of the Twentieth Century

From Cultural Evolution to Technophysio Evolution

Human Progress and Prospects at the End of the Twentieth Century

Culture: Evolution and Diversity

Global Demographic Transition: Socio-Economic Consequences and Potential

Demographic Change: Alarm About Depopulation and Stagnation?

Demographic Change: A Window of Development Opportunities?

Migration and Human Development

Education, Learning Innovations, and Motivation

Education Quantity and Quality

Learning Innovations

Motivation and Morals

Globalization and Human Development

The Income and Capability Gap: Unequal Opportunities and Poverty

Gender

Environment

 

MAJOR ISSUES IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Human Development: What it means

Traditionalism vs. Universalism in the definition of human rights

Measuring Human Development

Diversity: Consequences for Human Development

Why Measure Human Development

Foreign Assistance and Human Development

Prospects for Human Development

Disciplinary Approaches to Human Development

 

ANTHROPOLOGY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

The Ways in which Anthropology Considers Issues of Development

What is Development?

Development and Social Policy

Implications of Development for People’s Lives

Development and Ideology

Techniques of Persuasion: Manipulating Minds

Comparability of Countries

Human Development and Agriculture: An Anthropological Analysis

What is Agriculture? Corporate/State Farms versus Family Farms

Myths of Cheap Food and Efficiency

Environmental Hazards

The Focus of Agronomic Research and its Support

When is High-tech Needed?

Land Reform and Local Autonomy

Who Will Feed the World in the Twenty-First Century?

The Hope for the Future: Counter-corporatization with a Human Face

New Social Movements and Relocalization

 

MORAL DEVELOPMENT AND MORAL EDUCATION

Nature of Moral Value

The Cognitive Developmental Approach

The Social Learning Approach

Conditioning

Modeling (Imitation)

Moral Development and Moral Education

 

SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: CONNECTING THE SCIENTIFIC AND MORAL DIMENSIONS

The Natural Context of Human Development

The Cultural Context of Human Development

Connecting the Natural and Human Contexts

 

ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ISSUES IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Sustainable Human Development in Economic Development Thinking

Nation-State Building and Enhanced Stainable Development

Development Crisis and Structural Adjustment

Declining Human Development and Rising Poverty

Globalization and Sustainable Human Development

 

DIVERSITY AND HISTORICAL PROCESSES IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Historical roots of diversity

Optimists versus pessimists: a dialogue

The danger of teleological explanations

Scientific development and views of nature

Impact on the global environment

Human diversity in recent times

Demographic and Capabilities Diversities

Diversity in Resource Endowments

 

IMPACT OF NEUROSCIENCE IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Neuroscience Before the Twentieth Century

Structure of the Nervous System

Neurons

Neuroscience in the Twentieth Century

Neuronal Signaling

Action Potential

Synaptic Transmission

Neuronal Circuits

Neuronal Differentiation

Axon Guidance

Plasticity of Synapses

Neuronal Systems

Sensation and Perception

Learning and Memory

Emotion

Neuroscience Towards the Twenty-First Century

Consciousness

Gene Hunting

Biochip

Challenges

 

EQUITY, GROWTH, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Equity and Growth: Exposing the Grand Theories to Data

Global Trends in Inequality

The Double Misfortune of the Poor

Growth and Human Development: Learning from the Outliers

Asset Distributions and Growth

Empirical Relationships and Policy Levers

 

GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE, PRIVATIZATION OF RISK, AND HUMAN INSECURITY

Global Interdependence: a New Global System?

Finance and the Privatization of Risk

Governance: the Changing Roles of National Authorities

Prospects for Human Development in the Emerging Global Village

On the Supply and Demand of Labor

Poverty

 

GLOBALIZATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: AN OVERVIEW

The Foundational Issues

Globalization

Technological Change

Liberalization of Trade and Capital (and Labor) Flows

Multinational Corporations

"Free" Markets/Trade

Economic Development

Human Development

The Importance of Being Moral

Mixed Economy

Globalization, "Price Rightism," and Free Markets/Trade

Economic Agents in This Age of Globalization

Globalization and Market Access

Asymmetrical Nature of the GATT-WTO System

The Inaccessible OECD Market

Globalization and the Slowing Down of the Engine of Economic Growth and Human -Development

The Weakening of Structural Transformation

The Worsening Human Development

The Twenty-First Century and the New Frontiers

The Monkey Wrench in the Works

Regulating Globalization

An Overarching Vision

The End of Laissez-Faire

Resolving the Moral Dilemma

 

POPULATION TRANSITION

Demographic Transition

Population Growth Before 1950

Population Change 1950 to 2000

Mortality, Fertility, and Natural Increase

Twentieth Century Migration

Urbanization

Changing Age Profiles

Population Prospects 2000 to 2050

Economic Development and Environment

Perspectives and Responses to Population Growth

The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development

 

ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

Legislative History

The United States

The European Union

A Comparison of the US and the EU

Dissemination of Information

Sources of Pollutant Emissions and Emission Controls

Implementation and Enforcement

Air Quality Management

US Air Quality Management

EU Air Quality Management

Economic Incentives

Pollution Prevention (P2)

Permits and Licenses

Eco-Industrial Parks

Protection of Ecology

Cost Considerations

Effect of Air Pollution

The State of the Ecosystem

Ecological Indicators

Tools for Decision-Making

Risk Assessment

Cost and Economic Valuation

Cost-Effectiveness

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Statutory Requirements

 

HEALTH, SANITATION, NUTRITION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Health and Economic Development

The Effect of Development on Disease - Some Negative Consequences

Health, Nutrition and Education

Water Supply, Sanitation and Health

Water and Economic Development

Increased Time for Productive Work

Nutrition and Development - Macro Considerations

Nutrition and the Efficiency Wage Hypothesis

Empirical Studies of Nutrition and Productivity

Seasonal Hunger

Intra-Family Distribution of Food and Nutrients

 

BELIEF AND ATTITUDE CHANGE IN THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

The Belief Construct

The Attitude Construct

Belief and Attitude Formation

The Psychology of Personality

The Social Context of Belief and Attitude Formation

The Cultural Context of Belief and Attitude Formation

Theories of Belief and Attitude Change

Persuasion, Communication and Attitude Change

The Role of Beliefs and Attitudes in Change Theories

Implications of Attitude and Belief Change for Human Development

Are reformulated beliefs and attitudes related to social change?

Changing Beliefs, Changing Attitudes: Evidence from the field

Fertility and Contraceptive Use

Gender Constructs

Consumerism

 

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION AND EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING -COUNTRIES

Education and Fertility

Trends and Patterns

Models of Explanation

Educations Impact on Morbidity and Mortality

Education and Development

 

CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBAL CHANGE TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Three Revolutions

Concern with Economic Structures

From the Economic to the Human versus the Social

Evolution of the Concept of Human Development

Extension of the Concept of Efficiency

 

POLICY-MAKING IN A GLOBALISING WORLD ECONOMY

Globalisation Trends

Policy-Making in A Globalising World Economy

 

INEQUALITIES IN EDUCATION: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Measuring Educational Outcomes and Household Wealth

The Wealth Gap in Educational Attainment and Enrollment

The Gender Gap in Educational Attainment and Enrollment

The Interaction of Wealth and Gender

Gender Gaps by Wealth 

Wealth Gaps by Gender 

International Correlates of Education Gaps

 

NATURAL RESOURCE AVAILABILITY

Availability and Scarcity

Concepts and Classifications

Resources and Classical Economics

The Neoclassical Contribution

The Empirical Evidence

Market Failures

The Environmentalists Role

The Problem of Scale

Substitutability

Sustainability

Green Accounting

International Conflicts

 

POVERTY: DIMENSIONS AND PROSPECTS

Poverty Measurement

Dimensions of Poverty

Prospects for Achieving the IDG on Poverty

Prospects: Growth and the Income of the Poor

 

GLOBAL POPULATION AGING

Global Trends in Population Aging: Inequality of Aging Pace, Timing, and Initial Social and Economic Conditions

Consequences of Population Aging: Adjusting to "the Crisis"

Consequences for Developing Countries: Social Sector Reforms -- Pension and Health -Care Systems

Beyond the Economic and Social Sector Reforms: Culture and Laws, and the Special -Case of Vulnerable Women

Global Interaction of Populations and Economies: Migration as a Special Case

 

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES

Physical and Behavioral Objectives

Scientific Management

Theories X and Y

Dissatisfaction and Motivation

Labor Quantity, Job Content, and Performance Quality

Quantitative Increases

Job Descriptions

Quality Assurance

Environment for Change

Increasingly Comprehensive Evaluation Perspective

Equity

Quality and Satisfaction

Sustainability and Renewal

The Global Village

Stakeholder Perspectives

Employee Views

Employer Views

Societal Views

Conflict Management

Directions for the Twenty-first Century

Career Adaptation

Organization Loyalty

Technology Balance

Work and Leisure Trade-off

 

INEQUALITY AMONG WOMEN AND ITS IMPACT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE CASE OF MENA

Gender Gaps

Educational Gender Gap

Employment Gender Gap

Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)

Status of Women

Female Endangerment

GEM- FEM Adjustment

Inequality Among Women

Educational Inequality

The Impact on Economic Growth

 

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

Different Disciplinary Approaches to Social and Cultural Development of Human Resources

Economics

Psychology

Sociology

Anthropology

Cognitive Science

Political Science

Law

Social and Cultural Development of Human Resources

Homo sapiens

The Fallacy of Race Category

The Nation-states and Modernization Projects

Globalization

The Individual as Human Resource

Social Agents for Individual Socialization

Individual Motivation

Groupthink

Social Development of Human Resources

Socialization

Social Structure, Status, and Power

Birth Rates and Human Resource Development

Education

The Media

Formal and Informal Organizations as Social Groups

Social Organization and Sustainability

Social and Cultural Development Indicators

Rational Choice Theory

Consumption

 

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Motivation

Decision-making

Attitudes and behavior

Changing attitudes

Evaluating interventions

Organizational psychology

 

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TRENDS

Conceptualizing Social Development

Current Trends of Social Development

The Emergent World Community

The Global Expansion of Economy

The Creation of a World Culture

The Internationalization of Governance

The UN system

The Nation-state

Local Participation and Empowerment

 

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY

Difference between Domestic Group and Family

Developmental Cycle of Domestic Group

Universality Function of Family

Family Organization

Types of Family

Nature of Family

Social Development in Relation to Family

Family and Nature of Changes

Patriarchy and Women

Family Law and Women

Customary Law

 

SOCIAL ECOLOGY IN URBAN SETTING

Territorial Organization

Internal Organization of the City

Urban Symbolic Ecology

Urban Greenery and Agriculture

Mega-urbanization

 

THE CONTEXT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT POLICY

Technology, Globalization, and Postmodernism

Towards an Urbanized World

Restructuring and Reinventing the Economies of Cities

Social Change

The Ecological Challenge

New Policy Paradigms

Two Urban Development Programs

 

THE CONTEXT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY

Emergence of Rural Life

Characteristics of Rural Community

Classification of Rural Societies

Types of Agricultural Activities

Political Struggles and Land Ownership

Poverty in Rural Societies

Variations in Rural Society: Time and Space

Distinction Between Policy and Development

Survival of the Rural Poor: Poverty, Hunger and Sustainable Development

How Green is Green Revolution

Approach to Rural Development

Nature of Agrarian Economy and Development Strategy

 

URBAN-RURAL DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

RuralUrban Differences

Mega-urban Development

Rural Diversity

Rural Development

Theoretical Perspectives

Modernization

Dependency

Modernism

Postmodernism

Information Society

 

THE SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF LABOR IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

The Urban Informal Sector

Developments in the Informal Sector

The Functioning of Labor Markets in Developing Countries

Labor Markets: Differentiation and Segmentation

The Functioning of Labor Markets

Regulation of Labor Markets

Challenges for Developing Countries

 

RURAL ISSUES IN DEVELOPED NATIONS

Definitions

The post-World War II years

Agriculture in the forefront of European integration : The 60s and 70s and the tragedy of success

Policy changes in the 80s and 90s:Economy and ecology

Post-Cold-War worries and issues

Prospects and issues in rural life in developed nations-towards a sustainable development of the countryside?

 

THE ROLE OF ETHNIC GROUPS IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Conceptual Framework

The Nation State and Ethnicity: Cases of Third World Societies

 

RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Examples of Religious Belief and Worldview: Three North American Indian Tribes

The Wintu

The Western Apache

The Mvskoke (Creek)

Summary: Views of the Environment

Religious Beliefs Translated into Action: North American Indian Resource Management

The Wintu

The Western Apache

The Mvskoke (Creek)

Resource Management in Other North American Indian Tribes

 

GENDER DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Gender Differences in Health Status

Measuring Health

Patterns and Causes of Mortality Differentials

Reproductive Health

Patterns of Morbidity Differentials

Causes of Gender Differentials in Morbidity

Policy Attempts to Alleviate Gender Differences in Health

Gender Differences in Education and Labor Market Outcomes

Educational Attainment: Concepts and Outcomes

Labor Market Outcomes

Labor Market Policies

Implications for Economic Growth and Policy

 

USE OF RESOURCES AND SPACE

Cultural Processes, Resources, and Change

Resource Use in Domestically Organized Cultures

Domestically Organized Use of Space

Resource Use in Politically Organized Societies

Politically Organized Use of Space

Scale Limits to Political Power

Resource Use in Commercially Organized Societies

Domestic Space in Commercially Organized Societies

Current Trends and Examples

Significance of Trends in Relation to Current and Future Problems

Explaining Scale Trends

Key Issues/Problems

 

CONSUMPTION IN AFFLUENT SOCIETIES

Round Up the (Un)usual Suspects

The Disproportionate Consumption of the Haves

Social Class, Consumption, and the Environment

Affluent Cultures, Consumption, and the Environment

Dirt as Pollution versus Play

The Modern Way to Consume: Images of the Good Life and Occidentalism

Materialism and Denial Strategies

Consume Locally, Condemn Globally

Accounting for Global Materialism

 

CONSUMPTION IN DEVELOPING SOCIETIES

Basic Empirical Questions About Consumption

Households as Consumers

Inter-Household Inequality and Consumerism

Households and Consumption: Summary

Beyond Households: Power Infrastructures and Other Linkages

Utilities

Collective Consumption

Television, Marketing, and Capitalist Firms

Aggregating Developing Society Consumption

Appropriate Aggregation Methods

Aggregate Effects of Developing Society Consumption on the -Environment

The Politics of Consumption in Developing Societies

 

CONSUMPTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Ethical Arguments for Changing Consumption Patterns

Perspectives on the Shaping of Consumption Patterns

Economics

Psychology of Consumption

Social and Cultural Influences on Consumption

TechnologyEeconomyCulture Linkages

Technological Change

Cultural Change

Policies for Changing Consumption Patterns

 

GLOBALIZATION AND THE CONSUMER SOCIETY

Theories of Globalization and the Consumer Society.

Top-down theories.

Bottom-up theories.

Ecological theories.

Overconsumption and Underconsumption: global ecological pressure

Definitions: sustainable consumption, underconsumption, overconsumption.

Sustainable consumption.

Underconsumption.

Overconsumption.

Global energy use.

Overconsumption and underconsumption and a sustainable quality of life.

Overconsumption and underconsumption as interrelated social patterns.

Solutions/towards a sustainable future.

Intergenerational equity.

Intragenerational equity.

Risk Aversion Strategies.

Conservation of Biodiversity.

Internalization of Environmental Costs.

Enlightened Institutions.

 

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS

Economic versus Social and Cultural Dimensions

Global Community, or Is It?

Two Hundred Years of Development

Development Scheme

Paradigm Shift

Frame of Reference

The Methodology of Social Measurement

The Cases of Social Measurement

The Development of Social Indicators

Economic Objectives

Functional Classification

Basic Human Needs

The Framework of Social Indicators

Social, Political, and Economic Characteristics of Development by -Adelman and Morris

The OECD List of Social Indicators

World Development Indicators by the World Bank

Agenda 21

Baseline Scenarios by the IPCC

Indicators on Specific Spheres

Demographic Trends

Urbanization

Environmental Indicators

Services

Unpaid Work and Time Use

Policy Relevance of Indicators

The Foundation of Policy

Policy Formulation

Proper Issue Setting

 

EQUITY

Equity and inequity defined.

Intergenerational equity.

Intragenerational equity.

Relations of Inequity: Poverty, Hunger, and Health.

Theories about equity.

Top-down theories.

Bottom-up theories.

Ecological theories: ecological justice.

Equity and Human Rights: Economic, Social, Cultural, Civil and Political Rights.

Equity, Inequity, and global ecological pressure.

Inequity, Globalization and the Capitalist World Market

Inequity and Global Ecological Pressure: Social and Ecological Costs of -Overconsumption and Underconsumption

Gender, Inequity, and the Global System.

Equity and Sustainable Development: Providing for Environmental Balance and Basic Human Needs.

 

HEALTHSOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS

A Framework for Core Indicators

Historical Perspective

Impact of Poverty on Health

NorthSouth Perspective and the Debt Crisis

Impact of Population Pressure on Health

Major Causes of Mortality

Recent Trends in Health Thinking

Global Burden of Disease Study 19921994, published 1996/7

Cost-effectiveness of Health Interventions

 

DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS: HUMAN ASPIRATION AND SUSTAINABILITY

Human Aspiration and Environmental Impacts

The Spaceship Earth and the System Boundary

Pollution

Material Flows

Global Warming

Sustainability Indicators and Accounting

Indicators

Green GDP

Environmental Accounting

Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting (SEEA)

European System for the Collection of Economic Information on the -Environment (SERIEE)

Measures of Economic Welfare

Economic Basis for Human and Social Development

Genuine Saving for Sustainability

Development Finance

Arms reduction

Technology Aspects

Global Governance

Policy Tools for Global Governance

The Valuation Issue

Green Accounting or Indicators

Towards Sustainability Analysis

 

GLOBAL RESOURCE SYSTEM CHALLENGE I: EDUCATION

Knowledge for Sustainable Development

Investigating the Past- Looking into the Future

Human Beings and the Environment

Human Beings as Biosocial Species

Role of Cultural Knowledge

Role of Methodological Knowledge

Foundations of Educational Systems: an Overview

The main aims of Education

Organizational Context of Education

Structural Context of Education

Education for Sustainability

Education and Development

Education: the Challenge of Globalization

Education: the Challenge of the Consumer Society

 

FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS

Educational Systems

National Education Systems

International and Transnational Structures in Education

Evolving Structures

Some Purposes of Educational Systems

Scope of Education Systems

Sectors of Education

Pre-Primary and Kindergarten Education

Secondary Education

Tertiary Education

Higher Education

Research

Lifelong Learning

Education Systems and Social Inclusion

Cultural and Financial Dimensions

Education Systems and Learning

Changes in Teaching and Learning

The Efficiency of Learning

The Changing Nature of Learning

Learning and Curriculum Design

Core Skills

The Internet and Technology

Processes of Learning

Changes in the Contexts for Learning

Assessment in an Education System

The Conceptual Shift

The Trends in Education for Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development and the Disciplined Mind

 

ESSENTIAL OBJECTIVES OF EDUCATION

Different Aspects of "Being Suited for Life"

The Knowledge-Driven Economy

Active Citizenship

Technological Competence and Sensitivity

Meeting Needs and Reducing Barriers to Learning

ActionReflectionAction

Ways of Expressing the Objectives of Education

The Significance of Structures

Objectives of Lifelong Learning

The Objectives of Education

Research-Led Knowledge

 

EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

The Twentieth Century in the Context of World History

The Twentieth Century -- the Century of Education

Problems of the Development of Modern Education

Illiteracy

Education and the Problem of Backwardness

Education and Power

Quality of Education

General Cultural Education

Education and Democracy

Integrated Picture of the World

Is it Possible to Call the Twentieth Century "the Century of Education"?

Main Directions of the Reformation of Education

Continuing Education

Democratization

Humanitarization

Humanization

Fundamentalization

Integration

Standardization

Computerization

 

FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION

Origins of education

Science and education

Education as a political and economical goal of a modern state

Education in global politics

International cooperation in the field of education

Education in the post-Industrial world

Development of human Aspects as a goal of modern education

 

PLANNING, ORGANIZATION, AND ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION

Planning

Unity in Strategic Planning

Organization

Curriculum

Out of School Education

Climate and Ethos

Evaluation of Activities

Quality Assurance Arrangements

Accountability

Management Style and Evaluation

Structural Arrangements

Mobility

The Permeation of Administrative Systems

Concern of Economy, Environment, and Culture

Administration

Technology

Trends

External Accountability

Research-Led Environments

Climates and Ethos

 

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES OF EDUCATION

Social and Cultural Issues in Education

Humanization of Education

Nature and Main Goals of Social and Cultural Aspects of Education

Social Aspect: Subject Matter of Education

Cultural Aspect

Ecology of Culture

Definition of Concept

Types of Social and Cultural Education

System of Social and Cultural Education

School

University

Informal Education

Projects and Programs

Policy in the Field of Social and Cultural Education

Social Policy

Cultural Policy

Trends of Development of Social-Cultural Education

 

KNOWLEDGE FOR EDUCATION

Cognitive Model of Hypothetical Biorealism

Postulations and Principles of Cognitive Model of Hypothetical Biorealism --Functions

The Paradoxes of Lorenz. The Retrospective Character and Predictive Power of Knowledge

The Lorenz Biosystems Mode of Development

Acquisition of "Current, Not Accumulated, Information"

Methods of Cognition in "Non-Statistical" Situations

Bio-Information Massives and the Factor of Causality in the Process of Education

Peculiarities of Transformation and Dissemination of Knowledge in a Sociocultural -Environment

The Cognitive Model of Hypothetical Biorealism and Contemporary Concepts of Education

Concepts of "Surroundings" and "Alienation of Knowledge" in Education

Continuity of Education

 

HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE. NATURE AND MAN: ORIENTATIONS TO HISTORICAL TIME

Division of Emphasis

Nature and Man: Science and History: an Orientation to Control

Past, Present and Future: an orientation to Time

Historical Knowledge and ‘Sustainability’: Part 1

Summary: Historical Knowledge of Change over Time

The Dilemma of Values

The Dilemma of Individual Freedom

Historical Knowledge and sustainability: Part 2

Cultural Sustainability as primary focus.

Culture as ‘Heritage’

Sustainability as Culture

Culture as Vehicle of Communication, or as useful Barrier

 

METHODOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE

Scientific Research

Applied Research

The Tools of Research

Training versus Education

The Deployment of Scientific Research Tools

The Deployment of Scientific Personnel

The Deployment of a Research Environment

Patrons

 

FUTURE ORIENTED KNOWLEDGE: LESSONS OF THE FIRST NUCLEAR AGE

The Road to Hiroshima and Nagasaki

How Presidents Roosevelt and Truman Planned to Use the Bomb to End the War and Shape the Peace

The Debate Over Why Hiroshima and Nagasaki Were Bombed

Nuclear Weapons and the "Lessons" of History

Containment and Nuclear Weapons

The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Curious Lessons of the Carter Administration

President Reagan and Nuclear Weapons

The Nuclear Debate

 

CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE

Culturology

Culturology as a Science

Culturology for Cultural Knowledge and Education

The Definition of Culture

Culture and Nature

Culture and Civilization

Society and Culture

Culture and State

The Individual and Culture

Cultural Universalities

Values

Communication

Mass Media as a Source of Communication

A Typology of Culture

Culture as Activity

Systems of Culture

Forms of Culture

Art

Literature

The Art of the Cinema

Theater

Problems and Questions

 

KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT

Environmental Knowledge

Knowledge of Energy and Information

Knowledge of Environmental Stability

Knowledge of the Natural Biota of the Earth

Internal and External Milieu

Communities of Natural Biota

Adaptation to or Regulation of the Environment?

Biotic Regulation of the Environment

Mechanism of Biotic Regulation of the Environment

Knowledge of Human-Biota Interaction

Climatic, Biological, and Ecological Limits to Anthropogenic Energy -Consumption

The Future of Ecology as a Science

Scientific Bases for Nature Conservation

 

BIO-SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE: HUMAN ADAPTATION IN DIFFERENT ECOLOGICAL NICHES OF THE WORLD

Patterns of Geographic Variability of the Human Physique and Metabolism

Adaptive Types

Adaptation and Acclimatization

Relationships of Human Adaptive Types with Ecological Forms of Animals and Plants

Ecological Variation in Human Urban Populations

 

KNOWLEDGE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Biophysical and Ecological Knowledge

Biogeochemical Cycling and Energy Transformation

PopulationCommunity Ecological Approach

Industrial Ecology

Socioeconomic Knowledge

Economic and Social Development

 

STRUCTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS

Structure and Objectives of Educational Programs

Preparation for Life

Preparation for Work

Advancement of Knowledge

Organizational Models for Delivery of Instruction

Classroom-Centered Instruction

Workplace-Centered Instruction

Home-Centered Instruction

Synchronous Distance Education

Asynchronous Distance Education

Lifelong Learning

Educational Pedagogy

Teacher-Centered Models

Student-Centered Models

Teacher Preparation and Enhancement

Pre-Service Teacher Education

In-Service Teacher Education

Funding Models for Educational Systems

Public Funding

External Funding

Assessing Quality of Educational Systems

 

THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY EDUCATION

What is Early Education?

Goals and Objectives of Early Education

Childrens Health

Contemporary Education and Society

The priorities of Early Childhood

Children in the Family

A Model of Education: "Authoritarian" or "Democratic"?

Children and Nature Today

Children in Urban Environments

Educational Systems and Technologies

Prospects for Early Education.

 

THE IMPORTANCE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

Educational Data

Classification of Educational Level

Reliability of Data

Quality Parameters

Purposes of Secondary Education

Secondary Curricula    

Access to Secondary Education   

Gender Issues in Secondary Education

Global Secondary Education Today

Trends and Indicators of Change

Relationship of Secondary Education to Life-Support Systems

 

SECONDARY EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Major Issues in Secondary Education

International Differences in Assessments

Recent Trends in Secondary Education in the United States

The Neo-liberal Ideology

The Implementation of Neoliberal Policies: A Gramscian Analysis of the US

Human Capital Development

Sustainable Development and Education

Barriers to Education for Sustainable Development

The Human Capability Approach: A promising initial path to Education for Sustainable Development

 

TERTIARY OR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION

Relevance of Tertiary Education

Quality of Tertiary Education

Quality of Staff

Quality of Curricula

Quality of Students

Management and Financing of Tertiary Education

Management Problems

Funding Problems

Cooperation and Tertiary Education

The Effects of Regionalization and Globalization

The Arrival of New Information and Communication Technologies

The Effects of Certain Cooperation Models

Some Tertiary Education Statistics

 

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

The Main Purposes of the Education System

Professional Education

Professional Education in the USA

Professional Education in Germany

 

GRADUATE LEVEL EDUCATION

Peculiarities of Graduate and Postgraduate Education Systems in Western Europe and the USA

Current Initiatives

France

Germany

Graduiertenkolleg

Efficiency in Resource Use

Ensuring Scientific Quality

Internationalization

Graduate and Postgraduate Education Systems in Eastern/Central Europe

Recent Evolution in Graduate Level Education Systems

Needs and Priorities

Institutional Cooperation

European Community Programs

Some Problems with Western Educational Research Assistance to -Eastern/Central Europe

New Models of Interdisciplinary Graduate-Level Education in Russia

 

GOING THE DISTANCE IN EDUCATION: TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY IMPERATIVES

Preface: An International Survey of Distance Education and Teacher Training: From Smoke Signals to Satellite

Executive Summary: Pedagogy through Distance Education by Karen Murphy

Objectives

Methods and Delivery Systems

Costs

Lessons Learned

A few years later a second report saw the light of day (Cornell, R., & Murphy, K. (eds.). (1995). Preface

Executive Summary by Karen Murphy

The Internet

Integration of Technologies

Collaborative Learning and Learner-Centered Instruction

Cultural Challenges

And more recently, in Cornell. R. & Ingram, K. (Eds.) (1997), its preface stated

Executive Summary by Kathy Ingram.

Technologies and Instructional Modes

Implications for the Future

Paradigms for the New Millennium: How Professors Will Certainly Change!

Implications for Taiwan and Other Nations

 

LIFETIME LEARNING

Principles of Higher Education and Lifetime Learning

"Academic Lifetime Learning"Definitions and Positions

Educative Aspects

Social Aspects

Regional Aspects

Lifetime Learning and the Reform of Higher Education

New Information and Communication Technology

 

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS: CASE STUDIES AND EDUCATIONAL INDICES

Information technologies and human capital in post-Industrial society

Transition to a Public higher education and development of a system of educational -services

Differentiation of fields of knowledge and unification of educational systems

Life-Long education

Education Quality: Support systems of education Quality and accreditation of -educational institutions: educational standards

Distance and transnational education

 

EDUCATING CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA

Organization of Education

Current Issues

Religion in the Public Schools

Private Schools and Home Schooling

Charter Schools

Language

Special Needs

Assessment of Student Achievement

Teacher Education

 

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS: EDUCATIONAL INDICES: CENTRAL AMERICA

Historical Background

Educational Indices in Central America and the Caribbean

 

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS: CASE STUDIES AND EDUCATIONAL INDICES: SOUTH AMERICA

Historical Background

Educational Indices in South America

Case Studies: Bolivia, Chile, and Brazil

Bolivia

Chile

Brazil

 

THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

Organizational Patterns and Management

Basic Principles

Higher Education

Purpose and Goals

Types of Institutions

Universities

Engineering and Technical Institutes

Agricultural Institutes

Economics Institutes

Institutes of Law

Medical Institutes

Institutes of Art and Cinematography

Teacher Training Institutes

Administrative Organs

Regional Centers for Higher Education

Educational and Methodological Associations

Structure and Administration of Higher Education Institutions

Sub-Units of Higher Education Institutions

Governance of Higher Education Institutions

Examples of curricula and the Subjects Comprising Them

Evaluation of student Performance

Russian Engineering School: From the Technocratic Approach to Education for Sustainable Development

The Soviet Period

Contemporary Russia

 

THE SYSTEMIC REFORM OF SCIENCE EDUCATION IN JAPAN- PRESENT AND FUTURE

What Is Scientific Literacy?

How Scientific Literacy Can Be Developed (Part A: Theory)

Developing Scientific Literacy: Science-Technology-Society

Science-Technology-Society Instruction in Japan

Need for Change in Science Education in Japan

Results with Science-Technology-Society Instruction in Iowa

How Scientific Literacy Can Be Developed (Part B: Practice)

Purpose of the Study

Sample Selection

Designs and Procedure

Developing the Modules

Instruments

Instruments for Comparing Results of STS and Traditional Teachers -Between Japan and Iowa

Data Analysis

The Daily Schedules for Using the Mt. Tsukuba and the Global Warming -Modules

Mt. Tsukuba Module (Grade 10)

Global Warming Module (Grade 8)

Presentation of Results

Comparing Video Analyses of Classrooms in Japan and Iowa

Comparing Science-Technology-Society and Traditional Teaching in Japan with Constructivist Science-Technology-Society Learning in Iowa

Comparing Teacher Behavior

Interpretation and Discussion

Discussion of Results With Science-Technology-Society Rubric and Self--Reporting Scale

Discussion of Teacher Change With Science-Technology-Society Teaching

Need for Systemic Change

 

EDUCATION AS AN INTEGRAL ASPECT OF AFRICAS EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS

Educational Reforms: Efforts and Results

The First Decade of Independence

Rethinking Education

The Decade of World Summits

Continued Attraction of Colonial Influences

Rapid Shifts in Development Paradigms

Inappropriate Analysis and Incorrect Prescriptions

The Unfavorable Impact of International Politics

Challenges for the Immediate Future

Political Socioeconomic Challenges

The Purely Educational Challenges

Policy

Management

Curriculum

Information Technology

Teachers and Teaching

Resource Mobilization and Utilization

 

EUROPE: INTRODUCING CHEMICAL CONCEPTS USING ENVIRONMENT CONTEXTS

Salters Chemistry and Science Projects

The Projects

Interactive Study

Learning Strategies

Activities

Course Materials

Transporting ChemicalsAn Example Unit

Salters Advanced Chemistry Project

Education in Global Change Project

A University Course

An Undergraduate Degree Course

The Environmental Option: Chemistry, Resources, and the Environment

Literature Review and Research Project

 

EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA

Australia

The Context

The Social Context

Governance

Participation in Education

Schools: The Compulsory Years

Three Schools

School Structures

School Governance

Resources and Teachers

Educational Goals and Curriculum Directions

Preschools

Schools: The Post-Compulsory Years

Vocational Education

Universities

Aotearoa/New Zealand

The Context

The Social Context

Participation in Education

Schools: The Compulsory Years

School Structures

School Governance

Resources and Teachers

Educational Goals and Curriculum Directions

Preschools

Post-Compulsory Education: The National Qualifications Framework

Universities

 

EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

What Is Education for Sustainable Development?

Embracing All, Redefining the Terms

Expanding Venues for Learning

Natural Processes As Model

The Ecological and Social Context

Population

Destruction of the Resource Base and Toxic Contamination

Loss of Species and Biodiversity

Disruption of the Climate/Global Warming

Illiteracy and Gender Inequalities within Schooling and Learning

Globalization

Historical Overview

Enlightenment Thinking

Impact of the Industrial Revolution

Rethinking the Industrial Paradigm

Rethinking Growth and Its Consequences

The Role and Lessons of Environmental Education

Understanding the Nature of Living Systems

Shortcomings and Continuing Challenges

Education for Sustainable Development: Principles, Context, Priorities, Values, and -Frameworks for Action

Practice of Education for Sustainable Development: Impacts and Means

The Mandate of Education for Sustainable Development

Principles of Education for Sustainable Development

Knowledge and Learning

Ecological Literacy, Taught and Observed

The Framework: Ethics and Values

Getting to Sustainability: Education for Action

Directions for the Future

 

EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Aspects and Concept of Development

Pressing Factors

Role of Education

Humanistic Ideals, Education, and Development

Basic Education and Development

Developmental Aspects of Higher Levels of Education and Lifelong Learning

Education for the Dissemination, Sharing, and Advancement of Knowledge

 

EDUCATIONAL POLICIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

A Historical Perspective

Fragmentation of Knowledge

Becoming a School Subject

Approaches to Integration

A Political Perspective

A Conceptual Perspective

A Curriculum Perspective

Rationale

Contents

Organization and Interdisciplinarity

The Knowledge-Creating Procedures: Students Activities

 

EDUCATION POLICIES AND GENDER

Gender Terminology

Gender Asymmetry

Dynamics of Womens Status

Feminization of Professions

Illiteracy and Functional Illiteracy among Women

Education and Population Health

Biological Determinism and Discrimination against Women

Gender and the Sciences

What Next?

 

EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Rights and responsibilities

Inclusive Education and School  Reform

Access to General Education Curriculum

Instructional Techniques

Professional Education

The Future

 

THE MASS MEDIA AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN EDUCATION

Education for Sustainable Development

Only through Joint Efforts

In Search of Points of Contact

Expanding the Range of Action

The United Nations As a Facilitator for Mass Media and --Nongovernmental Organization Collaboration

Nongovernmental Organizations a Phenomenon of Modern Life

Who Is Working with Nongovernmental Organizations?

Public Organizations and Public Projects

Public Organizations in Russia

Education and Proficiency Centers

Professionalizing Nongovernmental Organizations

The Environment Has No Boundaries

Changes in Mass Media

Openness of InformationCommunity Demands

The Information Society

The Information Society and Journalism

From Information to Functional Literacy

The Environmental Press As a System

Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development

Principles of Lifelong Learning

The Goal: An Environment of Culture

Cooperation between the Mass Media and Nongovernmental -Organizations

 

TRANSFERRING KNOWLEDGE OF SUSTAINABILITY

Strategies for Sustainability

Alternative Paradigms of Sustainability

Changing Individual and Institutional Behavior

Transferring Knowledge of Sustainability

Schools, Colleges, and Universities

Nongovernmental Organizations

Governments

Corporations

Media

 

EDUCATION AND THE CONSUMER SOCIETY

A Context for Education in the Twenty-First Century

A Context for Education

Rapidly Increasing Complexity

The State of Human Development

Indicators of Progress

Allocation of Resources

Environmental Impacts

Technology and Human Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century

Global Consumption Patterns

Inequalities of Consumption

Global Production Patterns and Globalization

The Human Development Report Agenda for Action on Consumption

The Consumer Society

Definition of the Consumer Society

Concepts of Consumption

Emergence of Mass Consumption and the Consumer Society

Consumption in Affluent Societies

The American Consumption Experience

Conspicuous Consumption

Happiness in a Consumer Society

The Cost of Consumption and Consumer Debt

Consumer Protection Issues

Advertising, Television, and Consumption

Advertising and Consumption

The Effects of Advertising and Television

Children and Advertising

Transnational Corporations and Advertising in the Developing World

The Potential of Television

The Central Role of Monetary Systems

Central Banks and Sustainability

Alternatives to the Consumer Society

Alternative Life Styles and Values

Voluntary Simplicity

Emerging Alternatives for Action

Regulation and Incentives

Education and the Consumer Society

The Role of Education: Purposes, Goals, and Outcomes

Corporations, Education, and the Free Market

Educational Opportunities and Action

Educating to Achieve a Sustainable Future

Ethics, Values, and Sustainability

Changing Attitudes and Behavior

Bridging Gaps in Culture and Ethics through Education

An Educational Framework

Consciously Evolving to a Sustainable Paradigm

The Potential of Education to Transform the Consumer Society to a Knowledge-Based Society

Collaboration and Educational Strategy

Public Policy Support

Education, Communications, and the Emerging Power of the Internet

The Age of Transformation

 

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION AND GLOBALIZATION

Agenda 21: Its Vision and Some Obstructions

Towards a Theory of Sustainable Development

Structure of a Sustainable Development Concept: Discourse Levels and Dimensions

Problem AnalyticalEthical Level

EpistemologicalConceptual Level

Organization Theoretical Level

Realization Level

Sustainability, Globalization, and Education

Teaching Sustainable Development

Education for Sustainable Development

Culture of Sustainability: Education under Sustainable Development

Global Initiatives in Education in the Context of Sustainable Development

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION

Technology in Education: Historical Perspective

Desktop Computing

Hardware

Software Applications

Tools for Teachers

Games

Educational Programs

Reference Resources

Writing Aids

Examples of Other Applications

Software Analytical Tools

Computational Tools

Database Management Tools

Graphics/Mapping Tools

Models

The Internet

Communications

Research

Education

Issues/Obstacles

Access to Technology

Data/Information Quality

Information Overload

 

KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION: EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE -DEVELOPMENT

Meaning of education for sustainable development

Sociological foundations: sustainable society and use of environmental strategies to -achieve sustainable development

Philosophical foundations: tensions between anthropocentrism and biocentrism

Psychological foundations: from behaviourism to constructivism

Economics foundation: from neoclassical and weak and strong sustainability paradigms

Approaches to curriculum and instructional design in environmental education

Curriculum and instructional design: Essential concepts and values

Curriculum and instructional design: Principles and assessment issues

Curriculum and instructional design: Action is louder than words

Alternative perspectives in education for sustainable development

Greening the curriculum in the tertiary education sector

Non-formal and adult environmental education

 

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND AWARENESS

Contents of Education and Awareness

Preschool

Primary and Secondary School

Graduate Level

Professional Education

Ecology and Sustainable Development Course as a Part of Environmental Education

Sustainable Development as a Result of Change in the Paradigm of Civilization

Ecology as the Science About the Home for All Forms of Life

Population Issues and Social Aspects of Environmental Protection

Population Distribution. Urbanization

Natural Resources and Biosphere

Population Ecology, Natural Associations, and Ecosystems Ecology

Biodiversity and Nature Preservation

Soil Resources

Food Resources

Water Resources

Atmosphere

Non-Renewable Resources and Wastes

Energy Resources and Sustainable Development

Legal Aspects of Environment Protection. International Co-Operation

Economic Aspects of Environment Protection

Ethical, Philosophical, and Ideological Aspects of Sustainable Development

Education and Sustainable Development

 

HUMAN RESOURCES AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT

Evolving Importance for Human Resource Development

Origin and History - Learning through the Ages

Today's Context for the Development of Human Resources

Globalization and the Global Economy

Computer Technology

Radical Transformation of the World of Work

Increased Power and Expectations of Citizens and Customers

Emergence of Knowledge and Learning as a Country's Greatest Assets

New Roles and Expectations of Workers

Biotechnology

Speed of Change- Moving from a Newtonian to a Quantum World of Chaos

Major Issues in Human Resource Development

Sociological issues

Political issues

Economic & Financial Issues

Cultural issues

Essential Strategies for Human Resource Development

Assessing Needs

Establishing Objectives

Strategic Planning for HRD

Human Resource Development Activities and Resources

Action Learning - A Powerful New HRD Strategy

Role of Knowledge Management in Education and Human Resource Development

Knowledge management and workforce learning

Impact of Technology on Human Development and Workplace Learning

Knowledge economy and knowledge organization

Digitization of communications and services in economy and organizations

Virtualization of economy and organizations

Mass to molecular forms

Integration and internetworking

Disintermediation

Convergence of computing, communications and content

Innovation-based economy and workplace

Prosumption

Immediacy

Globalization

Discordance

Human Life Systems, Diversity and Human Development

Human Development and Equity

Global Interdependence and Biosocial Systems

Spirituality and Meaning of work

Human Development and Global Change

Population growth and the environmental changes

Human Development and Economic Growth

Peace and Security

Finance

Consequences of Global Change on Development of Human Resources

Market change and global life support systems

Global Social Changes

Changes in Information Technology

Virtual work: Implications for Human and Organization Development

Global Change on Tourism and Human Resource Development

Global Leadership for the Development of Human Resources

Future - Enriching the Quality of Human Life

 

MAJOR ISSUES IN HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

The Seven Philosophical Foundations of HRD

Historical Aspect of HRD

Cultural Aspects of HRD

Sociological Aspect of HRD

Global Environment of HRD

Political Issues in HRD

Economic Foundation of HRD

Financial Aspect of HRD

Implementation of HRD

Philosophy of HRD

Activity-Driven HRD Philosophy

Results-Driven HRD Philosophy

Principles of HRD

Components of HRD

Individual Development

Career Development

Performance Management

Organizational Development

Three Professional Practice Domains of HRD

Organizational Learning

Organizational Performance

Organizational Change

Roles in HRD

HRD Practice

Analysis

Design

Learning Acquisition

Learning Transfer

Evaluation

 

A HISTORY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

In the Beginning: Survival through Labor and Learning

The Use of Tools and Mutual Cooperation

The Influence of the Greeks and Romans

The Greek Disdain for Menial Work

The Pragmatic View of the Romans

Education and Training in the Middle Ages

The Influence of Monastic Schools

St. Thomas Aquinas

Merchant and Craft Guilds

Apprenticeship

Education and Training during the Renaissance

The History of Human Resource Development in Selected Countries

The History of HRD in China

The History of HRD in The Netherlands

The History of HRD in Africa

The Educational Legacy of the Colonial Period

Africas Struggle with Education and Economic Development

Tanzania

Nigeria

Republic of South Africa

The History of HRD in Colonial America

Apprenticeship Training

The Decline of Apprenticeship

Education and Corporation Schools

The Role of Government in Training

Twentieth Century Influences

World War Influences    

The Labor Movement

Development in HRD since the Second World War

HRD and Organizational Change

The Era of Computerization and Information Technology

Transformation of Contemporary Organizations

The Evolving Nature of Work

 

SOCIOLOGICAL ISSUES IN HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Breakdown of Traditional Institutions

Emergence of Multiple Perspectives

Shift to an Information-Based Economy

Increased Rate of Change

Inadequacy of Traditional Models

Changing Workforce

The Global Institution

Efficiency

Calculability

Predictability

Control through Technology

Impact on HRD Practice

Meta-Learning

On-the-Job-Learning

Learning at all Levels of the Organization

Team Learning

Professional Learning

Critical Thinking and Developmental Learning

Diverse Learning

Unanswered Sociological Questions

 

POLITICAL ISSUES IN HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Conceptual Framework

Politics and Power in Organizations

Political Ideologies

Political Influence on Organizations and Human Resources: The Power and --Influence of the Nation-State, Governments, and Polity

Comparative International Politics: Issues of Influence and Dominance

Organizational Power

Power and Authority inside Organizations

Limitations to Organizational Sustainability

Shifting to Ecocentric Human Resource Development

Closing Thoughts

 

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FOR HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPEMENT

The Concept and Dimensions of human Resources Development

Global environment for human resources development

Emerging Global Market Economy

Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

Radical Transformation of World of Work

Emergence of the knowledge and Learning as a Companys and Countrys Greatest Assets

New Roles and Expectations of Workers

Need for knowledge and higher-order cognitive skills

Growing importance of emotional intelligence

Increase in temporary workers

Telecommuting workers

Increased Power and Demands of the Customer

Biotechnology

Agriculture

Medicine

Industry

Speed of Change- Moving from a Newtonian to a Quantum World of Chaos

 

FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Framework for Understanding Financial Aspects of HRD

Historical Framework

General Findings Related to HRD Financial Analysis Methods

Early HRD Financial Analysis Classics

From Financial Analysis of Methods (FAM) to Forecasting Financial Benefits (FFB)

Recent Financial Analysis Research in HRD

Financial Assessment of the HRD Function and Organization-wide Efforts

 

ECONOMIC FOUNDATION OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Defining HRD and Theoretical Foundations

Economic Theory as Theoretical Foundation of HRD

The Theories of Human Capital and of the Firm and the Human Resource Development- Discipline

Human Capital and the Individual: Training and HRD

Human capital: a form of capital

Education and human capital formation

Human capital and training

The Theory of the Firm: Training and HRD

General training

Firm-specific training

Human Capital and HRD: The Organization Development Strand

Education and training

 

 

 

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