Human Resource Development or Building the IT Consulting Practice

Human Resource Development: Learning & Training for Individuals & Organizations

Author: John P Wilson

"The book is a perfect reference document...this text is an essential to all professional practitioners and deserves a place on every bookshop." -- Training Journal

Table of Contents:

1	Human resource development	3
2	Human resource management	26
3	Organizational change	44
4	National economic development and human resource development	58
5	Strategy and human resource development	83
6	Learning organizations and communities of practice : a critical evaluation	99
7	Knowledge management	111
8	The identification of learning needs	137
9	Performance management and human resource development	156
10	Making the most of consultancy : perspectives on partnership	187
11	Fundamentals of adult learning	201
12	The adult learner : theory into practice	220
13	Reflective practice	234
14	Workplace diversity and training - more than fine words	252
15	Multilingual and multicultural HRD	276
16	Open, distance and flexible learning	299
17	E-learning : a guide to principles and practice	319
18	The design of effective group-based training methods	342
19	Problem-based learning (PBL)	365
20	Management training and development : problems, paradoxes and perspectives	380
21	Evaluation and assessment	407
22	Accounting for the human resource development function	423
23	Intellectual capital	439
24	Total quality training and human resource development	459
25	Marketing human resource development	484
26	Managing the human resource development function	503

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Building the IT Consulting Practice

Author: Rick Freedman

Building the IT Practice is a clear and practical guide organized to help design, build, and manage lucrative consulting practices. Building on the advisory methodologies described in the author's previous book, The IT Consultant, this book goes beond the personal practices and behaviors presented in that work to offer a roadmap to the creation of an IT Professional Services business. This book focuses on the basics of building a consulting business, dicussing such core issues as the creation of a unique marketing message, the design of a firm-wide delivery methodology, and the recruitment and retention of world-class sales and talent.

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Freedman, an IT consultant who teaches IT project management, IT consulting, and information technology courses at the college level at various institutions, offers advice for managers and entrepreneurs who build and direct IT professional services firms. He addresses the range of issues that IT service firms face, from recruiting and retaining consultants to marketing and selling complex solutions and managing the financial metrics of utilization, rate, and profit. Interviews and real-world case stories are included. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR