0 or 3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Distance Learning Lower Division
Much has been discussed about the importance of people in organizations, difficulties within organizations, and challenges faced by today's organizations. This course covers the field of human resource development (HRD) as an important area of practice within organizations. The course provides an introduction to HRD theories, principles, concepts, and practices. It provides foundations through the study of history, current paradigms, and perspectives on the future of the field of HRD while specifically focusing on training and development, organization development, and career development as organizational functions within HRD.
Learning Outcomes1Conduct a learning assessment.
2Conduct a performance assessment.
3Write training performance improvement objectives.
4Describe core HRD functions.
5Describe methods of HRD program evaluation.
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