Human capital is an essential component of the market value as well as brand value of every organization. HRD Audit presents the first-ever comprehensive approach to evaluating and re-designing human resource development (HRD) function and interventions, and maximizing their contribution to business goals and human capital formation. A unique feature of the book is the HRD Score Card approach that organizations can use to assess and benchmark their level of HRD and its alignment with business goals. The second edition is thoroughly updated and revised to cater to the needs of current practitioners and students. It aligns the chapters with the HRD Score Card 2500, which itself is based on the first edition of HRD Audit and developments thereafter.
Lucidly written, the book provides a set of easily usable guidelines for assessing HRD with the help of the 2500 point score card. It would serve as an invaluable guide to CEOs and HR chiefs to evaluate and improve their Human Resource.
We began to work on the Human Resource Development (HRD) audit in the early nineties when the first systematic audit was conducted on Indo-Gulf Fertilisers in 1992. In the early nineties, the late Aditya Vikram Birla had suggested that ...
Qualitative information in the evaluation of HRD activities can be used in different ways . ... Human Resources Development Audit The management of the enterprises should undertake HRD audits at periodical intervals .
This book is geared to practitioners, those who are already carrying out the role of change agent but need more formal grounding in organization development theory and practice. This includes students enrolled in courses on OD, ...
Finally , after the HRD audit report was discussed , the need for a long - term plan become very important as without it there could be no conceptualization of future growth and how it affected employee morale .
The HRD audit is an attempt to identify the extent of this alignment existing among them. Human Resource Development audit focuses on competency, commitment and culture building from the practices that the HR is implementing in the ...
ELEMENTS OF PROFESSIONALIZATION Harries - Jenkins ( 1970 ) identifies the following elements of professionalization in his paper ' Professionals in Organizations , Profession and Professionalization ' . Structural element 1 . 2 .
An HRD audit is a systematic and comprehensive evaluation of HRD systems and practices, competencies, and culture and their business relevance. It involves a team of trained auditors to assess these using interviews, questionnaires, ...
On the basis of the HRD audit report, which indicated the difficulties in ensuring employee commitment without an appreciation of the future plans of the company, the top management team made it a point to negotiate and plan the future ...
This book is an ideal reference for HR practitioners seeking content on implementing new competencies in the workforce and achieving overall organizational development in contemporary organisations.