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Critically challenging some assumptions in HRD (2006)

O'Donnell, David; McGuire, David; Cross, Christine

Critically challenging some assumptions in HRD (2006)

O'Donnell, David; McGuire, David; Cross, Christine

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This paper sets out to critically challenge five inter-related assumptions prominent in the HRD literature. These relate to: the exploitation of labour in enhancing shareholder value; the view that employees are co-contributors to and co-recipients of HRD benefits; the distinction between HRD and HRM; the relationship between HRD and unitarism; and, the relationship between HRD and organisational and learning cultures. From a critical modernist perspective, it is argued that these can only be adequately addressed by taking a point of departure from the particular state of the capital-labour relation in time, place and space. HRD, of its nature, exists in a continuous state of dialectical tension between capital and labour—and there is much that critical scholarship has yet to do in informing practitioners about how they might manage and cope with such tension.

http://hdl.handle.net/10344/4089

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Hangin' with the King (2011)

O'Donnell, Paul; O'Donnell, David

Hangin' with the King (2011)

O'Donnell, Paul; O'Donnell, David

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Upbeat Jazz-Funk- World Music piece. Most of the piece is based on an engaging Dorian modal melody. The melody alternates between single line and chordal textures.

http://hdl.handle.net/10468/1753

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On the Road from Consultation Cynicism to Energising e- Consultation (2006)

Fagan, Honor; Stephens, Simon; McCusker, Paul; O'Donnell, David; Newman, David R.

On the Road from Consultation Cynicism to Energising e- Consultation (2006)

Fagan, Honor; Stephens, Simon; McCusker, Paul; O'Donnell, David; Newman, David R.

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A major concern in recent political discourse is that government has become both isolated from and unresponsive to its citizens. Democracy, by definition, demands a two-way flow of communication between government and civil society. ICTs have the potential to facilitate such improved flows of communication â hence, e-democracy and e-consultation. This paper initially draws on focus group discussions on the theme of e-consultation conducted amongst activist citizens on the island of Ireland. High levels of frustration, scepticism and cynicism were expressed on the form, nature and process of extant consultation processes. In follow-up demonstrations, however, the preliminary findings are much more positive suggesting that the potential exists for using e-consultation technologies to enhance democratic processes.

http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/477/

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Why humansitic approaches in HRD won't work (2005)

McGuire, David; Cross, Christine; O'Donnell, David

Why humansitic approaches in HRD won't work (2005)

McGuire, David; Cross, Christine; O'Donnell, David

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Humanism has long been considered a cherished worldview underpinning human resource development. As such it occupies a privileged status within the field, and in the main, its central tenets have gone unchallenged, despite massive changes in the economic, sociological, and technological structure of work and society. This brief article challenges the preeminence of humanism and argues that the rhetoric of humanistic approaches is not matched by organizational actions of compressed career progression pathways, tight budgetary constraints, and a market driven economic philosophy.

http://hdl.handle.net/10344/4088

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