Conclusion

This unit focused on the working life of the HRD professional. It has discussed the key issues of:

  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Stakeholders and networks
  • Business cases, budgets and evidence
  • Ethics
  • Diversity.

Moreover, it has required the author to reflect on their own experience of organisational life to inform their thoughts and ideas about more formal elements of HRD – a core aspect of experiential and practice-based learning.