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Sustainability or Limitless Expansion : A Paradigm Shift and Changes in HRD Academic Curricula

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Ardichvili, Alexandre A.
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	200 words) In this paper I argue that to prepare HRD specialists for the workplace of the future HRD academic programs need to embrace the new paradigm that is becoming a dominant trend in society and in organizational practice: Sustainability and sustainable development, as opposed to limitless economic expansion. A review of recent HRD and HRM literature revealed several topic areas discussed in academic and practitioneroriented writing about sustainability: the role of HRM/HRD in embedding sustainability in organizational cultures; training and development methods, aimed at increasing sustainability awareness and at developing related skills and behavioral patterns; and sustainable leadership and development of related leadership skills. However, HRD graduate programs rarely incorporate sustainabilityfocused courses and topics within courses. In this paper I argue that there are at least three main areas where corresponding changes in HRD curricula are needed: a) Economic foundations of HRD (to demonstrate the economic necessity of the paradigm change and explain the role of HRD in achieving the Triple Bottom Line results); b) Systems theory (to provide a solid understanding of the systemic nature of inter-relationships between the economy, environment, and society); and c) Self-leadership and individual moral development as related to individual employees’ role in promoting sustainable organizations.
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Language	English
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Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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