Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-287) and index.

Introduction A critical take on a critical turn in HRD (Clare Rigg, Jim Stewart & Kiran Trehan) Part One A Critical Turn in HRD Introduction to Part One ch 1. Exploring the notion of 'time' and 'critical' HRD (Sally Sambrook) ch 2. The fallacy of ethics and Human Resource Development: How ethics limits the creation of a 'deep' profession (Tim Hatcher) ch 3. The ethics of HRD (Jim Stewart) "Activities for Part One" Part Two In the Workplace Introduction to Part Two ch 4. Feminism, gender and Human Resource Development (Beverley Dawn Metcalfe) ch 5. The mutation of HRD and strategic change: A critical perspective (Helen Francis) ch 6. Shifting boundaries in work and learning: HRD and the case of corporate education (Jean Kellie) "Activities for Part Two" Part Three Constraints in the Classroom Introduction to Part Three ch 7. Putting the 'C' in HRD (Lisa Anderson and Richard Thorpe) ch 8. How can I teach critical management in this place? A critical pedagogy for HRD: Possibilities, contradictions and compromises (Claire Valentin) ch 9. Chuck out the chintz? 'Stripped floor' writing and the catalogue of convention: Alternative perspectives on management inquiry (Brendon Harvey) "Activities for Part Three" Part Four Critique of Critical Orthodoxies Introduction to Part Four ch 10. Acknowledging conflict in Communities of Practice': A figurational perspective on learning and innovating in the workplace (Valerie Owen-Pugh) ch 11. The Learning Turn in education and training: Liberatory paradigm or oppressive ideology? (Leonard Holmes) ch 12. Going beyond a critical turn: Hypocrisies and contradictions (Kiran Trehan, Clare Rigg and Jim Stewart) "Activities for Part Four."

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