TY - BOOK AU - Gibb,Stephen TI - Aesthetics and human resource development: connections, concepts and opportunities T2 - Routledge studies in human resource development SN - 0203008510 AV - HD5713 .G53 2006eb U1 - 658.3/01 22 PY - 2006/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Manpower policy KW - Aesthetics KW - Creative ability in business KW - Emploi KW - Politique gouvernementale KW - Créativité dans les affaires KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Workplace Culture KW - bisacsh KW - Human Resources & Personnel Management KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-173) and index; Pretty smart : aesthetics and HRD -- Making it up : constructing creativity -- Valuing aesthetics -- The illusion of potential : imaginative truth -- Caring about beauty -- Artful HRD : pleasure for pleasure -- Arts-based HRD -- Beyond artfulness : expressing human vitality -- Developing strategies for creativity -- Creative industries -- Taking it seriously : subverting double standards -- Ending the silence aesthetically; Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) N2 - The first book to look at both aesthetics and human resource development, this timely and original work investigates existing, as well as possible future, connections and relations between the two areas. Well structured and expertly written, The Aesthetic Challenges of Human Resource Development is undoubtedly a valuable reference for students of human resource management, business and management, and aesthetics UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=159498 ER -