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Perspectives on Adult Education, Human Resource Development, and the Emergence of Workforce Development
Author(s) -
Jacobs Ronald L.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
new horizons in adult education and human resource development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1939-4225
DOI - 10.1002/nha3.10240
Subject(s) - workforce , human resources , workforce development , development (topology) , resource (disambiguation) , business , knowledge management , economic growth , computer science , management , economics , computer network , mathematics , mathematical analysis
This article presents a perspective on the relationship between adult education and human resource development of the past two decades and the subsequent emergence of workforce development. The lesson taken from the article should be more than simply a recounting of events related to these fields of study. Instead, the more general lesson may be to illustrate again the dynamic of how applied fields of study emerge. That is, as societal issues of importance occur, existing processes and information are often used out of necessity by practitioners to address the issues, which in turn promotes reflections mostly from the academic community about what was done. For some professionals, the evolving cycle is painful to experience because it often calls for fundamental change in their known intellectual territory. Alternately, such change should be embraced to ensure the continuing societal relevance of the field of study.

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