HRD has gained importance in the working of various types of organisations. Optimum use of present and future manpower is a very vital question and requires considerable thinking and planning. Manpower variable is to adjust and readjust to meet the dynamic needs of the society. Manpower development is essential not only for an individual's growth but also for attaining better equilibrium in the working of various institutions. In this third revised edition, the various contributors, all experts in their area of study, analyse the concepts and issues involved in Human Resource Development. They assess the requirements for manpower and how to generate corresponding supply to build up an educational, training and information structure; the achievement of proper health standards so as to preserve the manpower; and measurement of the costs and benefits of existing human resource development programmes both from short-term and long-term points of view. Apart from analysing the concepts and issues involved in human resource development, attention is also focussed on manpower planning, education and training, impact of liberalisation and globalisation, TQM and Human Resource Accounting, and several other important topics concerning human capital formation and human resource dimensions of the new economic policy. This book will be of great use to scholars, students and teachers of commerce, management and public administration; to various business organisations and government departments; and will be a good reference book for all HRD training programmes.

Table of Contents:
Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Part I : HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT : THE CONCEPT AND ISSUES : 1. Human Resource Development : A Critical View/B.N. Asthana 2. Human Resource Development : Issues before us/B.B. Tandon 3. Human Resource Management : Need for Positive Approach/J.L. Rastogi 4. Human Resource Development : Employment, Work and Indian Economy/Dharmendra Goel 5. Human Resource Development : Indian Context/T.N. Sidhanta 6. Human Resource Development/R.C. Kumar 7. Human Resource Development/M.M. Soni 8. Human Resource Development and Organisation/Rajwant Singh 9. HRD is a Systems Approach to Employment Management/D.P. Singh 10. Preparing Managers of Character : Ancient Indian Insights/A.K. Srivastva 11. Human Resource Development in the Civil Service : Critical Areas for Improvement/R.K. Sapru 12. Human Development versus Human Resource Development : Concepts and Management Strategies/Prakash Chandra Suri 13. Tools of Executive Advancement/A.K. Jain 14. Human Resource Development : Indian Experiences/A.S. Sidhu and C.S. Cheema Part II : HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT : MANPOWER PLANNING : 15. Human Resource Management : Manpower Planning/Renu R.P. Singh 16. Human Capital Formation in the Unorganised Sector/Yash Pal 17. Availability and Utilization of Human Resources in Rural and Urban Families/K. Oberoi, Preet Kanwal and Muninder K. Sidhu 18. Human Capital: Theory and Evidence/B.B. Tandon 19. Strategy and Technique of Manpower Planning in Developing Countries/B.B. Tandon 20. Employment and Structural Changes in the Indian Economy/N.K. Soni 21. Human Relations for Better Productivity/K.B.L. Malhotra 22. Inequality, Commitment and Human Resource Development : A Study of Industrial Workers/Vinita Srivastava Part III : HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT : EDUCATION AND TRAINING : 23. Education and Human Resource Development - The Indian Experience/C.S. Cheema and H.S. Sandhu 24. Human Resource Development at the Universities - An Agenda for Systemic Change/S.P. Singh 25. Formal Education and Human Resource Development : Do People Care in Rural India?/A.C. Julka, P.K. Sharma and O.P. Bagai 26. Human Resource Development-Educational and Psychological Perspectives/Pushpa Chaudhary/Pushpa Chaudhary 27. Education for Women's Equality : An Analysis of Policies and Practices in Human Resource Development/Asha Mohan Sethi 28. Harnessing Human Resource Potential - The Strategic Role of Women Education/I.P. Sharma 29. Structuring Distance Education for Human Resource Development/Ravi K. Mahajan 30. Management Training and Evaluation : An Action Research Model/Premila Verma 31. Future Directions in Training in Public Enterprises/S.K. Bhatia 32. Impact of Training on Some Industrial Relations Variables/P.P. Arya 33. Training of Educational Administrators in India/R.C. Srivastava 34. Changing Role of Public Administration : Indian Insights for Training and Development/A.K. Srivastava Part IV : HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT : IMPACT OF LIBERALISATION AND GLOBALISATION : 35. Human Resource Dimensions of New Economic Policy/P.P. Arya 36. Restructuring-A Competitive Advantage : A Trade Union's View/P.P. Arya 37. Social Clause and World Trade Organization/P.P. Arya 38. Employees' Interest and Public Sector Units' Disinvestment Programme/P.P. Arya 39. Labour Management Strategies and Liberalisation of Indian Economy/P.P. Arya Part V : HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT : TQM AND HUMAN RESOURCE ACCOUNTING : 40. Total Quality Management/Meenakshi Malhotra 41. Team Development/Meenakshi Malhotra 42. The Lev and Schwartz Model Based Human Resource Accounting System and the Use of Appropriate Discount Rate/Dinesh K. Gupta 43. Human Resource Accounting in India : Some Issues/Dinesh K. Gupta 44. Human Resource Excellence through Technology Management/Anupama Kaushik and Sanjeev K. Sharma Part VI : HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT : MISCELLANEOUS ASPECTS : 45. Quality of Worklife and Indian Industrial Workers/Sangeeta Jain 46. Job Stress/Sarita Bhaskar 47. Organizational Stress as Determinant of Certain Job Behaviours/Shailendra Singh and Ajay Sharma 48. Strikes and Lockouts : Causes and Remedial Measures/Surya K. Srivastava 49. Cordial Industrial Relations and Human Resource Development : The Symbolic Nexus/Ranbir Kaur 50. Wage Differentials between Scheduled Caste and Non-Scheduled Caste Agricultural Labour/B.B. Tandon 51. Human Resource Development : A Summary of Issues and Prospects Contributors