Aesthetics and human resource development : connections, concepts and opportunities /

Aesthetics and human resource development : connections, concepts and opportunities /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Gibb, Stephen.
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Description:xviii, 177 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Routledge studies in human resource development ; 13
Subject:
Manpower policy.
Aesthetics.
Creative ability in business.
Aesthetics.
Creative ability in business.
Manpower policy.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5869485
Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:0415360978 (hrdback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-173) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Part I. Connections
  • 1. Pretty smart: aesthetics and HRD
  • 2. Making it up: constructing creativity
  • 3. Valuing aesthetics
  • 4. The illusion of potential: imaginative truth
  • 5. Caring about beauty
  • Part II. Concepts
  • 6. Artful HRD: pleasure for pleasure
  • 7. Arts-based HRD
  • 8. Beyond artfulness: expressing human vitality
  • Part III. Opportunities
  • 9. Developing strategies for creativity
  • 10. Creative industries
  • 11. Taking it seriously: subverting double standards
  • 12. Ending the silence aesthetically
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

Similar Items