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Human Resources Management

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Increasing The Awareness Of Human Resource Development Activities In Small Firms, Hanacho Michael Nmom Apr 2004

Increasing The Awareness Of Human Resource Development Activities In Small Firms, Hanacho Michael Nmom

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Much of what is known today concerning organizational human resource development efforts (those being employee training, education, and development activities) has steadily and favorably come from large firms. Conversely, very little is known about the extent of HRD activities in small firms, especially those with fewer than 300 employees. To correct this imbalance of awareness the primary aim of this study is to delineate the learning activities of four successfulsmall service-oriented firms in Kalamazoo (Michigan) county.

The study sample consists of seven "purposeful informants". A mixed-method case study, employing the quantitative and qualitative fact-finding strategies ofa simple survey questionnaire and …