HRD System Activity: Structural-Functional Approach

Establishing a solid competitive edge of any organization requires not only individual training of employees, but their constant and continuous development within any group or organization through formation, exchange and application of knowledge and skills. Establishing an HR development system that may successfully implement that idea seems a big challenge, but the system activity assessment is a greater one. Based on the results of the PH.D. research, this monograph examines the HRD system activity through the perspective of the structural- functional approach. Development and integration of structural-functional interactions within any organization (primarily, through realization of relevant training interventions) will make the system structurally mature and enable to implement its educational elements. In this case the HR development's function becomes the most crucial for the organizational development, which makes it possible to speak of effectiveness of the HRD system. The present research may be of immediate interest to students, scholars and practitioners majoring in HR Management and HR Development.