Invited reaction: The effects of alternative reports of human resource development results on managerial support

✍ Scribed by Wayne F. Cascio

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 58 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1044-8004
• DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.1057

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Mattson's article is an important contribution to the literature in HRD and program evaluation for a
variety of reasons. It addresses an area that sorely needs rigorous research, it uses a theory‐based model
that is relevant to managers' evaluations of HRD programs, it provides valuable insights on how best to
present HRD evaluation results to managers, and it demonstrates that HRD program evaluations that are expressed in
terms of results do influence the decisions of operating managers. The ongoing challenge will be to articulate
linkages between HRD programs, employees' behavior, and outcomes that are important to managers. Doing so
will lead to even greater impact on managers' decisions about the future uses of HRD interventions.