Contents: the concept and boundaries of human resource system / contexts and system designing / analysing the role for development / matching the role and the person: recruitment and placement / the beginnings of salicalisation: induction and placement / developing the person in the role: performance appraisal / from performance appraisal to performance management: recent developments / beyond the present role: potential appraisal / designing and managing assessment centres / developing dyadic relationships: performance review and coaching / preparing for advancement: career planning and development / development system: training and learning organisation / developing pride and joy: job enrichment, quality of working life, and role efficacy / development approach to worker affairs / self-renewal: o.D. And change management research / socialisation process: integrating the individual in the culture / 360 degree of multirater assessment and feedback systems (mafs) / using instruments and behaviour simulation for hrd / reinforcing pride and team work: compensation and reward system / some issues in human resource system designing / strategies of developing human resources / making hrd effective: hrd audit / hrd function: global models and indian experiences: an audit / asian trends in hrd / hrd resources / index