Why humanistic approaches in HRD won't work

Humanism has long been considered a cherished worldview underpinning human resource development. such it occupies a privileged status within the field, and in the main, its central tenets have gone, despite massive changes in the economic, sociological, and technological structure of work society. This brief article challenges the preeminence of humanism and argues that the rhetoric of approaches is not matched by organizational actions of compressed career progression, tight budgetary constraints, and a market driven economic philosophy.