Purpose – The key to success and failure in change projects may lie not in groundbreaking events or heroic gestures but in the many seemingly meaningless acts and events that occur throughout all change projects. In order to gain a better understanding of factors leading to success in change...

1. Introduction to the Volume: Future of Human Resource Development -- 2. HRD as the Epicentre of Governance in Public Administration -- 3. Unleashing Creativity in the Workplace. Apprenticeships in the Swiss Telecommunication and Public Transportation Industry -- 4. Self-Directed Learning and...