The book views the importance of human resource development. It provides insight into the theoretical and practical implications of components of HRD. It takes up issues relating to performance appraisal, training, career planning, quality of work life balance, labour turnover and workplace environment. With case studies of various private and public sector companies, it examines human resource as a major factor in banking, managing human resources in healthcare sector, human resource practices in insurance industry. It also tries to understand the implications of human resource information system. It deals with some contemporary issues like impact of emotional intelligence on personality and perceptions regarding female employees.