Member Care in Missions: Global Perspectives and Future Directions

1997 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly O'Donnell

Member care has become a specialized discipline within missions, drawing on the contributions of Christian counseling and psychology, pastoral care, and human resource development. Much is happening in the international member care community, especially in North America and Europe. This article highlights some of the key developments that have shaped and are shaping this field. It also points out the need to develop and prioritize additional supportive resources for those working among unreached people groups and for agencies from the “Newer Sending Countries” (Asia, Africa, and Latin America). The article closes with five suggestions—“PACTS”— for further developing this crucial field, calling upon the various member care streams to purposefully join together on behalf of the missions community.

1990 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley B. Baker ◽  
Thomas G. Daniels ◽  
Ann T. Greeley

This study reviews research on Carkhuff's Human Resource Training/Human Resource Development (HRT/HRD), Kagan 's Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR), and Ivey's Microcounseling (MC) programs, in all of which the trainees were graduate-level counselors. Both narrative and meta-analytic reviewing approaches were used. What has been accomplished thus far in each program is summed up, and future directions for training and research are suggested. All three programs were found effective overall with the meta-analysis categorizing the effects of HRT/HRD as large, of IPR as small, and of MC as a medium. Beyond overall effects; the narrative and meta-analytic reviews tended to focus on different variables, calling reviewer and reader attention to differing concerns and recommendations. It was concluded that there is more work to be accomplished with all three training programs when used with graduate-level counselors, and both methods of research integration should be understood for what they do and do not offer and used accordingly.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-436
Author(s):  
Jaekyo Seo ◽  
Ki Bum Noh ◽  
Alexandre Ardichvili

This research studied changes in theory building and testing levels, reported in 668 articles published in three leading Human Resource Development (HRD) journals in years 2000 to 2017. Using a modified taxonomy of theory building research, we found evidence to suggest that the trajectory of theory building and testing efforts in HRD suggests that the field has reached a stage of a mature discipline. The study has found that some types of research have become less important as the discipline matured (e.g., Reporters, or articles reporting observation of phenomena) or remain stable (Modifiers of existing theories), whereas others steadily grow in importance (theory Builders and Expanders). Correlating the results of citation analysis with types of articles, we found that articles that propose and test new theoretical constructs at the same time, or those that expand new theories, enjoy significantly higher levels of citations, compared with articles that report observations of practice or duplicate earlier studies.


1993 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-37
Author(s):  
Cheong Heng Yuen ◽  
Ong Pheng Yen

This paper discusses the imperatives and issues in implementing the pastoral care and career guidance project which began in 1988 in Singapore schools from a Ministry of Education perspective. In the context of this discussion, it also highlights the various issues that affect the development of career guidance in Singapore schools. The career guidance initiative aims to meet the growing need for career guidance for pupils in schools, and the desire to enhance productivity by maximising limited human resources, through a better understanding of self, opportunities available, the world of work and lifelong learning. The school is the best place to begin this important process of human resource development by providing appropriate career guidance to pupils.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Negin Fallah Haghighi ◽  
Masoud Bijani ◽  
Morteza Parhizkar

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-127
Author(s):  
Nova Indrayana Yusman

Yamaha Vixion Club Bandung (YVCB) was formed on July 7, 2007 in the city of Bandung, as a place of friendship between Yamaha Vixion motorcyclists. In its organizational structure, YVCB has a Human Resource Development (HRD) division. Until now, there are more than 800 Yamaha Vixion Club Bandung members. This software is made to facilitate the work of the Yamaha Vixion Club Bandung HRD Division in processing member data. Created using Microsoft Webmatrix as an editor with the PHP programming language. The database uses MySQL with PHPMyAdmin as the software. The method used in making this software is prototyping so that between developers and customers can understand each other what the customer wants. The purpose of making web-based member data management software is that in terms of managing member data it can be done anytime and anywhere by just accessing the internet. In the use of the program, the author chose to use PHP, because PHP is the best and easiest to use in website programming language. Based on the last paragraph, the author intends to make aplication based computerized attendance so that become effective and efficient in terms of time.


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