10.1177/1523422303254671 ARTICLEAdvances in Developing Human Resources August 2003Bing et al. / CHALLENGES TO THE FIELD OF HRD Challenges to the Field of Human Resources Development

The problem and the solution. Although the future of the field of human resource development (HRD) cannot be pre-cisely foretold, trends and analyses provide us with insight into the challenges likely to be faced by professionals in the field. How we, as HRD professionals, react to these challenges will determine our contribution to organizations and society. This article explores the major challenges identified from within this journal issue