HRD Audit: Evaluating the Human Resource Function for Business Improvement Review Praises for the First Edition  A unique feature of the book is the HRD Score Card which has been developed and tested by the author. This Score Card can be used to access and benchmark the maturity level of the HRD function in organizations and make them business-driven. Written in a readable and accessible style, this practice-based book includes several cases, examples, illustrations, detailed questionnaires and checklists.    (Business Line)There is a wide recognition that the HR function can be a key factor in business success and improved organizational performance. Yet, in many organizations, the HR function has either not performed upto expectations or has been unaware of its required role. Hence, a thorough evaluation of the HR function is imperative both to rejuvenate it and to make it more business-driven. HRD audit makes such an evaluation possible by examining the adequacy and appropriateness of the existing HRD systems.   (Financial Express)The HR function is the next horizon Indian firms are out to conquer. Rao’s four parameters for good HR functions—HR linked to business, systems-driven HR, HR values and employee competencies—are today’s catchphrases.  (Businessworld)A unique feature of the book is the HRD Score Card which has been developed and tested by the author. This Score Card can be used to access and benchmark the maturity level of the HRD function in organizations and make them business-driven. Written in a readable and accessible style, this practicebased book includes several cases, examples, illustrations, detailed questionnaires and checklists. (Business Line) 				    	 					         		         		         	                  	         		About the Author T. V. Rao is currently the Chairman of T. V. Rao Learning Systems Pvt. Ltd, Ahmedabad. He was a Professor at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) between 1973 and 1994 and, subsequently, Adjunct/Visiting Professor until 2014. He is the Founder President of the National HRD Network (NHRDN), and the First Honorary Director of the Academy of HRD, India. He was also the President of the Indian Society for Applied Behavioral Science (ISABS). Dr Rao has worked as an HRD Advisor to the Reserve Bank of India, has assisted the Administrative Reforms Commission in reviewing the personnel management practices for civil services, and has also served as a member of the HRM Review Committee of Nationalised Banks set up by the Ministry of Finance. Dr Rao has worked as a short-term consultant to UNESCO, Ministry of Health, Indonesia; National Entrepreneurial Development Association, Malaysia; and the Commonwealth Secretariat, London. Dr Rao has over 50 books to his credit, of which 15 are authored jointly with Dr Udai Pareek.