This document contains papers from 23 of 25 symposia held at the 1995 Academy of Human Resource Development (HRD) conference. Keynote speeches, symposium 6, and symposium 25 are not included. The 23 symposia are on the following topics: (1) HRD town forum; (2) core directions in HRD; (3) university instruction in HRD; (4) evaluation in HRD; (5) leadership, executive, and management development; (6) university HRD programs; (7) contextual learning issues; (8) performance improvement; (9) team building; (10) diversity in the workplace; (11) HRD and business outcomes; (12) instructional technology; (13) work analysis and expertise; (14) work force issues facing HRD; (15) change process in organizations; (16) financial analysis of HRD; (17) instructional strategies; (18) research centers--ecstasies and agonies; (19) transfer of learning; (20) advancing the profession through journals--the editor-author-profession partnership; (21) the learning organization; (22) cross-cultural HRD; and (23) high involvement work teams. (MN)