This document contains papers from 35 symposia as well as 2 keynote presentations at the 1996 Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) conference. The symposia are on the following topics: (1) HRD town forum; (2) HRD and business outcomes; (3) action learning; (4) evaluation issues in HRD; (5) rethinking diversity; (6) HRD in selected nations; (7) orchestrating work and learning; (8) HRD models in Europe; (9) high involvement work teams; (10) instructional technology; (11) learning research; (12) work force issues; (13) career development; (14) change process in organizations; (15) instructional delivery; (16) HRD journals; (17) core directions in HRD; (18) learning organization; (19) transfer of training; (20) cross-cultural HRD; (21) contextual learning issues; (22) expertise in organizations; (23) career development/special needs; (24) practitioner states; (25) structured and unstructured learning; (26) leadership and management development; (27) diversity in the workplace; (28) university instruction in HRD; (29) performance improvement; (30) partnership research; (31) evaluation systems in HRD; (32) team building; (33) training practices; (34) HRD academic programs; and (35) status of HRD research. The two keynote papers address HRD integrity through business-research partnerships: "Partnering for Research: The Ford Design Institute/UGA Research Project" (Karen E. Watkins, Lewis J. Bellinger) and "The Partnership Journey from Satisfaction to Performance: Human Resource Development Becomes a World-Class Business Partner" (Timothy R. McClernon; Richard A. Swanson). Papers contain references. (SK)