DISSERTATION HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON COMPETENCIES: AN APPLICATION OF AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT (ASTD) WORKPLACE LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE (WLP) COMPETENCY MODEL IN MALAYSIA Submitted by Kahirol Mohd Salleh School of Education In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado Fall 2012 Doctoral Committee: Advisor: Gene W. Gloeckner William M. Timpson Donald L. Venneberg N. Prabha Unnithan