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THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT


THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

            Human resource development is concerned with the development and implementation of people strategies, which are integrated with corporate strategies, and ensures that the culture, values and structure of the organization, and the quality, motivation and commitment of its members contribute fully to the achievement of its goals.

             The concept of Human Resource Development (HRD) has been gaining prominence and focus in management during the last two decades. Human resource being the most significant and active factor of production is considered to be the center of all development processes of the economy.

  Human Resource Development has three words with different focus:
1. Human: It refers to the talents, skills and energies people, having potential to grow, change and develop.

2. Resource: It is the ‘capability’ aspects where individual are considered ‘resource’ rather than problems. Resource has the capacity to transform, to change and develop.

3. Development: This aspect has an emphasis on the discovery and nurturing of potential capacities. It is a process of change and growth.

1. According to Rogers, “Human Resource Development is a holistic concept, incorporating intrinsically social, culture, and spiritual dimension to build capacity and empower people.”

2. According to John E. Jones, “Human Resource Development is an approach to the systematic expansion of people’s work-related abilities, focused on the attainment of both organisation and personal goals.”

3. In the words of Swanson and Holton, “HRD is a process for developing and unleashing human expertise through organisation development and personnel training and development for the purpose of improving performance.”

4. In the words of Lynham and Cunningham define HRD as “Process of organised capability and competency based learning experience undertaken by employee within a specified period of time to bring about individual and organisational performance improvement, and to enhance national economic, cultural, and social growth.”

5. In the words of Leonard Nadler, “Human Resource Development is a series of organised activities, conducted within a specified time and designed to produce behavioral change.”

6. According to Watkins, “human resource development is fostering long-term work related learning capacity at individual, group and organizational level”



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