THE CHALLENGES OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN PAKISTAN Dr. Nasim Ashraf Abstract This paper explores the challenges posed in the area of human development in Pakistan. Pakistan has made little progress in key indicators of human development - education and health - due to years of neglect in policy making and implementation issues. Based on available data‚ it is highlighted that despite achieving a respectable growth rate‚ Pakistan has not been able to reduce poverty as other nations have
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Functional Roles of Human Resources One of the most important departments in a company is the human resources department. This department is charged with finding‚ screening‚ recruiting‚ and training job applicants‚ as well as administering employee-benefit programs. As companies reorganize to gain competitive edge‚ human resources play a key role in helping companies deal with a fast-changing competitive environment and the greater demand for quality employees. The purpose of this paper is to describe
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The role of the Human Resource Manager is evolving with the change in competitive market environment and the realization that Human Resource Management must play a more strategic role in the success of an organization. Organizations that do not put their emphasis on attracting and retaining talents may find themselves in dire consequences‚ as their competitors may be outplaying them in the strategic employment of their human resources. With the increase in competition‚ locally or globally‚ organizations
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the Relationship Between Human Resource Management and Human Resource Development Diana Williams National American University Understanding the Relationship Between Human Resource Management and Human Resource Development Human resource management (HRM) is the umbrella under which all other human resource activities are found. Some of the major activities under the umbrella are: benefits and compensation‚ health safety and security‚ human resource planning‚ staffing‚ equal employment
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Nankervis‚ A. R.‚ (1993). Enhancing Productivity in the Australian Hotel Industry: The Role of Human Resource Management‚ Research and Practice in Human Resource Management‚ 1(1)‚ 17-39. Enhancing Productivity in the Australian Hotel Industry: The Role of Human Resource Management Alan R. Nankervis Abstract The Australian hotel industry is at the crossroads. As part of the tourism strategy of the present Federal Government‚ it is charged with catapulting Australia out of its
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traditional role of humana resource management 2 4. reasons why the role of HRM has changed 3 4.1. globalisation 3 4.2. technological innovation 3 4.3. trends in nature of work 3 5. the role of line managers 4-5 6. summary 5 7. conclusion 5-6 8. refrence 6 1.Abstract In this report I have discussed the objectives of human resource management and line managers‚ further more I have discussed the traditional roles of human resource management
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Management Professor: Vanessa Washington Human Resource Planning and Organizational Strategy Rhonda Hudson August 4‚ 2014 Human resource is about the people in an organization; which is the core of any organization and its strategic plan. When properly aligned‚ the human resource department contributes to a successful strategy and the financial bottom line of a company. To have full involvement with strategy development‚ human resource needs to compare what it does now‚ with
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"Roles of HRM" Roles of HRM Pepper K. Metoyer Grantham University Function 1: Manpower planning It has been proven that there are penalties for not being correctly staffed. When a company is either understaffed‚ or overstaffed‚ it can become costly‚ as well as detrimental to the welfare of the company and its employers‚ and employees. a. Understaffing can have a company lose its business economy‚ specialization‚ orders‚ customers and profits. b. Overstaffing can be wasteful
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Examination Paper MM.100 Human Resource Development & Training Section A: Objective Type (30 marks) · This section consists of Multiple Choice and Short answer type questions. · Answer all the questions. · Part one questions carry 1 mark each & Part Two questions carry 5 marks each. Part One: Multiple choices: 1) Who used the term ‘Intellectual Capital’ for the first time? a. Alvin Toffler b. Tseng and Jiao c. J K Galbraith d. Rouibah and Ould-al 2) Organizational behavior is a: a. Micro
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The human resource department plays a major role in helping plan the system and in developing job description‚ job specification and performance standards. Specialists in that department may be assigned to conduct job analysis and write job descriptions in cooperation with managers‚ supervisors and employees. The human resource department is not involved in the actual writing of performance standards but play a diagnostic‚ training and monitoring role. JOB DESIGN Job design is a process of determining
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