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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I. ROLE OF HUMAN CAPITAL IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: SOME MYTHS AND REALITIES* A. Background The world today is very different from the one which experienced the two world wars. During the second half of the twentieth century‚ considerable advancements in science and technology‚ along with the establishment of broadly-based governments and strengthening of institutions‚ have led to significant socio-economic progress and improvement in the lives of a large number of people in many countries
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PA R T 1 The Fundamentals of Human Resource Development Part 1 explains the fundamentals of human resource development. The topics covered act as a foundation for parts 2 and 3. These fundamentals encompass a wide range of issues including an analysis of the relationship between the theory and practice of the concept. 1 The Context of Human Resource Development Learning objectives: By the end of this chapter you should be able to: Q Define and explain the concept of globalization Q Discriminate
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HRD: Concept and Meaning Khan Sarfaraz Ali[1] The term human resources development (HRD) refers to the integrated use of training and development‚ organization development‚ and career development to improve individual‚ group‚ and organizational effectiveness (The American Society for Training and Development).[i] HRD aims to improve individual‚ group and organizational effectiveness and covers the development of people through education and training in a national context as well as within enterprises
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CHAPTER II HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT[1] (HRD) HRD is a profession today. It has a body of knowledge and this knowledge is transferred to younger generations through management institutes in India. By now HRD is a well-recognized function in organizations. HRD has professional bodies supporting its knowledge generation‚ knowledge dissemination and capacity building in organizations. HRD has also generated consulting firms which provide exclusive HRD services for organizations in need
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CONTENT 1) Content 1 2) Introduction to human resource development process 2 3) The human resource development process 3 4) The importance of Human resource development and its Process 5 5) Advantages of HRD to the organization 6 6) Advantages of HRD to the employees 7 7) Problems that affect the human resource development 8 8) Improving organizations
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Human Resource Planning and Development Md. Helal Uddin Business Administration Discipline Khulna University 2010 Md. Helal Uddin‚ Business Administration Discipline‚ Khulna University. helal_bba_ku@yahoo.com. Introduction Human resources are inimitable‚ appropriable‚ valuable and scarce‚ and nonsubstitutable asset which can create competitive advantages. People and their skills are the one thing that competitor organizations cannot imitate. So‚ human resource management is firmly embedded
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Human Resource Development is vital to organizations as it helps to improve business performance through the development of workforce‚ and directing and improving abilities and skills through activities planned to improve organizational learning. There are numerous definitions of Human Resource Development (Swanson & Holton‚ 2009) however I prefer the definition posited by Swanson (1995) as stated in Swanson & Holton (2009) because among other things (as discussed below) this resonates very well
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HUMAN RESOURCE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT. Training and development is a major investment made by employers ‚ and therefore great care should be taken to ensure adequate returns on the investment. Training and development. Some experts try to differentiate training from development. In this case‚ both training and development is in the same meaning. Training is more to short term‚ and focuses on current needs of the employee and the organization. Development meanwhile looks more to the future
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available resources‚ but its quality and competence as required by the organization from time to time. The difference between two nations largely depends on the level of quality of human resources. Similarly‚ the difference in the level of performance of two organizations also depends on utilization value of human resources. Moreover‚ the efficiency of production process and various areas of management depend to a greater extent on the level of human resources development. The term human resources refers
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