Human Resource Development

Human Resource Development

1. Functions

   • Training & Development
     • process of enhancing the effectivness of an organisation and the well-being of its members through planned interventions
   • Organisational Development
     • focuses on the changing and improvement of knowledge, skills and attitudes of individuals
   • Career Development
     • ongoing process by which individuals progress through series of stages, each of which is characterised by a relatively unique set of issues, themes and tasks

2. set of systematic and planned activities designed by an organisation to provide its members with the opportunities to learn necessary skills to meet current and future job demands

3. Process

   • Step 1: Assessment
     • Training Needs Analysis
   • Step 2: Design
     • Prioritise needs to design program
   • Step 3: Implementation
     • Choosing of the date, time and venue according to employees' needs/wants
   • Step 4: Evaluation
     • collection of descriptive and judgemental information to make effective design on future trainings

4. Challenges Faced

   • Competing in a Global Economy
     • Better technology requires better-educated and training workers to compete in the increasingly sophisticated market. In addition, organisations will also need to institute quality improvement processes and introduce change efforts.
   • Eliminating the Skills Gap
     • Lack of skilled workers able to perform job up-to-standards
   • Increasing Workforce Diversity
     • HRD professionals have to handle the differences in opinions and views from different people
   • Facilitating Organisational Learning
     • facilitate the transition from traditional learning programs to three important factors

5. Roles of HRD Professionals

   • Change Agents
   • Trainers
   • Employee Development