HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS

Human resources development (HRD) is a concept associated with human resources

management.

Organizations that implement HRD treat Human Resources as asset and not expense.HRD
departments motivate, support employees to learn continuously. HRD needs and use strategies to
motivate the work force.

The implementation of HRD covers the activities of management training, management

development and the appraisal. It has been noticed that it improves the managerial Performance.

Human resource development in the organization context is a process by which the employees of
an organization are helped, in a continuous and planned way to:

1. Acquire capabilities required to perform various functions associated with their present or
expected future roles.
2. Develop their general capabilities as individuals and discover and exploit their own inner
potentials for their own and organizational development purpose.
3. Develop an organizational culture in which supervisor-subordinate relationship
teamwork, and collaborations among sub-units are strong and contribute to the
professional well being, motivation, and pride of employees.

Significance of Human Resource Development

Human resource are the assets which do not find a place for mentioning in the balance sheet of a
company. It is important like other resources of production like a material, machines, money etc.
Any investment made on training and development of people is sure to show the results in the
years to come.

IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Human Resource is the most Important and vital Factor of Economic Development or it can be
said that humans are the agents of development. some of the importance of Human Resource or
Human Capital are.

1) Country Develops if The Human Resource is Developed:

To enhance economic development the state constructs roads, buildings bridges, dams, power
houses, hospitals, etc. to run these units doctors, engineers, scientist, teachers, are required. So if
the state invests in a human resource it pays dividend in response.
2) Increase in Productivity:
The batter education, improved skills, and provision of healthy atmosphere will result in proper
and most efficient use of resources (non-natural & natural) which will result in increase in
economic production.

3) Eradication of Social And Economic Backwardness:

Human Resource development has an ample effect on the backwardness economy and society.
The provision of education will increase literacy which will produce skilled Human Resource.
Similarly provision of health facilities will result in healthy Human Resource which will
contribute to the national economic development.

4) Entrepreneurship Increase:
Education, clean environment, good health, investment on the human resource, will all have its
positive effects. Job opportunities would be created in the country. And even business
environment will flourish in the state which creates many job opportunities.

5) Social Revolution:
Because of Human Resource development the socio economic life of the peoples of a country
changes drastically. Over all look changes thinking phenomena changes, progressive thoughts
are endorsed in to the minds of peoples.