Organizations set and want to meet goals, objectives and strategies.

They encourage a continuous learning process and HRD plays a significant role in that process, as it can be seen as a huge part of the overall organizational setting and performance. It has the aim to lead/generate high performance in the workforce. It not only gives advantages to the business, but creates a workforce that is developed and (multi-) skilled.

Human Resources Development (HRD) from its origin has been involved with training activities, however during the past few years it has incorporated a variety of development approaches to create an efficient and effective organization.

In almost any HR textbook, organizational vision or mission statement you will read- “people are our most important asset”, but without any employee development employees do not have a high impact on the overall productivity and that is currently the case in this economy!

Human Resources Development from its origin has been involved with training activities and during the past few years it incorporated a variety of development approaches to create the efficient and effective organization.

People need to be able to be productive within their job, and will achieve that due to training or any other form of education and continuous learning.

Improving the competencies to get the utmost of those skills.

I believe the real difference between success and failure in a corporation can be very often traced to the question of how well the organization brings out the great energies and talents of its people. - Thomas J. Watson, Jr.

Human Resource Development gives way to a planned approach, giving employees the opportunity to receive or gain essential skills, supporting management in achieving their goals, objectives and strategies, through the use of planning and making the right decisions.

HRD helps to assess the future learning and development needs and improvements can be made.

Human Resource Development Goals:

• A diverse, highly skilled, productive, healthy, and efficient workforce.
• Fair and lawful treatment of all employees.
• Highly effective supervisors, leaders and managers.
• Operational excellence in the delivery of all Human Resource service and function.
• Alignment of HR, OD, Business policies and processes with the organization’s needs and goals.

It can be said that Human Resource Development is a sort of a facilitator of learning, but it must not be forgotten that even though the company may train employees, one must have the will to learn, it is NOT only up to the organization.

In effect, the organization will efficiently and effectively achieve its corporate strategies, goals and objectives and this will in the long term give way to a productive and healthy HR environment.

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