Human resource development is the process of preparing more skillful and competent people to cater to the present and future needs of the organization. The concept of Human Resource Development is helpful for both, employee and the employer. It helps employees to enhance their skill set whereas helps companies to get more talented individuals.
Human Resource is a broad topic of management that is focused on hiring, retaining, enhancing the skills and motivating human resources in order to create a win-win situation where company and employee both get good growth.
Definition of Human Resource Development
The concept of Human Resource Development was first introduced by Leonard Nadler in the year 1969.
“Human resource development is a series of organised activities, conducted within a specialised time and designed to produce behavioural changes.”
Leonard Nadler
“HRD is a process by which the employees of an organisation are helped in a continuous and planned way to (i) acquire or sharpen capabilities required to perform various functions associated with their present or expected future roles; (ii) develop their journal capabilities as individual and discover and exploit their own inner potential for their own and /or organisational development purposes; (iii) develop an organisational culture in which superior-subordinate relationship, team work and collaboration among sub-units are strong and contribute to the professional well being, motivation and pride of employees.”
Prof. T.V. Rao
Concept of Human Resource Development
This is a process to help the employees of an organization in a continuous way in order to-
- Help them to gain new skills for a current or future roles
- Help them to sharpen their present skill sets to perform better
- Explore their potential as an individual and find the best-suited roles for them in the organization.
- Develop a supportive and collaborative work culture
- Take care of the motivation and morale of employees and boost them if needed
- Promote a hierarchical order for better collaboration and communication among employees of all ranks and orders
Need for Human Resource Development
Human resource development is required to achieve the following-
- Dynamic work culture
- Growth of organization as well as employee
- Boosting overall efficiency
- Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace
- Keep pace with the changing work environment
- Promoting leadership
- Betterment of products and services of the organization