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Due to globalization and liberalization, customers have become more and more demanding, while companies have become more competitive. They feel the need to tailor ways of delivering value to the organization in terms of training people. This stresses the importance of training, education and development in any organization to enhance the quality of work of employees at all levels.
It is said that a company that loses all its equipment but retains the skills and know-how of its workforce could be back in business relatively quickly but one that loses its workforce, while keeping its equipment, will find it much more difficult to recover. Organizations are becoming increasingly aware of the tangible contribution of the intangible assets like the workforce. While the traditional physical assets’ contribution is finite, the workforce ...
E-learning is a new opportunity globalization offers where businesses operating in many locations in different time zones receive information at the cost of internal planning, logistics and distribution. These are cost-saving, increase productivity, and provide better integration with employees, customers and business partners, causing a new business climate to emerge.
Talent management has always been a matter of concern to companies. The practices of recruitment and retention leave a lot to be desired across the world. Gone are the days when the employer could expect potential employees to line up at the door of the employer, on a job advertisement. With cutthroat competition and opportunities galore, employers need to be more conscious and sensitive in their approach to recruitment. Similar is the story of retention of ...
Human Resource Development in the knowledge economy provides a comprehensive and critical approach to the study of the discipline. It emphasizes the need to effectively integrate human resource with the wider strategic management issues of the organization. Peter Drucker with his uncanny futuristic vision had predicted that the 21st century would belong to the knowledge worker. The one-size-fits-all approach that has questionable relevance must yield place to a ...