Contribution of Human Resource Development to Organisations: A Case Study of Asuogyaman District Assembly

Asamoah, George

doi:10.11648/j.jhrm.20160404.11

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“…Human resource development has been suggested to contribute towards increased productivity and increased employees' ability to perform expectedly in the organization (Ogbari et al, 2015;Asamoah, 2016). Therefore, human resource planning has been reported as essential to achievement of human resource development strategy and contributes towards organization's performance management.…”

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Workplace Skills Plan, Human Capital Development and Organizational Performance at Ethekwini Municipality

2021

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Human capital development in the eThekwini municipality raises the knowledge, skills and behavioural competencies of employees to the level required to achieve and exceed the organisational requirements contained in the integrated development plan of the municipality. As stated in the integrated development plan, the municipality aims to train its staffs and improve their skills so that the services they provide are sustainable, efficient, and effective. Hence, the overall aim of this study is to establish the influence of work place skills plan on human capital development amongst the employees of eThekwini municipal councils in South Africa. The study used a quantitative research method through a structured self administered questionnaire as the proper instrument for data collection. With non -probability and convenience sampling technique the researchers selected respondents who completed, signed and returned 2018-2019 work place skills plan forms during consultation and meeting with their managers. In this study, 279 respondents completed and returned the questionnaire. The study used a data analysis instrument called Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS version 20) and AMOS version 20. Results from data analysis showed that workplace skills plan is useful in boosting the overall human capital development in the workplace and therefore can be used as a tool for human capital development. Workplace skills plans assist companies to adjust to labour market flexibility and train for what the market requires and to maximise the returns from the large investment in skills and tertiary qualifications. The findings of this study indicated that training and development have a direct and indirect positive influence on human capital development. The recommended that local municipalities should maximise investments in development of human capital initiatives to sustain effective organisational performance, improve employee performance, productivity, employee competencies, efficiency, effectiveness, and long -term organisational prosperity. Keywords: Training Needs Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Structural Equation Modelling, Reliability Analysis, Validity Analysis, Return on Investments, Employee Productivity, South Africa.

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Workplace Skills Plan, Human Capital Development and Organizational Performance at Ethekwini Municipality

2021

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“…Hence, the next section of this study discussed the conceptual framework of the study, including the main constructs of the study amongst which are human capital development, workplace skills plan and organizational performance. Asamoah (2016) asserted that human resources development (HRD) contributed to increased productivity and employee abilities to discharge their functions in the organisation. The author stressed further that human resource planning is the key towards achieving an effective HRD strategy and how it contributes towards management of organisation's performance.…”

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Empowering Rural Women with Socio-Economic Skills for Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development

Ojogbane¹

2022

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Poverty is deadly and should be handled with almost seriousness. This is what the rural women go through from this research. The rural women who are the target of this paper suffer a lot of socio-economic and political setback as a result of poverty. Poverty is seen as when an individual or a household is unable to meet what is considered as minimum requirement to sustain livelihood in a given society. Sustainable development which is a panacea for poverty alleviation is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their needs. Poverty alleviation programme is a task that must rigorously pursued in order to make the rural women live a better life. This call for socio-economic skill, such as functional literacy, entrepreneur training etc. of bringing the rural women out of this condition are recommended, such as elimination of discrimination against rural women, ensure equal right of rural women to own land and inherit property. Finally conclusion to drawn thus, the rural women make serous and reasonable contributions to the economy of the nation and so every effort to liberate them from the scourge of poverty is a welcome idea. Keywords: Women Empowerment: Rural Poverty: Socio-Economic Skills: National Development: Sustainable Development.

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Contribution of Human Resource Development to Organisations: A Case Study of Asuogyaman District Assembly

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Workplace Skills Plan, Human Capital Development and Organizational Performance at Ethekwini Municipality

Workplace Skills Plan, Human Capital Development and Organizational Performance at Ethekwini Municipality

Empowering Rural Women with Socio-Economic Skills for Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development

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