MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME

ASSIGNMENT
FIRST SEMESTER
2008

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (MS-22)

COURSE CODE MS – 22
COURSE NAME HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ASSIGNMENT CODE MS – 22/SEM-1/ TMA/2008
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS 5
Question No.1

Explain the concept of Human Resource Development. Discuss various HRD system and sub-
systems in your organization or any organization you are familiar with. Which of these
systems are effective and why?

Answer:

In the present scenario, more importance is being given to “people” in organization. This is
mainly because organizations are realizing that human assets are the most important of all
assets or resources. The expectations of people are fast changing.

The basic assumption underlying the view was that human beings are primarily motivated by
comforts and compensation, and necessary attention may be given to rationalize these, so
that people do not get dissatisfied. Most of the attention therefore was on administration
of wage settlement and fringe benefits. It is now being increasingly realized that people
working in organizations are human beings. They have their own needs, motivation and
expectations, and that their contributions to the organizations is much more than that of
any other resources being used.

The concept of human resource assumes that human beings are a great asset to an
organization. They are not merely necessary evils to be reckoned with in fact they can
contribute a great deal to the achievement of organization goals. This positive view of
people working in the organization as an asset with unlimited potential.

The concept of human resources in HRD is not value free. Broadly speaking, there are three
meaning attached to the HRD.

Persons working in the in organization are regarded as a valuable resource, implying

that there is a need to invest time and effort in their development.
They are human resource, which means that they have their own special
characteristics and therefore cannot be treated like material resources.
Human resource development dose not merely focus on employees as individuals but
also on other social units and processes in the organization.

In other wards there are six distinguishable human units are included in human organization
mainly: -

- Persons
- Jobs & Roles
- Dyads
- Teams
- Intra – teams
- Organizations
The emerging developmental processes of the six human units are briefly discussed below.

1. Persons (The Individual employee): - The individual employee is the key unit in an
organization. HRD is primarily concerned with the development of persons working in
the organization. There is few important process relevant to the development of
persons or individual i.e. Self-Management, Competence Building & Advancement.
The person working in an organization should develop skills to manage his/her work
effectively. This would be involve learning to set realistic goals, the goals must be
achievable yet challenging. Self-management would also involve using information and
competency to improve one’s performance in future. In competency building the main
contribution of HRD to the individual development is in terms of building
competencies required for better performance on the job. Further in advancement
every employee wants to advance his/her career in the organization. HRD should
help in the process of such advancement.
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