Meaning of HRD

HRD means building 3 cs

Capabilities
Commitment
Culture
Definition of HRD
HRD is primarily concerned with developing
employees through training, feedback and counselling
by the senior officers and other developmental efforts.
Udai Pareek & T. V. Rao
Cont.
HRD in organizational context, defined as a process, by
which employees of an organization are continously helped
in a planned way:
To acquire capabilities required to perform tasks
To develop their general enabling capabilities as individuals
so that they are able to disover and utilize their own inner
potential for their own or organizational development
purpose;
To develop an organizational culture where superior and
subordinate relationmships, team work and collaboration
among different sub-units are strong and contribute to the
organizational health, dynamism and pride of employees

Evolution of HRD
The evolution of HRD can be discussed in two stages

A Global perspective

An Indian Perspective
A Global Perspective
Emerging of apprenticeship training program and
collective bargaining
Emergence of vocational training program and factory
schools
Training programs for semi-skilled and unskilled
workers; and
Emergence of training as a profession
An Indian Perspective
Emergence of Trade union movement and finally
Trade union Act of 1926 gave a formal recognition to
the worker union.
Tata group implemented employee welfare measures
In 1950s two professional bodies were established to
help in the development of HR namely IIPMat kolkata
and NPLM at mumbai.
Cont.
The personnel function welfare activities slowly shifted
to IR and personnel Administration during 1960s
transformed itself to the personnel management.
Due to the developments after the second world war in
1970s there was a shift from concern for welfare to
concern for efficiency.
Slowly professional began to talk about HRM & HRD
in 1980.
Emergence of HRD
In the early 1970s two consultants Prof. Udai Pareek
and Prof. T. V. Rao from th eIIM were approached by L
& T for a review exercise of their performance
appraisal system.
They felt that a development oriented performance
appraisal system may not achieve its objectives unless
accomplished by other syb-systems like employee
counselling, potential appraisal, career planning &
development, training, OD etc.

Cont
In 1975, L&T is the first company introduced HRD
system.
Later in 1976, SBI introduced HRD system and
followed by Bharath earth movers Limited, Banglore in
1978.