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Human
Resource Development (HRM-627)
VU
Lesson
45
GOVERNMENT
PRIORITIES AND POLICIES
Important
Lessons Learnt from HRD in
four countries (Japan,
Singapore, South Korea and
Taiwan)
Four
important lessons
learnt:
1.
Government support is the most
important precondition for
economic development
2.
Corruption is a barrier to efficient
HRD
3.
Investments in education and training
have played a key
role
4.
Comprehensive reforms are
needed in public personnel
management in the direction of
attracting,
retaining,
developing and utilizing
competent employees
In
setting priorities and
policies, governments do not
operate in a vacuum. It is as well to
acknowledge some
external
pressures which may influence
government.
HRD
is now very much at the heart of the
development debate. Many international
agencies and regional
bodies
have conceptualized HRD and
described the role and
priorities of government in HRD as they
perceive
it.
One
dilemma is that although
economic and social development
programs need to be considered as
long term
process,
many people and institutions,
both within the developing
and other countries,
including donor
agencies,
seem to suffer from a 10 year
itch (development decades).
It
is also important to know
that each institution and
scholar seems to have found
it necessary to hitch itself
in
an
extreme way to particular solutions to
HRD problems, e.g. whether to
"get the prices right" or to
"empower
the
poor" etc.
Role
of Government
The
government plays its role in the
following ways:
·
Policy
formulation
·
Translating
policies into plans and
programs
·
Mobilizing
resources required to implement
plans
·
Establishing/strengthening
institutional structures and
other infrastructure
·
Implementing
the programs
·
Monitoring
·
Experimentation
in select areas
·
Review
Socio
Cultural Factors in Implementing HRD
Programs
Consider
the following factors carefully before implementing an
HRD program or policy:
·
Begin
with a study of the socio cultural
context
·
Introduce
programs in terms of needs of
people
·
Combine
new with the old
·
Respect
indigenous knowledge systems
·
Use
influential village leaders
·
Study
previous experience with HRD
programs in the region
·
Consult the
people involved
·
Communicate
development messages in forms that make
an impact
·
Ensure
that development workers has the required
set of skills and
qualities
·
Use
local community organizations
·
Plan
the change step by step,
thoroughly and carefully
·
Anticipate
the consequences of change and
innovation
·
Exercise
more patience in programs
requiring behavioral changes
·
Ensure
that new facilities remain in
use
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