Strengths and Weaknesses of Human Resources

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GEOGRAPHICA ANNONICA

No7; p 21-26

Strengths and Weaknesses of
Human Resources in Regional
Development Planning of
Vojvodina Province
Djurdjev, B*, Kicošev S*, Vuksanović G.**
Abstract Work on Regional development plan of Vojvodina province was an opportunity for the team members to articulate major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in an ex-post analysis and to depict them in a short and illustrative way in SWOT analysis. This paper presents major findings in the area of human resources. Key words Vojvodina, Development planning, Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

* Branislav S. Djurdjev, Kicošev Saša, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Natural Sciences,
Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel
Managament, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3,
21000 Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
** Gordana Vuksanović, University of Novi Sad,
Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Sociology, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro

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WOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis is a handy scientific tool. It is devised to present results of an analysis in an easy and comprehensive way. This is just a way of presentation, not a scientific method.
SWOT analysis is a part of each regional development plan. In the sequence of development planning stages SWOT analysis comes after ex-post analysis. The mentioned two are the basis for extracting regional development goals and strategies and for the definition of final stage, e.g. priorities of development and outline of activities. Most recent records on the population in Vojvodina enable us to follow its growth from 1828. It shows that the population in Vojvodina has been constantly growing and that it was significantly influenced only by six social events. The Serbian national movement (1848-1849), abolition of military border and two World Wars had only temporarily stopped the demographic growth in Vojvodina. Maximum result of this growth is

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