1. Introduction of Study: Human Resource Development (HRD) at micro level or organizational level is a process by which employees of an organization are helped in systematic and continuous way to: Develop their personal and organizational skills‚ knowledge and abilities. Human Resource Development includes such opportunities as employees training‚ employee career development‚ performance management and development‚ coaching‚ succession planning‚ key employee identification‚ tuition assistance
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Human development index The Human Development Index (HDI) is a comparative measure of life expectancy‚ literacy‚ education and standards of living for countries worldwide. It is a standard means of measuring well-being‚ especially child welfare. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed‚ a developing or an underdeveloped country‚ and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq and Indian economist Amartya
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Sustainable energy use[edit] Main articles: Low-energy house and Zero-energy building K2 sustainable apartments in Windsor‚ Victoria‚ Australia by Hansen Yuncken (2006) features passive solar design‚ recycled and sustainable materials‚ photovoltaic cells‚ wastewater treatment‚ rainwater collection and solar hot water. The passivhaus standard combines a variety of techniques and technologies to achieve ultra-low energy use. Following its destruction by a tornado in 2007‚ the town
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Diet in Relation to Maternal Mortality Sarah S Coun-502 Human growth and development Dr. Christina Villarreal-Davis 8. May 2012 Abstract In most of the Eastern cultures women are perceived to be a liability and receive little to no education‚ proper nutrition‚ or medical help. This mindset towards women in several cultures becomes a contributing factor for the poor health conditions. In addition to this mindset the low socio-economic status of women‚ due to poverty and lack of education
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Development and Social Welfare Programmes in Nigeria****** National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Historical Background The National Youth Service Corps is a scheme set up by the Nigerian government to involve the country ’s graduate – youth‚ in the development of the country. It is an organization that was established to ensure improved ties among the Nigerian people through her beloved youth‚ following the unfortunate event of the Civil War (July 1967 – 15 January 1970). General Yakubu Gowon’s administration
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Impact of Training Practices on Employee Productivity: A Comparative Study Rohan Singh Faculty of Management Studies‚ Siksha O Anusandhan University Bhubaneswar‚ India rohansingh@khalsa.com Abstract — The paper studies the effects of training on employee productivity. This paper provides a review of the current evidence of such a relationship and offers suggestions for further investigation. An extensive review of the literature in terms of research findings from studies that have been trying
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Introduction ‘Management is nothing but development of people‚ not the direction of things’ In modern industry system‚ the production is the result of the joint efforts of all the factors of production‚ i.e.‚ land‚ labour‚ capital‚ organization and entrepreneur. Labour‚ unlike other factors of production is an active factor. Human resource Management is‚ perhaps‚ the oldest and most widely researched subject in management. Yet‚ as technologies change‚ cultural diversities occur and people’s expectations
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What is HDI? HDI (Human Development index) is a way of measuring development by combining indicators of life expectancy‚ educational attainment and income. The breakthrough for the HDI was the creation of a single statistic which was to serve as a frame of reference for both social and economic development. The HDI sets a minimum and a maximum for each dimension‚ called goalposts‚ and then shows where each country stands in relation to these goalposts‚ expressed as a value between 0 and 1. It is
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towards sustainable development means to live off the earth’s natural resources without depleting them (Miller‚ 2010 pp 6). This essay argues that sustainable development is the answer to the world’s environmental and economic problems. Its purpose is to outline my understanding of sustainable development and to discuss what the authors Ede (2008)‚ Collier (2007) and Monbiot (2006) have contributed to it. For the purpose of this essay I am referring to ‘development’ in the context of human socio
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HSCI 160 Instructor: Mandana Salajegheh Some Important Concepts Human Development Index The Human Development Index (HDI) measures the average achievements in a country in three basic dimensions of human development: Health Education Living Standards It is calculated for 177 countries and areas for which data is available. 2 Human Development Index http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/hdi/ http://hdr.undp.org/en/humandev/ 3 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vddX4n30sXY&feature=PlayList&p=B85108E4B2D56890&index=0
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