Human Resource Development (HRD) Concept from Narrow Organization (HRM) Based to Wide Socioeconomic Perspective

Abstract

Human Resource Development (hereafter HRD) is an important topic of present time. Management professionals consider it, as the sub discipline of HRM and view it, in organizational context. So from HRM scholars‟ viewpoint HRD in narrow concept consisting of activities of training, education and skill building, though all these terms themselves have broader meanings and deeper than their usual perceptions and in the broader concept besides these activities. HRM also comprises activities like empowerment, awareness raising, team building, community mobilization and development, organization development, entrepreneurship development, sensitization and conscientisation, human resources planning and policies. But many researchers have, broadened the scope and integrated the concept of HRD by looking it from socioeconomic angle and giving it another dimension such as physical, intellectual, psychological, social, political, moral and spiritual development. From Socioeconomic experts HRD has become multidimensional rather than being simply confined within the limits of training and development and this multidimensional HRD is integrated HRD. This study is dedicated to discover both aspects of HRD.