Human Resource and Capacity Building Management for Human Resource Managers

Many managers and organizations now recognize that a critical source of competitive advantage often comes not from having the most ingenious product design, the best marketing strategy, or the most state-of-the-art production technology, but rather from having an effective system for obtaining, mobilizing, and managing the organization’s human assets. A number of recent developments, including demographic changes in the labor force, increased global competition, experiments with new organizational arrangements, and public policy attention to work force issues have made human resource management increasingly important for organizations.