More than 120 participants, including international and local researchers, policymakers and experts, discussed human resource development at an international conference that opened on in Hanoi on November 6.
The four-day event is being organised by the Foreign Trade University (FTU) in collaboration with the Academy of Human Resource Development and Viettel Academy for the first time in Vietnam.
Speaking at the event, FTU President Bui Anh Tuan said the Fourth Industrial Revolution and digitalisation changed the way the Government, organisations and businesses in Vietnam work with human resource development.
“Increasing globalisation, international integration and especially ever faster technological evolution, however, have changed the roles of human resources. They have also required us to change our approaches, strategies, and methodologies to develop human resources from fundamental to more innovative ones,” said Tuan.
“One of the big challenges for Vietnam’s development in the coming years is the issue of increasing labour productivity,” said Director of the Education and Training Ministry’s Higher Education Department Nguyen Thi Kim Phung at the event.
“Improving and promoting labour productivity, speeding up the country’s process of industrialisation and modernisation and minimising the development gap with other countries in the region are a key task for Vietnam to ensure the goal of fast and sustainable development,” stressed Phung.
Phung said that there was still big gap in labour productivity between Vietnam and other ASEAN countries due to slow process of labour restructuring science, levels of the country’s science and technology, reform and innovation are low, or limits exist in human resource management and quality.
“Reforming higher education is considered one of the key solutions to develop high-quality human resources to meet the needs of rapid and sustainable development in Vietnam,” she said.
Phung said Vietnam has taken various measures in reforming higher education, such as the revised law on higher education, and developing the Overall Strategy for higher education development of Vietnam in the period 2021-2030.
Priorities are also given to train teachers and improve capacity of lecturers and managers of higher education institutions to meet the requirements of fundamental innovation, to increase investment and attract new resources for higher education development and create a mechanism to strengthen internationalisation of higher education for integration and development following international standards.
With the theme "Human Resource Development: Innovation and Evolution in the Digital Era," this is also the first time the conference focuses on traditional issues in human resource development connected to innovation in the context of digitalisation.
During the event, participants will focus discussions on many topics related to human resource development (HRD), including HRD and sustainable development; leadership development; corporate social responsibility and ethics in HRD; and emerging issues and innovations in HRD.
Participants said that human resource development at both national and firm levels was of urgent need in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution as it determines productivity, competitiveness, and ultimately sustainable development of nations and businesses.
According to statistics from the General Statistics Office and Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, there are still about 125,000 to 135,000 unemployed labourers out of 5 million workers with university degrees, accounting for about 2.2 to 2.5 percent of total university-level workers. In particular, limited professional and foreign language skills are the main causes leading to the unemployment of university-level workers.
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There are many benefits that Human Resource Development (HRD) provides to every organisation.
Human Resource Development as the framework for helping employees develop their personal and organizational skills, knowledge, and abilities.
HRD is one of the most significant opportunities that employees seek when they consider you as an employer. The ability, and encouragement, to continue to develop their skills help you to retain and motivate employees.
It develops new skills, knowledge and attitude, and makes them more competent.
also increases employees’ satisfaction and motivation. When they are trained well, they will learn more, improve more and feel satisfied and fulfilled in the workplace. They will also feel appreciated and will tend to become more happy to work in the organization.
With the development of the workforce comes the growth of the organization. Another advantage can be the development of a work culture, such as improving the efficiency of employees and better communication, and the development of mutual cooperation and creativity of all the members.
It is important to take into consideration the time required to implement HRD programs, the capital investment required, and the fact that current or experienced workers sometimes resist or act negatively to change.
It is true that if HRD programs are not properly implemented and they do not function well, they will represent waste for the organization.
HRD remains important for every organization; with it resources will be efficently used and goals achieved in a better way in every organisation. Without it, organizational long term development might be hampered.
We cannot deny that for organisations with budget restrictions or/and organisational problems, it may not be possible to implement HRD programs.
Many times in my life I have seen how one individual can make a big difference, particularly when working in a great team. The quality of our people and of our teams is our most valuable resource, particularly in today’s changing world where knowledge flows round the globe with lightning speed and is easily available.
Within today’s business uncertainty and complexity, HRD resilience comes in line with the developmental strategies of organizations.
the purpose of this perspective article is to set the foundations of the term (HRD resilience) in order to initiate a dialogue around its ability to make a substantial contribution to organizational practice, and thus to be seen as a new ‘success element’ of organizational resilience.
Human resource management (HRM or HR) is the strategic approach to the effective management of people in a company or organization such that they help their business gain a competitive advantage.
HR departments are responsible for overseeing employee-benefits design, employee recruitment, training and development, performance appraisal, and reward management, such as managing pay and benefit systems.
employees are trained and have continuous development.
HR is a product of the human relations movement of the early 20th Century, when researchers began documenting ways of creating business value through the strategic management of the workforce.
At the macro-level, HR is in charge of overseeing organizational leadership and culture.
Human Resource Management has four basic functions: staffing, training and development, motivation, and maintenance.
Technology has a significant impact on HR practices. Utilizing technology makes information more accessible within organizations, eliminates time doing administrative tasks, allows businesses to function globally, and cuts costs.
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