Career planning and development programmes for the employees. Development of employees through succession planning.

1. Scope of HRD
• Career planning and development programmes
for the employees.
• Development of employees through succession
planning.
• Offering the employees’ performance counselling
and performance interviews from the superiors.
• Performance appraisal of the employees in order
to understand their capabilities and improving
them through additional training.

2. • Worker’s participation and formation of quality
circles.
• Employee learning through group dynamics and
empowerment.
• Learning through job rotation and job
enrichment.
• Learning through social and religious interactions
and programmes.
• Development of employees through managerial
and behavioural skills.

3. HRD Professionals
• HR Strategic advisor
• HR systems designer
• Organisation change agent
• Organisation design consultant
• Learning program specialist
• Instructor
• Career counsellor
• Performance consultant

4. HRD Outcomes
• More competent
• Understand the roles better
• More committed
• Develop greater trust and respect
• Greater collaboration and teamwork
• Equipped with greater problem-solving
capabilities
• Increased openness in communication

5. Challenges of HRD
• Rapid changes in Technology
• Transnational suppliers and customers
• Fierce competition
• Innovation for survival
• World-class Quality-demand of customer
• Mergers, Takeovers and Acquisitions
• High product differentiation achieved by very low
manufacturing costs
• Extremely short lifecycles of products/services
• Quicker response to market