Topic: Human capacity development (Read 437 times)

Every human being has their own skills and expertise, they have had them since birth or what is often called talent. and many people do not realize that they have talent, this can happen because in schools, especially schools in developing countries, because in these schools they are more oriented towards academic values ​​rather than focusing more on developing the interests and talents of each individual. So that in the end an education system like this will hinder the process of students in finding and honing their natural abilities.

So far we have never lacked qualified human resources, it's just because of the wrong education system, coupled with the lack of facilities and containers that can channel their interests and talents. As a result, many talents and skills that are actually very potential and useful, this cannot develop optimally.

And if only education and infrastructure development could support the development of the interests and talents of each individual, maybe we would see a lot of quality and qualified human resources in every field.

I fully support the ideas that preparing the mind with constructive skills is the right way to create more constructive tomorrow. In every one’s life cycle, there is great responsibility on Individual Organization and Society to develop in an organise an productive manner for betterment of self as well as the community. What we will gain today is the practical skills that will make a difference not only for oneself but also build a better future around us for a society.

If we direct our efforts towards personal development, then we lay a strong useful foundation for life. This effort convinces us that time and what is possible is precious, thus maximizing the return or quality of any action taken. If each of us makes an effort, then not only are we personally becoming better, but by doing that are inspiring others to do the same and enhancing the relationships we have with others.

That's what a country really has to do, to invest in the skills of their people. You'd see labor workers are being sent on the other countries to work and to add the work-labor force of a country. This is what service providing means to these countries that have a lot of skilled workers. I believe that each country have their own share with this market. B

ased on this chart report and studied conducted means that this type of provision of services globally is expected to grow and increase in the upcoming years.

In other words,they seem to operate in the same angle,and i don't detect or see any difference between them.Since they both require mind training, especially skills that'll benefits and lay positive impacts to societal standards and individual values.These are foundations one has to lay down for themselves for the future;we all have to be very organized and productive.

 

In the development, it is necessary to apply it in all sectors, it is something that needs to be done, to catch up on the backlog where everything needs to be studied so that it is more focused in it, and to improve the quality of knowledge possessed to change the standard of living for the better, especially in terms of the economy, that is the most important thing.

  Human capacity development is the main course of difference that differentiate between two people so for you to go far in life there will be a place where you will prepare yourself to the point where you will be ready to face any thing that comes your way, one needs prepare and develop himself if they plan to get something good out of line

In other words, human capacity development is the processes which helps an individual or group of people, and staffs to improve their own work performance, this implementation are designed to educate, train and mentored staff, in order to increase competency and quality service delivery. This is the bedrock of every greate organisation and institutions, its to developed their abilities independently or collectively to achieve efficiency in their said goals.

An education pattern that only relies on theory in learning will not provide direct experience to students and usually this type of education pattern requires individual ability to improve skills. Basically, education does not guarantee that someone will work anywhere because education is a place to seek knowledge, but education is considered important in some countries because they will be given a degree or diploma for the job application process. That is the reason why some countries see education as not the main requirement in applying for a job because what they need is the skills and abilities of individuals in working.

People will be much more developed when direct learning methods are given and that can be achieved when people attend vocational schools because the focus of education is on skill development. To train skills, people must be able to dive directly into practice, not learn with theory but never implement it in direct practice.

Educating them well will be at the highest priority in human development, as it is the first responsibility of every parent.  But whenever the parents go to perform this duty, many people are deprived of this duty, and they only indulge in street robbery of the capital.  But most of the reasons are those children who are uneducated and deprived in the society indulge in such behavior so if every one is well educated maybe then we would not see such behavior in the society.

Here we are talking primarily about the material achievements of humanity and its professional qualities. In our material world, this is certainly very important. However, on a global level, the spiritual component, the inner spiritual world of each person, is important for the development of humanity. Science and technology are constantly developing and here humanity is succeeding. But we are receiving more and more information that we are not the first human civilization on this planet and all previous civilizations perished when science and technology reached levels that we have not even approached yet. That is, the increase in human potential, which is discussed here, invariably led to the death of humanity itself. To prevent this from happening, people need to prioritize our spiritual world so as not to direct the knowledge and experience we have gained to the detriment of the natural environment in which we live and against ourselves.

Because one skill alone will not be enough to make someone more advanced in their life, then everyone must also have smarter thinking when they work. Everyone must realize that working hard alone is no longer enough at this time if they want progress in their lives, because everyone must also be more consistent in trying and must also be smarter in making each step. So I think that some skills can be a special help for everyone in achieving such great and also such good progress.

That's basically what schools do, with companies just doing it in a way that specializes in meeting the needs of the companies themselves. Unfortunately with the recent development, I'm more inclined to believe that a lot of the younger generation is actually failing to build a foundation so that companies can build their skills up for the specialization they need. Could just be because of the brain rot that social media gives out, or because of the method that technology basically holds their hands the entire way to graduation to the point where their own skills don't grow anymore, but definitely something negative in the long run imo. The tool used for convenience basically became a necessity.

And the governance over education ain't really doing jack. It's basically stagnated imo. Heck, even regressing in some countries due to corruption, if it hasn't already regressed in the past years.

Investment in human capital is a no-brainer, but we need to also consider that this progress has been highly uneven across and within different countries and regions. Whereas the developed nations continue to rise steadily in terms of their human development score, half of the poorest countries in the world still have not returned to their pre-pandemic levels. Such a gap would imply a setback to economic growth by a generation, along with lagging workforce preparedness, particularly in poorer regions, without targeted investments in education, vocational skills, and public health.

Moreover, while firm-level investments in training can spur gains in productivity, stable governance, efficient use of digital technology, and inequality-reducing policies are also necessary for national economic gains from capacity development. This challenge stands out around the world in global initiatives through the Human Capital Project to leverage technology and build resilient skills in vulnerable populations. It is very unlikely that growth in human capacity will provide the wide economic stability many might count on without these balancing investments.

Education that only focuses on theory will certainly have different results from those who have more practical education than theory because those who try directly will certainly have satisfactory results compared to those who only study theory but do not try to practice what they have learned, when someone has known the skills they like and continues to develop those skills then when they are looking for a job of course it will be very easy for them to get because the experience they gain during education will certainly be very useful when they want to get a job according to the skills they have. That's right, vocational schools will of course produce human resources who are experts in a particular field and they can continue to develop their skills when they have done work after they graduate from school and work.

Not all educational paths can achieve reliable human resources because sometimes the existing educational pattern is too focused on the curriculum which in the end people will only be fixated on learning in the theoretical aspect. Education must train people's abilities and education must also provide space for anyone to recognize skills in this way education will be a basic container for people to achieve reliable human resources in their fields.

Just look at how the skills differ between vocational schools and public schools and when compared, reliable human resources are formed in vocational schools because they are formed based on the skills they have and the direction is more towards self-development in the direct practice process.

The talent and skills that we have are extraordinary, and to get skills we really have to work hard, to be able to do everything we need to try our best, and we are required to have more skills, and that is natural considering that one skill is not enough to make us progress and we need to think towards the future.

Upskilling is as important as learning skill that is what i tell people who work under me. No one should be  reluctant when it comes to upskilling because as the world progresses we get to see new advancement on every sector. Relaxing and not upskilling will only make us get outdated and only those who are up to date will be reserved or chosen when it comes to employment.

These days no one wants to hire someone who does not have anything extra apart from his skill in a company. Let me give a quick example using the tech industry. A website developer might be very good but take longer time to complete  a task, and another developer can multitask, develop but not as better as the first developer, and complete task faster with also a touch of design experience and leadership skill. Who do you think a company will choose? They will choose the second guy because in a few time they can improve his development skill but other characteristic is inbuilt and it will be helpful in the growth of the company.

That is an ideal, but anyone that has tried to do this knows that for the most part they are alone on their quest and they are the ones that have to do their utmost effort to try to develop their skills to their maximum capabilities, and it is only then when the private or public sector will give you any attention and offer you a better job or to become an external consultant, making quite important to not wait and develop our skills on our own, because if we do not do it we may never reach our potential.

This is a really interesting topic, and I think one that a lot of people don't like having because they don't have the mental capacity to fully take on a conversation surrounding such a deep and philosophical subject.

For one, if more humans had a deeper capacity for development, I believe here in the United States (at least) we would have such a shit two party system, in fact enough citizens would recognize the need for more than a two power system that gives the illusion of "choice" and "control" where it's very much just the opposite.

And on the hand, I think any government that isn't interested in the development and growth of a nation won't bother paving way for human development. The truth, I've always believed that most people can actually grow in different areas, but that opportunity isn't just there. I don't really want to mention any country now, but I've seen how well there citizens perform when it comes to tech, but their economic circumstances and overpopulation seems to be a massive problem.

And again, we often say that education is the key, which I don't dispute that fact, but self development also helps alot. There are people that are currently doing well today because they choose to improve themselves personally. Though, developing one self doesn't come easy which I assume we all know, but it will definitely worth it when time goes bye. Morever, when we help ourselves as individuals, we tend to reduce the number of those that lives in poverty on the street, which is already a plus to a country whether we like it or not.

Human capacity development is always the kind of discussing I enjoy discussing because for every growth of any nation depends on  human capacity development because if there is no provision of human capacity development the nation tend to be dependent to other nation for almost everything because if a country failed to develop there citizens in different field they would certainly suffer it in the future because they would be going outside there jurisdiction to hire people who are capable of handling the activities they intend to do.

So actually this is why is very important to invest on human capacity development so that it will eradicate the need of depending on outsiders before carrying out a serious activities, however in some countries that's currently having economical issues if they really dig in details they would discover that lack of human capacity development is one of the reasons because even companies has seen how important human capacity development is on there organization that's why they make sure that they send their workers regularly on different training because they no that there would come a time when such technical knowledge will be needed and instead of going out in search of another workers there existing one can handling, so actually if most countries will think that way there would have been so much changes.

In order to utilize the human resources acquired through proper education they should be provided jobs in every sector according to their merit so that they can become an asset for the country. The responsibility should not only be formulated by the government but should be properly informed about its own action plan based on person-centered priorities through proper assessment. If everyone is aware of his responsibilities, he in principle qualifies to be an excellent employee.

that's why they usually value there staffs and would go to any length in providing quality security to protect them because of the training the staff have enjoyed under the company. Most oil company does this as a way of increasing the productivity of her staff but unfortunately, most government establishment are found wanting on this important area which is why working for the government doesn't come with so much joy.

Human capacity development helps boost productivity and is one way a nation can build herself such that she can stand to compete against other nations in terms of display of innovative ideas that can yield greater outpute for the economic strength of a nation. Bad leaders of most underdeveloped countries deliberately neglect this area and go on to outsource expertrait from other countries so they can carry out thier corrupt tendencies without people coming up to speak against it because of thier ignorance. A nation that's hoping to gain economic dependence will invest more into her citizens with regards provision of adequate skills acquisition programs so the youths can get empowered and in the process serve as an asset to the nation.

It is not uncommon for bad leadership to be born based on the society in it because the good and bad of the leader is inseparable from the reflection of the people in it. Human capacity refers to several aspects and for financial achievement for each individual is a step that is prepared carefully. There are many people who fail to develop their potential because they feel worried and do not dare to get out of their comfort zone, those are the characteristics of people who fail in the aspect of self-development.

Quality education is a means for human development, but education does not guarantee that someone will work in a much more productive place. The economy can grow if the country has abundant human resources and they can develop potential in the leading sectors that exist, in this way all human resources can contribute to each other. The government must provide easier access so that the people in it can develop skills to advance many existing sectors.

The first country’s investment is its citizens, so the fact that the country itself will invest to its people, hence providing quality education, health care, and promotion of jobs and skills development should be prioritized.
Otherwise, the people will be deprived from their privileges which may lead them to become unproductive citizens in the country.

Also, regardless of its social status, these privileges should be given fair and square, which I think most of the countries fail because those people with higher social status experience more benefits compared to the  lower or poor ones.

Agree, Person abilities matters a lot for every company and every company want to progress and that's why an employer want to hire the person who is capable to increase the revenue of company and if company will get more benefit then all person will be in the safe zone. So talented people are needed to every company and people should be more educated in their field and they should learn the latest things in the market because these will change the mindset and they will be safe for the future because any change can happen and we should be prepare for that.When person stop to learn then he will go down and down and he will be eliminated by the company.

Like you already said, major companies understand these very well and that's why they make sure to engage some of their employees into the program where they can learn how to drive the company forward. I remember that there was a time that two of my relatives were sent  to a foreign country to carry out a 6 months program,  all of which was sponsored by the company that they were working with. So, I do agree that capacity development is very important.

In developed countries people do not make a mindset of working hard but rather they target working smart and on target. This is quite a big difference with developing countries because the mindset of people is that only by working hard they will make a lot of money. In fact, there is no guarantee because today's work involves many things that are much more precise, where those who have the ability to see opportunities can make money just by sitting at home. I understand the physical work that most people do now and it involves hard work using traditional labor.

But I don't quite understand the mental work that you mean and it's like a skeptical way of looking at things that I may not understand. In more broad terms there are jobs that are in the form of selling services and the rest of us work in a service capacity. Both of these things depend on how a person can adjust to whether or not there is an opportunity to make money.

People of every country are hardworking but there are differences between them, in terms of people's hard work, some people can do physical work and some people can do mental work. But mental exertion attracts the most in the present, because the person who has the most knowledge and respect for knowledge is sure to succeed in the future.
 Because it is usually possible for companies to develop this in some cases as they empower their employees to do their jobs in any way they can. Because the more people are able to work with their intellectual capacity, the more just and highly equipped work is for them, it is usually in developed countries to increase the work capacity of such people so that they can develop the capacity for better work in the future.

A country that doesn't develop her citizens, equip them, and create a system where they can get a job after graduating from higher institutions or skill schools should expect less from citizens in national development.

Because when individuals use their own resources to train themselves in transferable skills for international use, they don't consider staying in their country. This is what causes brain drain and socio-economic migration in some countries.

Governments barely establish structures to train and equip citizens. As a result, citizens acquire skills like tech expertise, knowing they can work internationally. They utilize their skills and knowledge to develop international brands rather than establishing businesses in their homeland or contributing to its growth, since better pay awaits abroad.

This is a critical factor for every country's government to address. Prioritizing citizen education and empowerment will encourage citizens to focus on national growth and economic development once equipped.

Actually, I don't believe the education system is what needs to be improved. I believe everybody should have an education no matter what route they wish to follow, but education shouldn't be boxed like it is today. It makes people limited to a certain mindset alone.

Education shouldn't just teach people how to be good and get jobs, it should teach them how to think for themselves. The reason educated people are psychologically better than uneducated people is that the educated person has been exposed and can use his brain more. Education should give people the ability to be critical, sadly the education system doest do that, and that's why you still have educated people who can't think for themselves.

Human capital development is simply the training and retraining of citizens with needed skillful and material resource for them to either help in the development of the economy by starting their own business or using that skill to work for the Government. A high level of citizens that are resourceful and well empowered will always endeavor to contribute their quota to the effective development of a country especially those that have skills and those that are very educated, because hence they are very skillful and educated they can easily work for private companies or government parastatals.

A country that is not ready to invest in her citizens, shouldn't be expecting quality workforce, because it's garbage-in-garbage-out, such a country will be heavily dependent on expatriate from other countries to help man certain sectors of their economy since they don't have the human resource.

I'm more familiar with this being called capacity building, although capacity development might be the better way to describe the process. This is the ideal setup. As they say, the greatest asset of a company is its people. A happy, efficient, highly capable, well-paid, well-rested, well-trained workforce benefits the company.

It's ironic, however, how China's economy has grown so huge and aggressive yet built on cheap labor by human robots or modern-day slaves. International companies don't just move to China because of cheap labor alone. It matters a lot how workers there don't exert their rights and whatever they deserve.

Human capital development is good and it has help many to develop their skill and become useful to themselves and the society. But the problem is that this opportunity don't always come in a plater of Gold, you can either be train when you have been enrolled in a company or any organisation which help in shaping you for the benefit of yourself and the economy.  and or you can be trained after passing a recruitment test. Recruitment is one of the most difficult aspects of human capital development because when such opportunity comes many people are usually interested to join and only few will be selected. So it's better people equipped themselves mentally to be able to pass through such test to be included, otherwise such opportunity may never be advantageous to you. Another way one can easily acquire such human capital development skill is to enroll yourself in any international company that offers such opportunity no matter how small the pay rate of your work may appear in such organisations you will improve gradually and may be enrolled for more specific training to become useful.

This is my story, I started with a company as labour worker and I recieve lower payment, I was able to learn a skill from there as a pipe fitter, and due to my relentlessness and hard work I was interviewed and I passed and was trained and promoted to a pipe fitter and I started receiving a pay of a workman because of my seriousness.

So the moral of the story is that if opportunity is given to us, we should not be too comfortable. Some people are too comfortable in what they do and not trying to improve in their skill. and with such attitude they may never be promoted because companies don want to waste there money on lazy people.

Human resources is the most important factor of production. Without the personnel, other factors of production will be a waste. Regardless of the worth of the financial, material or natural resources an organisation has, without quality human resources they will not be maximised. This is exactly the problem of some developing nations. Most of them have abundant resources but lack the necessary human resources. This is why developed nations with sound human resources are taking advantage of the abundant resources in developing nations.

China and the Asian Tigers understood the importance of developing human resources which was why they invested in education. These investments have gradually turned these economically backward nations into the limelight.  

It is extremely essential for a government to produce quality students equipped with various skills that would bring them success but quality students are nothing but students until they are thrown into real life or outside of school. Yes, you learn a lot from institutions but an economic system would function at its peak effectiveness if there were also job opportunities for said students.

Many countries have outstanding students but end up leaving the country due to the lack of opportunities for them. They are developing themselves only for other countries to benefit off of. It all has to be in balance.

A country will grow greatly when its human resources have the capacity to train themselves to be more developed with the best abilities in working. This potential can be seen in the number of people who have a level of education with mastery of skills in various fields. If categorized in general, it is indeed difficult to develop human resources if not in competition as early as possible. Formal education must refer to the formation of human resource development and they must train students in terms of self-capacity abilities.

Quality education will produce an honest attitude towards people and they have the responsibility to complete work on time. If you want human resources to be more developed, leaders must have the capacity and they must have excellent programs to advance the education sector based on competency. This method can be done to fulfill human abilities in facing the challenges of life that are much more difficult.

That is why it's important for a country to value quality education for its citizens. If they don't receive education, they aren't going to develop their personal capacities to the fullest. And then, we have many adults who barely know how to read, write, interpret and calculate. These people end not being very productive for the society and country where they are, because they weren't stimulated to develop their skills and potentials. Worse yet, they have serious potential to become problematic individuals inside the society, going through shady routes and criminal life in order to survive.

The right moment to focus in capacity development is during the childhood, because that is when the individual has more neural plasticity, what means a superior capacity of absorbing informations which he is exposed to. A stimulated child has a decent advantage when compared to others who weren't stimulated properly.

Development in human resources is indeed one of the benchmarks for creating the first step if a country wants to progress but the problem is that this pressure is sometimes too heavy to do, especially for some countries where the majority of people are still unable to accept or adapt to existing developments so that this will bring up a new mindset which is actually although not entirely wrong but of course it is a mistake.

For example, in my country, we still think that school is a bridge to getting a job. Although for some things this is not entirely wrong because every job has qualifications including education, we must realize that education is not a bridge to work but education is a situation where we learn something so that it can be useful for future life and the scope is certainly broad not only about work.
This kind of mindset is still imprinted for the majority of people in my country so that the resources are not very well developed because their mindset has been set from the beginning making it seem as if education is only a formality to get a job even though it is a start that must be done to make resources increase, especially in matters of thought, intelligence and behavior.

Consider that human capacity development can also be in a negative or positive line, so whenever someone engages in capacity development for their personal gain, it is not always to the benefit of the country because that person may have decided to develop themselves in a negative line and then they become a problem to the country.

So, perhaps we can also draw the inference that human capital development is always for positive outcomes that have benefits, while human capacity development may not always be for the purpose of positive benefits but selfish interests that have a negative effect on society. 

It takes a long time to build up the infrastructure that you need in a country - it's one thing to have excellent education offerings, but you also need all the other parts to make it translate into an effective business environment. You need a legal system that is fair and reliable. You need a police force that has ideally no corruption within it at any level. You need relatively stable governments that do not make rash or unexpected decisions to undermine confidence. You also need a central bank that can act independently and will not succumb to outside pressure. All of these are needed in order for a successful education system to flourish and provide great students.

Thanks for this insight. I have often used both human capacity development and human capital development interchangeably without knowing they mean two different things. Considering the differences now, I think both are still very neccessary for a country's economic growth. If an individual develops himself to be useful to himself, it is also a plus to the country.

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In addition to what OP have said, Human Capital development affects the minds the people positively which helps the people contribute to the economic growth of the country. When there are good schools available, employment opportunities, trainings and other opportunities for human development, the minds of the people will be preoccupied with how to be productive to themselves and to the government. But when none of these are put in place for the people, we see these people stealing, vandalising and engaging in activities that may crumble the economy.

OP, let me add a voice to what you've mentioned here. Human capital development is the best kind of development a company or a country can undertake. Also, as an individual, investing in yourself by building your own capacity will be the best form of development you can ever experience. Oftentimes, people get busy at discussing ways and methods in which they can develop the infrastructures of the country among other things yet they forget that human capital is the best kind of development we can ever experience.

This is why those top companies you mentioned also have departments that are purposely tasked with the responsibility of handing human resources, often known as human resource managements or in short HRM. It helps them manage their workforce very effectively to bring about the uptimum result of the company. The same thing goes with countries who pay more attention to their citizens. They tend to achieve more success than countries that focuses on just the infrastructure and other sectors while neglecting the citizens welfare. Corruption looms the latter countries as a result.

You are not wrong, but I think you mean to say, @OP Human capital development, not human capacity development.
The two can easily be taken to mean the exact same thing, but not true; there is a slight difference between the two.

I'll explain;
Human capacity development focuses on the development of yourself, maybe your skills or in any other area, for the benefit of yourself, while human capital development still involves the development of your skills, but now as a benefit to the economy of your country, not only yourself.

Human capacity development refers to various ways where individuals are trained, schooled, prepared and well equipped to fully maximize their potential to the fullest. Human capacity development is a key part of every developed Economy as it's humans that has developed enough capacity that can drive the economy with the right policies and program when they come to leadership positions.
Top companies all over the world understand this facts very well that's why they invest into capacity development of their employees, because every thing falls down to Huma capacity development of the individual in the company. In inclusion any nation that wants her Economy to grow and develop should invest in the area of capacity development of her citizens by way of setting up quality educational systems, vocational skills that will make her citizens to be ready and fully equipped to develop their nation when given the opportunity.