Human Resource Development Research as a Route to Sustainable Development in Nigeria

Abstract

The Human Resource is the most important and active factor of production. As a factor of production, the Human Resource is the labour force. It refers to the knowledge, potentialities, skills, creative ability, talents, values and beliefs of the work force. This resource plays an important role in deciding the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization. Their development would lead to organizational development. Development is the process by which a society moves from a lower socio-economic condition to a higher socio-economic condition due to the education and training of the people. Human Resource Development is the increase in the socio-economic condition of the workers due to an improvement in their abilities, skills, knowledge and competences. Human Resource Development Research which entails searching again on Human Resource Development issues could be used as a route to Sustainable Development in Nigeria. Sustainable Development which has Economic Development, Social Development, Environmental Development and Cultural Diversity as its pillars is defined as meeting the needs of the present generation without jeopardizing the needs of future generations. Human Resource Development could be used as a route to Sustainable Development in Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study are to determine empirically if Human Resource Development Research could be used as a route to Sustainable Development in Nigeria, to ascertain empirically if Human Resource Development Research at the macro level could be used as a route to Sustainable Development in Nigeria and to find out empirically if Human Resource Development Research at the micro level could be used as a route to Sustainable Development in Nigeria.