Abstract
The changing role and function of Human Resource Development professionals due to social, economic, political and technological alterations lead the way for strategic HRD practices in organizations. In this current world of industrialization, this term relates to the achievement of competitive benefits by aligning organizational goals and priorities with structured and future-oriented activities. A study on strategic HRD lends a hand to eliminate the hitches of an organization by rational planning and people development with a focus on predictability and consistency. This research not only enlightens the implication of strategic activities but also it strengthens individual creativity, knowledge management, career planning, and individual competencies amongst employees in industrial sectors. It highlights on the employee perception about these SHRD practices of companies, which is a fundamental factor for the employee contentment, performance, and for the necessity of socio-technical systems. Accordingly, the study is focused at Dubai, U.A.E., in the shape of "Strategic Human Resource Development - A manoeuvre for future competencies" with a sample size of 300 from various companies by quantitative and qualitative analysis. Accordingly, it has been statistically confirmed that four independent variables show a positive relationship with strategic HRD activities. Along with this, it identifies the extent to which the HRD and its related work-life factors are provided by the selected companies. The result of the survey generated a key model and a framework for SHRD by creating a valuable contribution to the organization in facing the future challenges.
Highlights
Background to the studyDubai, one of the Emirates in U.A.E, the dream land is always renowned for its own growth in tourism, stable political structure, infrastructure, and with most liberal trade systems that attracts many business people from all over the world which guides Dubai a hub for industrial development with work force from over two hundred nationalities
An annual global report published by the Positive Economy Institute since 2013, it stated that the U.A.E. has been ranked eighth on the Positivity Index of Nations, which measures positive economy indicators in OECD member countries
Various studies stressed on the lack of appropriate knowledge sharing and its barriers in organizations as individual, organizational and technological barriers in the form of lack of leadership, inappropriate reward system and unsuitable sharing opportunities (Reige, 2005; Gagne, 2009; Conley & Zheng, 2009). This argument leads to hypothesis, Hypothesis 2: The variable, knowledge management in organizations has a significant role in SHRD plans to achieve its goals and objectives
Summary
Background to the studyDubai, one of the Emirates in U.A.E, the dream land is always renowned for its own growth in tourism, stable political structure, infrastructure, and with most liberal trade systems that attracts many business people from all over the world which guides Dubai a hub for industrial development with work force from over two hundred nationalities. The study utilizes the implication of latent constructs namely; creativity, knowledge management, career planning, competencies as SHRD plans in selected industrial sectors.
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