Purpose – The paper aims to examine the relationship between human resource development (HRD) and organizational and national competitiveness and identify research opportunities for Chinese human resource management (HRM) scholars. Design/methodology/approach – Literature and document...

Examines the restructuring of the sales and marketing departments of Beech Aircraft Corporation, brought about by a collapsing market in a troubled economy. Details the factors necessitating the restructuring, particularly the effects of a new international market. Presents the creation of a new...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to construct an empirical model of innovation as a competence of individuals and validate it. The model takes into consideration the multidimensional characteristics of individuals and the parameters of surrounding ecosystem and establishes their...

Purpose – A firm's competitiveness depends on its capacity to manage performance and improve the development of the skills and competencies of employees – creating a learning environment. Although the Nepalese economy has embraced an open market policy and is attempting to join the global...

Examines the relationships and problems that exist between the theory and practice of human resource development in the public sector. Aims at enhancing the capability of human resource management systems to adapt and respond proactively to a constantly changing environment in the 1990s and...

Reviews the crisis of the inherited career Civil Service system in Sub‐Saharan African countries and argues for a small career service that would be adjusted to the imperatives of a market economy and political pluralism. Concludes with suggestions on the rationalization of employment and pay,...

While training is seen to be of high importance in ensuring adequate human reliability, both in human reliability theory and practice, the question of what “adequate training” actually entails is rarely addressed in this field. Many techniques of human reliability assessment, for example,...

Describes an applied research and development project at present being undertaken by the Department of Civil Engineering at Loughborough University to produce and implement a quality assurance system in a medium‐sized contracting organization. Details the methodology used, the actual work...

Aims to verify the effect on visual inspection performance as the number of fault types increases and to investigate the main personality traits of a competent inspector using factor analysis. Forty subjects participated in the experiment. The performance measures were response time and error...

Total quality management is imperative for new industrializing countries in order to achieve international competitiveness and economic growth. An empirical research was conducted in three new industrialized countries (India, China, and Mexico) to assess the practices in the human resource...