This paper presents the problem of workers lay off and loss along with their exit from the organization its key competencies - skills and knowledge. Importance of management of key competencies was described. The paper also presents outplacement as a way to maintain core competencies even during...

Due to the Arabian Gulf’s pyramid-style ‘national’ demographic profile and pronounced reliance on expatriate labor, policymakers are now actively seeking ways to increase national FLFP. In this context, we examine the impact of parental influence on the post-graduation vocational...

Stress is normal parts of life that can either help us learn and grow or can cause us significant problems. It is a condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that “demands exceed the personal and social resources the individual is able to mobilize.” The extra-organizational...

This paper detects pro-girl (age 5-15) bias in intrahousehold allocation of consumption budget in the rural Philippines using Deaton’s “adult goods” method. Based on additional checks (including those for endogeneity), the results appear to be robust. The paper also finds that a larger...

Work culture has the potential to enhance managerial performance. The objective of the present study is to examine the dominant work culture prevalent in the two private sector manufacturing organizations X and Y and to study its impact on the contextual performance and motivation level of the...

The main idea on which is based this paper is the one that education and health or what the economists distantly called „human capital” and had a major role in any theoretical and empirical model of the economic growth and development. Of course, no economy can have success only with a...

The purpose of the present paper is to make a brief presentation of what human development means in Romania. There are a variety of approaches to measure and monitor different aspects of poverty and human development in general, for our purpose we selected the synthetic indicators proposed by...

This paper focuses on the correlation between education and sustainable development unveiling the human dimension of development process. In authors’ opinion, success in revising unsustainable trends will, to a large extent, depend on the flexibility in understanding the type of education...

The world is changing. Civilization has moved from discovery and populating their territories through colonization to the next level. Those who recently tried to win a piece of land to settle are now driven by economically developed areas to survive and lead a better life. We therefore return to...

The management system based on skills allows a relevant integration to manage and support the human resource in his career. Recent studies showed us that vocational skills training has become a priority in Management of human resources.The aim of these studies ist o establish a correlation...