
Dr/
Dr/ Hebatallah
Hebatallah ADAM
ADAM
Associate Professor of Economics
Faculty of Commerce Ain Shams University

Chapter 4:
Human Resources Development
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2. Skilled Manpower
2. Skilled Manpower
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A. The importance of Skilled manpower to economic
development
Human resources development includes the process of
recruiting and increasing the number of workers who have
the skills, education, training, and experience.
The existence of skilled manpower is essential for
developing countries to achieve self-sustaining growth.
Shortage of trained / skilled manpower are noticed at
almost all levels in developing countries.
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B. The scientific planning of Skilled manpower
The effective utilization of skills and capacities of
people depend on the opportunities for development
available to each one.
It is highly important to estimate the requirements of
It is highly important to estimate the requirements of
the different sectors and relate them to the planning of
manpower to ensure equilibrium between supply and
demand in quality and quantity which is a major
problem in most of developing countries.
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B. The scientific planning of Skilled manpower
Priority must be given to establishing effective
educational and training systems.
There
should
be
close
cooperation
among
governmental bodies that are responsible of the
educational and training systems.
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Thank You
Thank You
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Recommended Reading:
Farag Ezzat & Hebatallah Adam, (2015),
“Economics
Resources”,
Ain
Shams
University, Faculty of Commerce, Part I. -
University, Faculty of Commerce, Part I. -
Chapter4 “Human Resources Development”,
pp. (89-116).
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