democracy. From the social and cultural points of view, the development of human resources helps people lead fuller and richer lives, less bound to tradition. In short, the processes of HRD unlock the door to modernization”.
People earn their food and living by working and engage themselves in productive activities for which a combination of both physical and intellectual development is important. Physical development comes from good nourishment and medical care. Intellectual development comes through the process of education and socialization. Social development involves developing the ability to live as the member of the society or a group and contribute to it, at the same time deriving benefits from it. The need for existence of all human beings makes this development imperative. Political development ensures human dignity through freedom of expression, democratic participation and an opportunity to influence things that in turn influence the individual‟s living. Moral and spiritual development is required to bring order, discipline and peace in the life. Thus all aspects of development are integral part of HRD.
According to Rao (1995) ultimately what is important, is human satisfaction and the quality of life. Developing people is the essence of any HRD effort and it is an important goal of all other development activities (plans, policies, programs, establishment of new structures, mechanism). All forms of development (economic, technological, ecological, agricultural, industrial, etc) are ultimately meant to serve people in terms of improving their happiness through better quality and standards of life because according to Indian concept (The National Concept of HRD) of HRD, development is not just about factories dams and roads. Development is basically about people. The goal is the people's material, cultural and spiritual fulfillment.
Tan (1996) restricted himself while discussing HRD in his paper to the extent of training and development of people through education, but admitted by referring Muqtada & Hildeman (of Working Group on HRD Strategies, Commonwealth Secretariat 1993), that, HRD in an integrated sense also encompasses health care, nutrition, population policies and employment. Tanp‟s words are quoted as: “HRD in an integrated sense also encompasses health care, nutrition, population policies and employment (Muqtada & Hildeman 1993; Working Group on HRD Strategies, Commonwealth Secretariat 1993). Though important, these aspects of HRD will not be dealt with.”
In the opinion of Bacchus (1992) the ultimate goal of HRD in any country is „to improve the quality of life of all it‟s people and not merely concerned with providing necessary skills to individuals. The concept of HRD deals with many facets of development of individuals including their physical, intellectual, emotional, political, and spiritual aspects.
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The core objective of this paper is to present an integrated model of HRD encompassing all the aspects of human resource development. However, the focus would on elaboration of economic, physical, psychological (emotional, motivational and behavioral), intellectual (training, education and skill building) and socio-cultural development of human resources