The Philosophy of Human Resource Development (HRD) and the science of economic liberalization have been ideologically synthesized later. Dr. P. Subba Rao (1996) has described this synthesis as follows: – “HRD assumes significance in view of the fast changing organizational environments and the need of the organization to adopt new techniques in order to respond to these environmental changes. The changing environmental factors include unprecedented increase in competition within and outside the country consequent upon the announcement and implementation of economic liberalizations.”
It is this re-invented Strategy of Human Resource Development (HRD) that enables the society to overcome such unprecedented increase in competitive trends. It is this scientific Human Resource Planning (HRP) that capacitates the society for these tasks, and the capacity will certainly work in the present as well as in the future. Watch and Listen to Video
In the modern context, where the role of HRD has been considered as decisive in the process of enhancing the efficiency of Administration and Management; the pragmatic administrative solutions as envisaged in Arthashastra are remarkably relevant. Kautilya recommended a judicious mix of monitoring, inspection and implementation of good wages among human resources. He understood the needs, nature and aspirations of workers. For example, he (Subramanian, 2000, p. 108) stated, “One should avoid the country where there is no reward for work, no activity, no relatives or no means of learning.” According to Kautilya [p. 283] “The king shall have the work of Heads of Departments inspected daily, for men are, by nature, fickle and, like horses, change after being put to work [Bk.2.Ch.9.Vs.2,4.}. “
It was impossible for the king to supervise the Heads of Departments personally because they were stationed at distant locations. Therefore, the king should pay incentive wages to the Heads of Departments and also get their work inspected to reduce shirking. Similarly, he prescribed [p. 289] that the Administrator or Chancellor and the Treasurer would be paid 24000 Panas annually, “enough to make them efficient in their work.” Such a high reward should be compared to the yearly minimum wage for an unskilled worker, which was only 60 Panas at this time. These facts prove that those modern practical administrative solutions have the nature of a successful continuum from the past to the present.
The Philosophy of Human Resource Development (HRD) that is widely discussed among the Gurus of the modern administration and management, still exploring the unfathomable possibilities of human resource management in their management school laboratories. Hence, the ultimate aim of my book is always the pragmatic application of HRD in the areas of administration and management of the simple organization to the complex people management of the state administration.
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