A necessary dialogue: a South African case study exploring the role of national HRD in HIV/AIDS non-government organizations

Societal Development Through Human Resource Development

“…For example, Kuo, Yamnill, and McLean (2008) made pioneering efforts to address the social dilemma of prostitution in Taiwan and Thailand from an NHRD perspective. Johnson, Bartlett, Cunningham, Lynham, and der Marwitz (2010) argued for the necessity of academic dialogue on the role of NHRD in HIV/AIDS NGOs in a South African case study, while Virakul and McLean (2010) made the same argument for Thailand. NGOs have played a pivotal role in social and economic development in many nations and are considered as major stakeholders in NHRD policy formation and implementation (Metcalfe & Rees, 2005).…”

Putting the individual and context back into national human resource development research: A systematic review and research agenda

“…NHRD researchers have given less attention to the resources dimension of microsystems, with several more recent studies bringing this dimension into focus. Examples of microsystem resource investigated include: volunteers as development resources ; senior managers in Omani organizations (Budhwar et al, 2002); private vocational education providers (Wilkins, 2002); national apprenticeship system resources (Greig, 2019); lifelong-learning city programmes promoting community development (Byun & Ryu, 2012); and NGOs on the front line addressing HIV/AIDS issues (Johnson et al, 2010). The role of HR professionals is examined by Mamman et al (2018) in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa.…”

Toward the Use of Human Resource Development for Societal Development

“…The issues and problems vary depending on the community’s social, economic, and cultural contexts. A synthesis of the findings from the cases reported by McLean, Kuo, Budhwani, Yamnill, and Virakul (in press), and Budhwani and McLean (in press) in this issue, as well as additional related literature (e.g., Jha & Kumar, 2000; Johnson, Bartlett, Cunningham, Lynham, & der Marwitz, 2010; Kuo, Yamnill, & McLean, 2008; Razvi & Roth, 2010; Virakul & McLean, 2010) shows that typical issues and problems at the community level include health and safety, women’s issues, adult literacy, poverty, and the public education system. Although it is surprising to find such a wide range of issues approached by HRD, this diversity appears to be inevitable in that the well-being of a group of people or a society must be addressed in all life domains (Finnis, 1993), and HRD is suitable to serve equally a set of public issues beyond work-related domains (Kuchinke, 2010).…”

“…Numerous international development projects that are geared to enhance standards of living are under way around the world, although they are not often reported in the literature (McLean et al, in press). The issues that are dealt with in these projects include health and safety (Johnson et al, 2010; Virakul & McLean, 2010), social justice (Budhwani, Wee, & McLean, 2004; Chat-uthai & McLean, 2003; Kuo et al, 2008; Moon & McLean, 2003) and poverty (Razvi & Roth, 2010). The article by Mace, Venneberg, and Amell (in press) in this issue shows how an international problem, such as human trafficking, can be approached by HRD.…”