Human resources development and the skills crisis in South Africa: the need for a multi‐pronged strategy

Is internationalization associated with investments in HRM? A study of entrepreneurial firms in emerging markets

“…A few studies, however, offer some perspective on the changing nature of HRM in South Africa (Menon & Kotze, 2007). Studies by Horwitz et al (1996) and Appiah-Mfodwa, Horwitz, Kieswetter, and Solai (2000) and Kraak (2005) all indicated that greater emphasis on competitiveness and the need to retain skilled workers is forcing South African firms to invest in training and development. Given the lack of research, calls to take HRM more seriously abound in South Africa (Cunningham, Lynham, & Weatherly, 2006).…”

Energy efficiency, security of supply and the environment in South Africa: Moving beyond the strategy documents

“…While in the case of Japan and the US one could assume that such capacity may perhaps be sourced from the available large skills pools from the public and private sectors, the same cannot be said of South Africa. In fact there is currently a big shortfall in technical skills for a whole range of existing disciplines [47]. It would therefore be prudent that targets for human power development as well as the appropriate timelines are included.…”

Skills development and structural change: Possibilities for and limitations of redressing structural racial inequalities in South Africa

“…Some literature (Groener 1997(Groener , 2000Badroodien 2004;Kraak 2004b;McGrath 2004) sketches the history of apartheid, training and skills development. The skills crisis itself is discussed by Andre Kraak (2004bKraak ( , 2005 and Simon McGrath (2004), work which is pertinent to understanding post-1994 changes of the apartheid forms of training. Under apartheid, the Department of Manpower (DOM) 6 coordinated a raciallydefined system of training governed by the Manpower Training Act (DOL 1981).…”