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IMPROVING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN PAKISTAN TO FOSTER SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH AN ANALYSIS FROM THE FIELD OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gmsr.2024(IX-I).04      10.31703/gmsr.2024(IX-I).04      Published : Mar 2024

Improving Workforce Development in Pakistan to Foster Sustainable Economic Growth: An Analysis from the Field of Human Resource Management

    Pakistan's population is dynamic and quickly expanding, presenting a one-of-a-kind opportunity for economic growth and development. The aim of this article is to explore how Human Resource Management could significantly help in closing the skills gap, developing a culture of lifelong learning, increasing innovation and entrepreneurship, enhancing employability and retention, and generating capable, adaptable, diverse, and inclusive workforces. A mixed-methods approach to measure the effectiveness of the HRM practices was conducted for the purpose of establishing whether or not the HRM practices in Pakistan favored the development of sustainable economic growth. According to the data collected from two hundred HR experts and workers from diverse sectors, training programs were a key HRM practice for seventy-two percent of the organizations in Pakistan. However, only forty-five percent of the respondents indicated that they had a performance management system that was supported by unique career life stages.

    HRM, SDGs, Workforce, Development, Management.
    (1) Arfan Ahmed
    PhD, Management Sciences, Hamdard University Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (2) Syed Arif Hussain
    PhD Criminology, University of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (3) Syed Usman Shahid
    PhD, Department of Management Sciences, Hamdard University Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
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    APA : Ahmed, A., Hussain, S. A., & Shahid, S. U. (2024). Improving Workforce Development in Pakistan to Foster Sustainable Economic Growth: An Analysis from the Field of Human Resource Management. Global Management Sciences Review, IX(I), 29-36. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmsr.2024(IX-I).04
    CHICAGO : Ahmed, Arfan, Syed Arif Hussain, and Syed Usman Shahid. 2024. "Improving Workforce Development in Pakistan to Foster Sustainable Economic Growth: An Analysis from the Field of Human Resource Management." Global Management Sciences Review, IX (I): 29-36 doi: 10.31703/gmsr.2024(IX-I).04
    HARVARD : AHMED, A., HUSSAIN, S. A. & SHAHID, S. U. 2024. Improving Workforce Development in Pakistan to Foster Sustainable Economic Growth: An Analysis from the Field of Human Resource Management. Global Management Sciences Review, IX, 29-36.
    MHRA : Ahmed, Arfan, Syed Arif Hussain, and Syed Usman Shahid. 2024. "Improving Workforce Development in Pakistan to Foster Sustainable Economic Growth: An Analysis from the Field of Human Resource Management." Global Management Sciences Review, IX: 29-36
    MLA : Ahmed, Arfan, Syed Arif Hussain, and Syed Usman Shahid. "Improving Workforce Development in Pakistan to Foster Sustainable Economic Growth: An Analysis from the Field of Human Resource Management." Global Management Sciences Review, IX.I (2024): 29-36 Print.
    OXFORD : Ahmed, Arfan, Hussain, Syed Arif, and Shahid, Syed Usman (2024), "Improving Workforce Development in Pakistan to Foster Sustainable Economic Growth: An Analysis from the Field of Human Resource Management", Global Management Sciences Review, IX (I), 29-36
    TURABIAN : Ahmed, Arfan, Syed Arif Hussain, and Syed Usman Shahid. "Improving Workforce Development in Pakistan to Foster Sustainable Economic Growth: An Analysis from the Field of Human Resource Management." Global Management Sciences Review IX, no. I (2024): 29-36. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmsr.2024(IX-I).04