Research Proposal on HR Strategies Development in South Africa Setas

This research proposal assesses the importance of Human Resources and Strategies Development in South Africa and Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs). It highlights the significance of HR development strategies in supporting financial progress and national development programs. The research motivation stems from the need to understand the nature, scope, and concept of HRD and HRM, particularly within the South African public sector post-1994. The proposal references academic literature discussing challenges and the role of HRM in enhancing skills. It emphasizes the role of the National Human Resource Development Strategy in ensuring South Africans are prepared for societal participation and work, aiming to investigate the policy framework for HRD in the public sector.

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IDENTIFYING RESEARCH TOPICS- HR
MARCH 23, 2019
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RESEARCH PROPOSAL 1
Problem Statement
The topic of research is to assess the importance of Human resources and Strategies
Development in South Africa and Setas. The Human resources and Strategies Development is
very important to support the financial progress and development programmes (Collis and
Hussey, 2013). The human resource development strategies are significant to establish the
sound foundation for proper application of human resource development of the nation. The
functions of the statutory National Skills Authority is to apply the strategies related to skills
development, review the act, and report the development made by Sector Education and
Training Authorities. In the reference of South Africa, the training and development has
consideration in recent times as the mean stating the precarious people development
advantages (Saunders, Lewis and Thornhill, 2012).
The significance of the human resource development strategy is identified by the
governments and shared via the businesses, NGO, workers, and the educational sectors of the
societies of South Africa. The human resource development strategy is very significant in the
recent time. The human resource development strategies have been identified as vital
instrument in the strategies of the governments to hasten the growth or development. The
framework is that the National Ministries of Education and Labour established the new
administrative structure for the human resource development in South Africa, namely the
National Human Resource Development Strategy or NHRDS in year 2001. The major
objective of National Human Resource Development Strategy was to render the plans to
make sure that human beings in South Africa are prepared to take complete participation in
the societies of South Africa, to be capable to search or conduct the work, and to help justly
from this (Houston, 2004).
Research Motivation
I have chosen the topic’ Why Human Resource Development Strategies in South Africa and
Setas are so important. The reason is that it is very essential to know the nature, scope, idea,
concept, and the significance establishment of Human Resource Development (HRD),
Human Resource Management (HRM), education, learning and training. The main research
motivation behind this research study is to assess the impact of the significant outer variables
on the procedure of Human Resource Development in the structural setting in public sector.
This research study is also very important to know the requirement of the National Human
Resource Development Strategy in South Africa. This research study is beneficial to render
the proper investigation of a legislature and policy framework for Human Resource
Development in public sector of South Africa with the impact of transformation of South
Africa after year 1994 (Bell and Bryman, 2007).
Related Academic Literature

RESEARCH PROPOSAL 2
This topic of ‘significance of Human Resource Development Strategies in South Africa and
Setas’ has been also discussed in other academic literature. The one of related academic
journal article is ‘New Challenges for South African Development and Training-Linkages to
Empirical Research (Jinabhai, 2005).’ The other related academic journal is ‘The Role of
Human Resources Management on Enhancing the Teaching Skills of Faculty Members
(Rafiei and Davari, 2015).

RESEARCH PROPOSAL 3
References
Bell, E., and Bryman, A. (2007) ‘The ethics of management research: An exploratory content
analysis’, British Journal of Management, 18(1), pp. 63–77.
Collis, J., and Hussey, R. (2013) Business Research: A Practical Guide for Undergraduate
and Postgraduate Students. 4th ed. London: Palgrave-MacMillan.
Houston, M.B. (2004) ‘Assessing the validity of secondary data proxies for marketing
constructs’, Journal of Business Research, 57(2), pp. 154-161.
Jinabhai, D. C. (2005) New Challenges for South African Development and Training-
Linkages to Empirical Research, SAGE journals, , 34(1), pp. 117-125
Rafiei, N., and Davari, F. (2015) The Role of Human Resources Management on Enhancing
the Teaching Skills of Faculty Members, PMC, 27(1), pp. 35-38
Saunders, M., Lewis, P., and Thornhill, A. (2012) Research Methods for Business Students,
6th ed. Pearson Learning Solutions.