FORMATIVE ACTIVITY 2: HRS ROLE IN BUILDING A SKILLED AND CAPABLE WORKFORCE

Outcome 5, which is particularly pertinent for HR practitioners in the public service, is set out in the document that follows.

Read it, and then complete the questions that follow. Output 5: Research, development and innovation in human capital for a growing knowledge economy

Increase the output of:

o honours graduates to 20 000 per annum by 2014,

o research masters to 4 500 per annum by 2014,

o doctoral graduates to 1 350 per annum by 2014 and

o post-docs to 100 per annum by 2014.

Provide increased support to industry-university partnerships

Increase investment in research and development, especially in the science, engineering and technology sector. US242919 SO1 AC3, 4; SO5 AC1; SO7 AC1 [Total marks: 20]

1. Critically analyse the measurable outputs in outcome 5. (5 marks)

2. Map the input of HR defined in Figure 2 to the outputs in outcome 5. (5 marks)

3. Critically discuss what HR in the public sector must do to achieve these outputs. (5 marks)

4. Critically determine whether your HR department is achieving these goals. (4 marks)