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Lesson

6 HUMAN RESOURCE

The positive changes that occur in an individual, family, community or a
country as a whole is known as development. This is a constant and never ending
process which had been going on in the past and will continue to go on in the
future. There is a vast difference in the lifestyle and the living standard of our

ancestors compared to our modern day lifestyle. This is the result of development.
If there was no development, there would be no difference between the life we
lead now and the life that our ancestors led years ago. Human resources play an
important role in the social and economic development of a country.

Human resources are those people who are educated, knowledgeable, skilled
and experienced, physically healthy, mentally aware and are rational thinkers.
Human resources are also known as manpower, labors or human capital. It can
be divided into three groups:

Unskilled - The group of people who lack the skill and training are known as
unskilled human resource.

Semi-skilled - The group of people who have certain skills but still not

qualified for a particular job is known as semi-skilled human
resource.

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