Vietnam has had one of the highest GDP growth rates in the world in recent years, yet it remains a developing economy. There remains a need to improve factors influencing the development of its human resources through education at all levels, workplace training, corporate social responsibility, gender equality, support for entrepreneurship, and other practices and policies related to HR. Yet, national HRD, officially, is a relatively new concept in Vietnam. This edited volume highlights the importance of developing human resources, enabling Vietnam to continue its growth in its move into the ranks of developed countries. It examines the historical, political, economic, and cultural contexts embedded in HRD at national and organization levels and emphasizes the changes that HRD can bring about in the nation. This book offers scholars and practitioners a non-western view of how HRD research should be more indigenous and discusses implications for future research.

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Hien Thi Tran (Ph.D.) is a lecturer and a researcher in corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, management, international business, and human resources. She has been a consultant for sustainability projects and the principal investigator for applied research projects funded by international and local entities.

Tam To Phuong (Ph.D.) is a faculty member at Foreign Trade University, Hanoi, Vietnam. Her research focuses on faculty development, adult learning, and organization development. She developed a professional identity development framework for Vietnamese faculty in her dissertation at Texas A&M University, USA. ****

Huyen Thi Minh Van (Ph.D.) works at Foreign Trade University, Vietnam and Texas A&M University, USA. She studies learning, performance, engagement, and citizenship in organizational contexts. Her dissertation investigated HRD strategies and practices for creating an engaged workforce from organizational and individual perspectives.****

Gary N. McLean (Ed.D., Ph.D. Hon.) is Professor in the Ph.D. in Organization Development program, Assumption University, Bangkok, and Professor Emeritus of Human Resource Development and Adult Education at the University of Minnesota. He was formerly president of McLean Global Consulting, a family business.

Mark A. Ashwill (Ph.D.)** is managing director and co-founder of Capstone Vietnam, a full-service educational consulting company with offices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He served as country director of the Institute of International Education-Vietnam from 2005-09.

Zusammenfassung

Despite recent high GDP growth rates, Vietnam remains a developing country in need of developing human resources (HR) of both genders. This can be done through education, workplace training, corporate social responsibility, policies for gender equality, support for entrepreneurship, and other practices and policies. Yet, national human resource development (NHRD) is a relatively new concept in Vietnam. This edited volume highlights the importance of HR, HRD, and NHRD, enabling Vietnam to experience sustainable growth and become a modern industrial country. It examines the positive changes effected by HRD considering Vietnam's unique historical, political, economic, and cultural contexts. This book offers scholars and practitioners an indigenous HRD approach and discusses implications for future research and practices.

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PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUNDChapter 1: National Human Resource Development in Vietnam (Van, Huyen Thi Minh Phuong, Tam To) This chapter explores literature conceptualizing Vietnam national human resource development (NHRD) and makes an initial operationalization of the construct. It will address four research questions: 1) How is NHRD defined in Vietnam? 2) What NHRD model is followed in Vietnam? 3) What issues exist about NHRD in Vietnam? 4) What approaches are applicable for managing such challenges? To answer these questions, the authors conducted an exploratory review of governmental materials and research literature. They include documents like Vietnam 2035, Vietnam Human Resource Planning 2011-2020, and Vietnam Qualifications Framework. The review also relies on authoritative research and reports by international organizations and scholarship from Vietnam. The authors further explore the strengths and weaknesses of Vietnam's human resources within the situational opportunities and threats; thus proposing strategies for Vietnam NHRD. Preliminary findings entail three conceptual propositions: a) Vietnam follows the transitional model of NHRD, b) NHRD exists in Vietnam as a broad term embedded in national policy on HRD, and c) the construct of NHRD has not been rigorously developed to regional or international levels. Operationally, this overview of NHRD in Vietnam, which is based on national policy including labor laws and other regulations on developing human resources, provides a sketch of HRD in higher education and public, private, and non-profit sectors. One trend discovered in this review was a recent strong movement towards mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the public sector, which can be a critical organization development and affects national sustained development.

Chapter 2: Historical and Cultural Contexts of Vietnam Affecting HRD (Truong, Huong Mai, Pham, Thuy Thi Hong & Doan, Thuy Thi Thanh) This chapter explores the historical and cultural contexts of HRD in Vietnam, a tropical country with a paddy-rice agricultural industry. Vietnam's history is longstanding with three main phases: the period from the Stone Age to 208 BC, the time of feudal dynasty with Chinese domination, and the period of interaction with western culture (from the 16th century to the present). Each historical narrative forms a picture of the nation as it exists in the global world. Given the history of colonization by China and France, followed by American involvement in the Vietnam War, Vietnam is at the crossroads of civilizations with major influences from Chinese and Western cultures. Thus, in addition to examining the cultural values from a Confucian perspective, the chapter also explores Vietnamese culture based on Hofstede's six dimensions of culture. The country's historical and cultural contexts are reflected in prevailing HRD strategies and practices: collective orientation, hierarchical organizational structures, centralized decision making, and seniority preference. Such practices result in poor employee relationships and personnel administration, creating challenges for HRD practitioners. These impacts are examined across six functions of HRD, including training and development, organization development, career development, HR planning, performance management, and recruiting and selection.

Chapter 3: The Influence of National Factors on National Patterns of HRD in Vietnam: A Review of Literature (Nguyen, Kien Duc & Do, Kien Duy) This chapter is motivated from two factors. First, the national context in HRD is an under-researched area. Although importance of national context in explaining the nature of HRD has been recently stressed by scholars, studies on this topic have been limited. Second, Vietnam, a developing and transition economy in Southeast Asia with political, cultural and socioeconomic particularities, appears to pose a potential non-Western context for enriching the existing literature. This chapter aims to examine the effects of institutional factors on HRD patterns and practices in Vietnam, to make comparisons of the relationships between institutional factors and HRD practices in Vietnam with those in other countries, and to investigate whether HRD models established in Western nations applicable in Vietnam. The methods used in the chapter are qu…