Capacity Building for a Reforming African Power Sector

Capacity Building for a Reforming African Power Sector
Author: J. Baguant
Publisher: Zed Books
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781842772393

Capacity building for the power sector is an important national responsibility, which Governments in Africa need to seriously address. The inability of Governments to mobilize the required level of investment and commitment to the development and retention of a wide array of skills needed by the power sector is, in part, responsible for many of the difficulties that are faced by the region's electricity industry.Under the aegis of the AFREPREN Capacity Building Theme Group, a regional study and four country studies (Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Ethiopia and South Africa) addressed the capacity building question in the African power sector. This volume presents the findings of the studies.The studies analyse issues of manpower recruitment, training and retention in national power utilities. They also highlight the challenges and implications of capacity building initiatives in a reforming electricity industry and propose innovative options for capacity building in the region's power sector.

Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2020

Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2020
Author: International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA
Publisher: International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2019-06-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9292602667

The sixth edition of the series highlights employment trends in renewables worldwide, noting increasing diversification of the supply chain.

Manpower for Energy Production

Manpower for Energy Production
Author:
Publisher: Greenwood
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1986-11-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Manpower analysis and planning for the energy sector is the cornerstone of any successful national energy program. The human resources aspect of energy problems, however, has received little systematic attention. Responding to the need for a comprehensive information source on this important subject, Professor Hosni's bibliography reviews research completed to date and documents the different strategies that have been developed to cope with changing conditions in the energy market. Providing an international perspective, it draws on the literature of the United States and fifty other countries, with particular attention to the Arab world, where both energy and manpower are critical to future development.

Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries

Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2015-08-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0309267471

Energy and mineral resources are essential for the nation's fundamental functions, its economy, and security. Nonfuel minerals are essential for the existence and operations of products that are used by people every day and are provided by various sectors of the mining industry. Energy in the United States is provided from a variety of resources including fossil fuels, and renewable and nuclear energy, all with established commercial industry bases. The United States is the largest electric power producer in the world. The overall value added to the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2011 by major industries that consumed processed nonfuel mineral materials was $2.2 trillion. Recognizing the importance of understanding the state of the energy and mining workforce in the United States to assure a trained and skilled workforce of sufficient size for the future, the Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Energy technology Laboratory (NETL) contracted with the National Research Council (NRC) to perform a study of the emerging workforce trends in the U.S. energy and mining industries. Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries: A Call to Action summarizes the findings of this study.

Return of the Surya

Return of the Surya
Author: K.K. Sinha
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2020-03-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9389000823

This book attempts to look at future of technology and need of HR to reorient its philosophy and practices required to build a greater and a better tomorrow, through the views and experiences of a large number of technocrats and leaders, HR practitioners, academicians, business experts, bureaucrats and trade unionists. We have always been overwhelmed by the grandeur of the Sun. The all-powerful, merciful, the creator of our solar system and all lives on our planet. The Surya is the soul of all creations. He is always there with us, around us and is so merciful! We take Him for granted and remain generally unmindful of Him. The world however, has been mostly depending for its increasing needs of energy on fossil fuel, realising now thankfully that this is becoming a major threat to environment and all lives. This realisation has been now driving the globe to be putting greater reliance on renewable sources of energy including the wind, hydro and primarily the Sun. The entire energy value chain is likely to see significant disruption in the coming years and decades. India, which is at an evolving stage in its growth story, promises many opportunities for energy players. The ambitious megaprojects, launched by the Country are likely to drive higher energy consumption. The new thrust on nonconventional and renewable sources of energy has been radically altering the dynamics of the power sector. HR will therefore, have a very important role in understanding energy solutions for the future and it will have to reinvent itself continually to meet the challenges of a technology-driven future, while ensuring not to lose sight of the 'human' aspect of organisation and culture. HR also has to be harnessing its natural capability to be future ready. While technologists and scientists from all over the world are looking for the most green and renewable sources of energy, solar may well emerge as the best substitute for fossil fuels over short time. It could probably allow humans to happily coexist with the flora and fauna, while making the most efficient use of technology. Let us value and celebrate the return of the Surya to make a better world!

India's Manufacturing Sector

India's Manufacturing Sector
Author:
Publisher: Academic Foundation
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9788171883110

Released by the Prime Minister of India, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 24th May, 2003, this book brings together 3 top-ranking independent reports that outlining a comprehensive manufacturing policy framework for India.

Evolving Corporate Education Strategies for Developing Countries: The Role of Universities

Evolving Corporate Education Strategies for Developing Countries: The Role of Universities
Author: Narasimharao, B. PanduRanga
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 411
Release: 2013-01-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1466628464

Educational commissions continue to press the need for growth in higher education. In particular, universities in developing countries persist in putting their academic theory into practice by aiming to integrate their intellectual and cultural traditions into higher education. Evolving Corporate Education Strategies for Developing Countries: The Role of Universities presents the theories and opportunities for integrating corporate education into traditional universities as well as highlighting the professional development in different subject areas. This book provides relevant research important for policy makers, practitioners and scholars of higher education.