Human Resources Quality on Competitiveness Enhancement
Alamsyah Agit
Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia, Email: alamsyahagit@gmail.com
Nursini
Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia,Email: nini_mqhmud@yahoo.com
Sabir
3Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia. Email: sabir@fe.unhas.ac.id
Sultan Suhab
4Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia. Email: sultansuhab@gmail.com
Abstract
Human resources are an important aspect in terms of economic activities. Further, in any activities in general, high quality human resources can result in many positive and impactful outcomes. Competitiveness is built on many aspects, and human resources play an important role in terms of competitiveness, due to the fact that human resources contribute to knowledge, innovation and technology development. Competitiveness is also related to economic growth and quality of life, nations with high competitiveness index, tend to have contribute on social welfare in general. According to this, it’s important to high and recall the contribution of human resources in this process. Using qualitative method of literature review approach, this paper will describe the importance of high-quality human resources in term of competitiveness, using empirical evidence and research as its main sources of data, deductive reasoning employed in this paper will provide conclusions and possible improvements for future research. The result of this paper indicates that high quality human resources were developed through education aspect, whether its formal or informal, education contribute toward knowledge and innovation, which are embodied by high quality human resources. Through this human resource will have the capability of having high productivity and maximize the use resources to achieve competitiveness in general.
Keywords: Competitiveness, Economy, Human Resources, Innovation, Knowledge
