LASU Journal of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management
(LJERHRM)
ISSN: 2705-3482
Volume 2, No. 1, December 2020
Pages 111-123
DOI: 10.36108/ljerhrm/0202.02.0180
ENGINEERING AND HUMAN-CAPACITY BUILDING: FLEXIBILITY OF INNOVATION IN HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
HARUNA, Ishola Abdullahi1,BABATUNDE, Olufemi Akinyele2, OLAYEMI,OluwadamilolaAmosun3,OBALOLUWA, Oded Oyewo4, BUSHROH, Adelodun5
Department of Sociology1, Department of Accounting and Finance2;3, Department of Business Administration4,5
College of Arts, Management and Social Sciences, Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Ogun State
Emails:1harunism@gmail.com, 2tundeakinyele24@gmail.com, 3moyosolorun.amosun@gmail.com, 4obaoyewod1st@yahoo.com, 5bushronism@gmail.com
Abstract
The difference between developed and developing societies could also be captured in the area of engineering innovations for human-center development. Engineering is one of the drivers of sustainable development in the world; it has substantial impacts on building and sustaining human capital. Nigeria, like other developing societies, is confronted with challenges of utilizing human resources maximally for her national development. Hence, this paper investigates engineering and human capacity building as the flexibility of innovation in human capital development in Nigeria. This study applied a theoretical method; information was sourced through secondary means like content analysis journals, textbooks, and electronic resources. This study anchor on modernization, human capital, and scientific management theories. Findings showed that apart from the purely academic angle, Nigeria has no made outstanding progress in the area of training and institutional support. The paper recommends broad-based engineering applications in every facet of human capital. This will attract foreign investors to the economy, and the local ones can use their technical skills to ensure maximum utilization of resources through engineering techniques. As the World Federation of Engineers is sustaining pressures on the engineering body among the member states. Nigeria cannot afford to be isolated in the area of sound engineering training. This paper will be useful to the International Labour Organisation, World Federation of Engineers, ministries of employment and capacity development, National Directorates of Employment, the Nigerian Consultative Council and researchers in the field of Human Resources and engineering management could initiate research from here.
Keywords: Engineering, human-capacity building, innovations, human capital development, Nigeria