Manpower planning in Pakistan: a study of its assumptions concerning the education-occupation relationship.

摘要

The study explored the validity of the assumptions concerning the education-occupationudrelationship with special reference to manpower planning in Pakistan. Empirical evidenceudboth from the literature on manpower planning and from the real-working situation inudPakistan were collected. We collected data through questionnaires from the respondents.udThe main research question was:udIs the education-employment relationship assumed in Pakistani manpower planningudvalid?udThe study is divided into nine chapters. It begins with an introduction to the study inudwhich we highlight its significance, research questions, and the assumptions of theudmanpower requirements approach concerning this relationship. The second chapterudreviews the manpower planning literature critically examining the main features ofuddifferent methods of the manpower requirements approach. Chapter three presents theudoverall picture of the "economic structure of Pakistan". Chapter four describes in detail,udthe various manpower planning exercises conducted in Pakistan and the role of differentudorganizations both at the Federal and Provincial level, involved in the planning exercises.udThis is followed by a "critical examination of manpower planning in Pakistan" in chapterudfive. Chapter six describes the "research questions and methodology"used in the research.udThe "sample and responses" is presented in chapter seven, followed by the "analysis andudinterpretation" presented in chapter eight focusing on their implications in Pakistan.udChapter nine concludes the study with a "summary of conclusions and recommendations"udbased on the findings of the present study. On the basis of the evidence collected in this research we concluded that the assumptionsudmade concerning the education-occupation relationship in Pakistani manpower planningudexercises are largely invalid.