In an ability-oriented and knowledge-based society in which knowledge and information become the source of national competitiveness, each nation is emphasizing as its competitiveness the cultivation of ability to create, spread and utilize knowledge and information with the globalization, digitalization and knowledge-establishment of the social structure. That is, the national competitiveness in the 21st century knowledge-based society is determined by the quantity and quality of human resources that can create, spread and utilize new knowledge and information.
Therefore, expert opinions on the establishment, promotion and administration of human resources development policy need to be collected in order to expand national competitiveness through the efficient management and application of human resources. Thus, a database on the participating experts is required for an effective implementation of the process.
The primary reason for this project is to set up a monitor committee consisting of experts in human resources development field and enable the monitoring on the national human resources development policy through its expert DB. In other words, the objective of this project is to collect opinions on the pending problems requiring the establishment and improvement of the human resources development policy as well as emergency measures and to minimize errors in its enforcement by verifying the actuality and appropriateness of the policy.
The year 2001 will be committed to constructing the early stages of foundation for the expert monitoring project, and thus the first half of this year was focused on the appointment of an expert monitor committee by specialty, and the establishment of monitoring infrastructure, such as setting up its DB.
The method and process of appointing the monitor committee is as follows. First, subjects for the monitor committee were selected through an examination of experts by their specialty, region and organization based on the 2001 outside manpower pool of Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training. Members for the expert monitor committee were appointed two times. The first time was done through facsimile and e-mail, requesting participation as a member of the expert monitor committee, and phone calls made by investigators and researchers inducing participation. In addition, an introduction of this expert monitoring project as well as its participation notice were posted on this institute's homepage, allowing for voluntary participation.
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