People's Elements

"People's Elements: HR Practices Driving NGO Roots to Impact" offers a rigorous examination of how strategic human resource development underpins the performance and sustainability of Indian NGOs. The book starts from a clear tension: NGOs have dramatically expanded their roles in fields such as education, health, gender justice and livelihoods, yet the deliberate development of their own employees has lagged behind. This imbalance creates a gap between what organisations aspire to achieve for communities and what their internal systems and capabilities can realistically deliver. Strategic HRD is therefore positioned as a core organisational capability rather than a peripheral support service.To analyse this capability, the study develops two anchor constructs. Strategic Action Orientation (SAO) captures how NGOs interpret mission, scan their context, set goals, choose and prioritise projects, engage stakeholders and communicate outcomes. HRD Orientation (HRDO) captures how they recruit, induct and deploy staff; plan and evaluate training; design performance management and feedback systems; shape learning cultures; and recognise and retain employees.