Investigation of the Relationship between Human Resource Management and Sustainable Development

Abstract

In today’s business transactions, human resources
have the major contribution to achieving organizational success.
Merging sustainability into organizational goals and outcomes
makes them the driving force of the organization. This paper
views the relationship between human resource management and
sustainable development from two different perspectives; In the
first approach, human resources are considered as a means of
gaining sustainable development, while in the second approach
the employees’ knowledge, experience, abilities and skills, as the
organizations’ invaluable resources, are valued and well
preserved. Based on the first viewpoint, human resources must
be trained and managed to apply energy and resources sparingly
to provide the best environmental, social, and economic
condition. In the latter, however, the best possible environmental,
social, and economic conditions are needed to take advantage
from the employees’ knowledge and skills.