INTEGRATING HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE BOTSWANA PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE

Human resource development and knowledge management are increasingly becoming influential disciplines which are critical to the survival and success of organizations. Human capital resources are key for organizations to gain competitive advantage. With the spread of information and worldwide communications, competitive advantage based on only technology and on only human resources development strategies may only be maintained for short periods of time before competitors catch up. The only source of sustainable competitive advantage is to learn faster and more creatively than competing organizations. That could only be achieved through the swift and effective HRD strategies combined with knowledge management. It has been established that through learning, training, development, knowledge and knowledge management can organizations thrive through human capital. Helping people grow by empowering them with knowledge in a way boosts performance in a sustainable way. To memorize information for extended periods of time is not practical, it is telling that information needs to be stored (managed properly) for reference and for sustainability