The development of our human resources is an area in which we need to do well as it is decisive in determining the success of our diversification programme.
Human resources are just tremendous in Egypt, but we need the science base; we need the correct science base.
Trouble results when the speed of growth exceeds the speed of nurturing human resources. To use the analogy of growth rings in a tree, when unusually rapid growth caused the rings to grow abnormally thick, the tree trunk weakens and is easily broken.
With a traditional human resources system, we would work with a company, select the product, customise and implement the system, and our job would be over. Some companies are changing and asking why do they need to own the HR system when they can connect to an Internet service and pay as you go?
Nigeria is a West African nation of over 100 million energetic people. It is endowed with lots of natural resources but lacks human resources.
There must be an opportunity that matches with our strategy. Just because we have a gap, we don't want to go and acquire anything and everything. What we acquire should fit in with our strategy, human resources and market expectations.
What we're going to do is try to get TSA out of the human resources and personnel business and into the security business to connect the dots.
Turkey is a model of economic and social development, especially in terms of human resources and regional cooperation.
I'm not a techno-determinist. I believe we need to improve our existing human resources, and technology can only be a complement.
It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more.