Modem society are changing in the knowledge-based economic society. In consequence, importance of human resources is getting increased. Training of high potential individuals is like the powor of national competitiveness, as well as that it is used as...
Modem society are changing in the knowledge-based economic society. In consequence, importance of human resources is getting increased. Training of high potential individuals is like the powor of national competitiveness, as well as that it is used as economic growth engine. Training of S & T human resources which is directly connected with economic growth and national income is the most important section of them. Despite the fact, training of S & T human resources is unprepared because of incompleteness of university eucation and inadequacy of reward for performance in Korea. Accordingly, this study, which understands the present status in S & T human resources of korea and analyze its problem, suggests courses and implication of S & T human resources policy. Moreover, the subject of the study is the S & T human resources of public sector except private sector. As a scope of contents, this study focuses on improvement of university education in science and engineering, reward for performance, and management of human resource. The method of this study is SWOT analysis. Based on the present status and problem in S & T human resources of Korea, it is suggested strength, weakness, opportunity, threat of the S & T human resources. As a result of the research, this study shows that the strength factor of S & T human resources in Korea is plentiful human resources and potentiality of S & T. Nextly, the weakness factor is brain drain and inadequacy of reward for performance. In addition, the opportunity factor is a rise in the significance of S & T human resources and the threat factor is the checks of the developed countries. This study classifies it as four sectors to promote S & T human resources. Firstly, It is considered the schemes that make S & T education substancial through improvement of university courses and that encourage rivalries among universities - even colleges at the same university - so as to develop the importance of S & T and the quality of instruction. Secondly, It is proposed not only to plan to let outstanding human resources for training of high potential individual come to South Korea, but also to introduce woman employees quota into public study institutions for tuition of female S & T human resources. Thirdly, it is suggested to establish a reward system for performance which shows the vision for career development so that it can make S & T human resources` welfare better. Lastly, in the part of human resources management, it is urged to control and to utilize excellent human resources efficiently by building th Datebase(DB) of S & T human resources.