Delgado S., José Victor (1985) Human resource planning in the Venezuelan oil industry. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

This dissertation presents the findings of a study of the
effectiveness of the human resource planning in a large corporation
working within the limitations of an underdeveloped country -
Venezuela.
Because the economy of Venezuela is heavily dependant on its oil
industry the company PetrOleos de Venezuela S.A. was chosen for the
detailed study.
It was found that the system in use in the period 1980-81 was
defective in that it did not address the serious medium and long term
issues of manpower supply in a country seriously short of the skills
needed. There was a lack of linkage between human resource planning
and the corporation's long term objectives. Too much emphasis was
being placed on quantitative, and too little on qualitative
approaches to the problem.
A new approach was developed to complement the existing shorter term
quantitative approach. This involved a direct and active interaction
with corporate planning. Within this framework a qualitative method
of human resource planning was proposed and implemented.
This method was approved by the Board and introduced within the
Industrial Security function of the company in 1982. It has proved
Its usefulness in defining the type of personnel required by the
organization in the distant future. Since then the method has been
adopted in two affiliates of the company and it is planned to
introduce the method in a third affiliate in 1985.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Manpower planning -- Venezuela, Oil industries -- Venezuela -- Case studies, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. -- Management, Strategic planning -- Venezuela
Official Date:	September 1985
Dates:	Date Event September 1985 Submitted
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	School of Industrial and Business Studies
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Charnock, John B., 1919- ; Houlden, Brian
Extent:	203 leaves
Language:	eng

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