The courses are meant to ensure the development of more knowledgeable workers in order to increase their knowledge-base through feasible investment in education and training which were done by taking advantage of new technologies of acquiring and disseminating knowledge.
"The development of Brunei Darussalam in the new economy would need a comprehensive re-look at the strategies and practices of human resource management.
"Such strategies should include human resource development as well as workplace policies and practices with the objective of promoting learning, re-learning and knowledge sharing and application," a trainer said.
He added that as the world economy became more integrated, critical enabling skills are currently being institutionalised to create an adept and creative workforce.
"Critical enabling skills are the generic skills that would enable the civil service to constantly learn, think and apply new knowledge and skills at the workplace," he said.
Such skills, he said, were significant to produce dynamic and innovative civil servants as they facilitated them in becoming effective and productive workers that promoted a learning workforce, he said.
He said, "Among others, the skills are learning; literacy including information and communication technology; critical thinking; communication; problem solving and creativity; personal effectiveness; leadership and ethics and values."
The five courses for the civil servants are the three-day Financial Auditing which ended yesterday, Training Needs Analysis from May 5-13, 4-day Kumpulan Kerja Cemerlang (KKC) and an ICT course in Microsoft Excel, both of which also ended yesterday, and the one-day Introduction to Computer Course.
The Financial Auditing course, attended by 34 government officers was organised by IPA and coordinated by a local training consultant, Prestique Training Development as well as facilitated by Jusni bin Yusoff, the Vice President of Malaysia-based Irshad Consulting Sdn Bhd.
The in-house Training Needs Analysis (May 5 -13), attended by Training Co-ordinator Officers is meant to identify the training needs of government departments - a key stage in the administration so as not to waste allocations towards unproductive courses.
An IPA staff said the other two courses, Microsoft Excel and Introduction to Computers aimed to provide and improve IT education and training services which conform to internationally-recognised standards with a vision to train civil servant to be ICT-ready for the implementation of the e-government.
Quelle: Borneo Bulletin
