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The strategic role of the Human Capital Management Function in the Disaster Risk Reduction Discourse in the 21st century work environment: The Zimbabwean context

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  • Sazane Jethro Ngwenya

    (Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Human Resource Management, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe)

  • Sifelani Ngwenya

    (Centre for Evaluation Science, Lupane State University, Zimbabwe)

  • Lulamani Ngwenya

    (N/A)

Abstract

Disasters of varying magnitudes have left memorable historical catastrophic footprints, world over and workplaces are not exempt from these phenomena. As such, various initiatives and legislations have been put in place to curtail the impact of disasters. This study explores the strategic role of the Human Capital Management Function (HCM) in building Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) management capability at workplaces in the backdrop of escalating disasters that threaten business continuity and livelihoods of employees globally. The study adopted a qualitative method approach, which influenced the subsequent usage of desktop review, and semi-structured questionnaires to collect qualitative data from a randomly selected sample of thirty one (31) participants (Human Resource Practitioners, Lecturers, Human Resource Management university students and Disaster Management experts). Study participants were drawn from Bulawayo, Midlands, and Matabeleland South provinces of Zimbabwe. Gathered data were thematically analysed and reported. The study found that both HCM and DRR practitioners concurred that DRR is key for ensuring the general Health and Safety of employees. The study observed that the DRR legislation of Zimbabwe (the Civil Protection Act [Chapter 10:06] of 1989) pays little or no attention to the HCM’s function in DRR. However, despite this drawback, HCM was found to be key in building and promoting DRR capacities and capabilities at the workplace. This paper unravels the need to legislate the DRR process at workplace level so as to empower HCM practitioners in the same manner as other legislated HCM functions

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  • Sazane Jethro Ngwenya & Sifelani Ngwenya & Lulamani Ngwenya, 2023. "The strategic role of the Human Capital Management Function in the Disaster Risk Reduction Discourse in the 21st century work environment: The Zimbabwean context," International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), vol. 10(3), pages 63-70, March.
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