ABSTRACT
This chapter will focus on the issue of economic development in relation to human resources before and after the revolution. As we enter the new millennium, the problem of human resource development becomes more acute as a result of the lack of any policy initiative undertaken after the revolution. Beheshti carefully examines the ability of human resources in relation to the requirements of economic development. This study also evaluates the main characteristics of human resources during the period 1976-91. It sets out to consider the trend of human resources as a whole, including both the economically active and economically inactive sections of the population. Special attention is given to the issue of employment and its structure. In order to evaluate the potential capabilities of the work force, the literacy level of the employed population, defined by economic sectors, is considered. In order to present an accurate assessment of the abilities of both the private and public sectors in running the economy, and as an addition to the investigations on the changing patterns of employment occurring in the postrevolutionary period, the major characteristic elements of employment in the private and public sectors are analysed. After presenting the various characteristics of the unemployment phenomenon, the chapter goes on to examine the impact of the rapid population growth on the human resource structure and concludes that, during 1976-91, the tendency of employment was oriented mostly towards unproductive activities; the ability of the workers (particularly privatesector workers) to employ academic approaches in the production process was not high enough to be able to manage and run the country's economy.
