Personnel issues and development

(Baonghean) - Editor's Note: Baonghean Newspaper publishes comments and suggestions from readers to help build Nghe An, the homeland of President Ho Chi Minh, into an increasingly developed province.

- It must be affirmed that: Sustainable economic development requires a correct strategy based on new thinking. After having the right strategy, there must be a team of capable officials to organize and implement that economic development strategy. Does Nghe An have a team of officials, in the broadest sense, sufficient to shoulder that responsibility? To answer this question, the provincial and district levels in general, and each sector in particular, must conduct a comprehensive inventory and survey of both the quantity and quality, and the structure of their personnel. From there, they should draw conclusions: Is the personnel structure appropriate to the economic development structure? Is the number and quality of officials of all types sufficient, excessive, or insufficient?

Based on the results of the survey and census, and in comparison with the requirements of the economic development strategy, a personnel strategy will be developed with the goal of having a workforce of economic personnel with a suitable structure, sufficient in quantity, and of high quality (linked to the demand for high-quality labor).

Officials from the Anh Son District Protective Forest Management Board inspect the forest. Photo: Sy Thuan

First and foremost, a thorough understanding of economic personnel is necessary:

- The Party has identified economic development as the central task; Party building as the key task. Therefore, identifying, training, nurturing, and effectively utilizing the economic cadre must be considered a central task of personnel work. Up until now, Party committees, governments at all levels, and personnel work agencies from the province, economic sectors to the district and grassroots levels have not properly placed the position and role of economic cadres, have not cared enough about economic cadre work, and have only focused on general cadres. Personnel work has been revolving around, or even outside, the task of economic development. A new understanding of the position and role of economic cadres is urgently needed.

- For sustainable economic development, provinces, sectors, and districts must have a team of economic cadres with a rational and synchronized structure corresponding to the economic structure of the province, sector, and district. There must be a team of economic cadres who are at least fairly good, if not excellent. Specific policies to attract talent to the province, sector, and district must first and foremost be economic talent. This is because, currently, the province, sectors, and districts are severely lacking economic cadres. The Provincial Party Committee's Organization Department, the District Party Committee's Organization Department, the Department of Internal Affairs - the district internal affairs departments, and the organization departments of economic sectors must directly oversee this, effectively advising the Party committees, governments, and heads of sectors, and then directing the implementation to build a team of cadres capable of meeting the demands of economic development.

- The economic cadre we need is not simply economic cadres in Party and State agencies, but also includes economic cadres working in non-state enterprises and production and business establishments. This team must include leading cadres in key sectors, fields, crops, livestock, and products of the province, industry, and district. Understanding this type of cadre is essential to meet the demands of a multi-sectoral economy, a large-scale commodity production economy, an economy based on modern science and technology, and a market economy with a focus on the era of deep integration.

Technical staff from the district's Plant Protection Station inspect rice fields and guide farmers on spraying pesticides to control pests and diseases. Photo: Nhu Trang

So how can we cultivate a team of economic officials based on the aforementioned new understanding? Here's how:

- Based on the new understanding needed, and through a comprehensive survey to arrive at conclusions: what types of economic cadres are currently lacking in the province, sectors, and districts? What qualifications? And how many? From there, develop programs and plans for identifying, training, and nurturing them annually and over many years, aiming to achieve the necessary economic cadre with a rational structure and good quality.

- Provincial and sectoral organizations should directly contact universities (training economic personnel) to select outstanding students and those from the local area from the outset, and implement policies to attract them to work in the province, sector, or district upon graduation.

- Select a number of talented students with aptitude in economics and engineering to send to domestic universities for training, and if necessary, abroad, in relevant fields. Do not wait for talented students to pass entrance exams for those departments and majors.

- Each year, select a number of officials currently working in various economic sectors (both general economics and specialized economics) to study and work at economic institutes, research institutes, and technical institutes to improve their skills and qualifications. The study and work period can be from 1 to 2 years. This is a source for training and developing leading officials in each field.

- The Provincial Political School, in collaboration with the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, will organize short-term training courses (2-3 days) for business leaders to update their knowledge and economic laws, especially those relevant to the economy in the era of integration. It is necessary to collaborate with and leverage the expertise of universities and institutes at the central level to determine the content and assign lecturers.

Leaders of Yen Na commune (Tuong Duong district) and agricultural extension officers join the people of Bon village in the fields. Photo: PV.

Finally, regarding the staff at the ward, town, and commune levels: Every year, the Provincial Political School organizes training courses for grassroots officials. In addition to the "hard" curriculum prescribed by higher authorities, there should be a "soft" program. Besides local studies, it should include economic content so that trained officials have the minimum necessary economic knowledge, thereby enhancing their leadership and economic organization capabilities at the ward, town, and commune levels.

For our province to achieve breakthroughs and progress, it is essential to have a new mindset regarding the economy and a forward-looking economic vision. Personnel management in general, and economic personnel management in particular, must also innovate their thinking and elevate their vision to ensure a team of economic cadres who play a leading role in meeting the demands of the new development phase.

Truong Cong Anh