Vol. 2 No. 2 (2016): PENGEMBANGAN SUMBER DAYA MANUSIA BALITBANG KEMHAN: TANTANGAN DAN PELUANG

The complexity of challenges and demands of the tasks in defense, as well as government’s efforts in accelerating the realization of self-sufficient domestic defense industry, require human resources who have reliability, competence, and competitiveness. Competence is a quality of employee’s ability in delivering optimal results for their organization. Accordingly, Research and Development Agency of Ministry of Defense (Balitbang Kemhan) requires reliable and competent human resources to answer the challenges of increasingly complex tasks. This paper will discuss two problems: 1) How does Research and Development Agency of Ministry of Defense attempt to develop its human resources in order to answer the challenge of its tasks that are increasingly become more complex? and 2) What guarantee is organization may offer to its personels so that they can be comfortable while in study? Based on the result of analysis and discussion, it concludes that the formation and development of human resources in defense research and development should be based on competence excellence and high integrity in accordance with the demands of future tasks. To realize the availability and readiness of competent human resources in defense sector, it is important to provide an opportunity to continue study and specific technical training which is relevant to the needs of the organization.