Abstract
The Internet of Things (IoT) is affecting national innovation ecosystems
and the approach of organizations to innovation and how they create and
capture value in everyday business activities. The Internet of Things
(IoT), is disruptive, and it will change the manner in which human
resources are developed and managed, calling for a new and adaptive
human resource development approach. The Classical Internet
communication form is human-human. The prospect of IoT is that every
object will have a unique way of identification and can be addressed so
that every object can be connected. The communication forms will expand
from human-human to human-human, human-thing, and thing-thing. This will
bring a new challenge to how Human Resource Development (HRD) is
practiced. This paper provides an overview of the Internet of Things and
conceptualizes the role of HRD in the age of the Internet of Things.