Globally, markets have witnessed an upsurge in the value of skill as the nucleus of businesses is on discovering the right individuals and developing their skillsets in alignment with technological requirements, objectively to sustain productivity and achieve competitive feasibility. However, even though the mining industry is largely concerned with the area of human capital investment and employee motivation, there are perennial causes of considerable deviation that seem to undermine the importance of productivity systems in enhancing productivity. A qualitative (inductive/ subjective) research approach was followed. The research study set out to explore the literature on the following research constructs - human capital investment, employee motivation, productivity, and technology. Results of the reviewed literature revealed that productivity systems play a significant role in the growth of productivity.

Keywords

Human Capital Investment, Employee Motivation, Mining, Productivity.