Abstract:
The thesis aims to explore the concept of intellectual capital in Public Sector Universities
of Pakistan. Intellectual capital is the value of the institute’s employee knowledge and
training provided to them to improve their skills so that competitive advantage is
achieved. It is an asset for the institution. Some of the subset of the intellectual capital
includes human capital, social capital and organizational capital. Human capital is
considered an important the key reserve for the institution and creates the intellectual
capital. In university set up the competent employees are the human capital and they
utilize their capacities and competencies to provide a unique advantage against the
competitors, by creating intellectual capital. To get a fair idea about the human capital,
intellectual capital concept and their applications in the universities of Pakistan, I have
studied many books and literatures. By doing qualitative research, an attempt is made to
explore the human capital in the Pakistan and specifically Public Sector Universities were
in discussion. Analysis was done through the responses collected through in-depth
interviews. In the last section, suggestions were given for developing an effective human
capital.
