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  • Phillips Consulting, US firm partner on human resource

    Phillips Consulting Limited  plans to partner Human Capital Growth (HCG), a United States-based talent management firm, to provide evidence-based human resource and talent management certifications to the market.

    Under the deal, which promises to transform Human Resource (HR) practice, HCG’s courses would highlight the best, and most relevant training courses essential to professionals and firms to meet goals.

    Addressing reporters in Lagos, HCG Account Specialist, Chiadika Okereke, said using science, analytics and empathy, the US company, which was entering the African market first time, would complement Phillips Consulting’s effort to drive growth and excellence in organisations.

    He said the deal would ensure that HR experts had the opportunity to nurture skills and pursue certifications in areas, such as workforce analytics, change management, leadership development, and integrated talent management.

    According to him, what differentiates HCG certifications from others is that they are hands-on, project-based and backed by deep industry and academic expertise.

    He added that rather than focus  on the administrative and legal aspects of HR practice, these certifications would equip HR professionals with the tools, resources and expertise to make instant and tangible business impacts.

    HCG’s founder and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Shreya Sarkar-Barney, explained: “Human resource and talent management professionals were increasingly called upon to align the workforce with the business needs and deliver measurable improvements adding our science-based courses and certifications can be readily put to use to deliver results.”

    He said Phillips Consulting would introduce HCG certifications and provide guidance for enrolling, engaging and benefiting from the certification programmes, adding that this blended solution was perfect for busy professionals desiring to build deep and market relevant HR and talent management skills.

    The certifications, according to him, will cover areas such as workforce staffing, workforce development, workforce management, organisational effectiveness, talent acquisition, leadership development, workforce planning, change management, workforce analytics, and employee engagement.

    Phillips Consulting’s People Transformation Practice Senior Partner Paul Ayim said it was time for HR to raise the bar beyond HR operations and change the conversation to more strategic business-aligned issues that impact business performance.

     

  • Phillips Consulting, US firm partner on human resource

    Phillips Consulting Limited  plans to partner Human Capital Growth (HCG), a United States-based talent management firm, to provide evidence-based human resource and talent management certifications to the market.

    Under the deal, which promises to transform Human Resource (HR) practice, HCG’s courses would highlight the best, and most relevant training courses essential to professionals and firms to meet goals.

    Addressing reporters in Lagos, HCG Account Specialist, Chiadika Okereke, said using science, analytics and empathy, the US company, which was entering the African market first time, would complement Phillips Consulting’s effort to drive growth and excellence in organisations.

    He said the deal would ensure that HR experts had the opportunity to nurture skills and pursue certifications in areas, such as workforce analytics, change management, leadership development, and integrated talent management.

    According to him, what differentiates HCG certifications from others is that they are hands-on, project-based and backed by deep industry and academic expertise.

    He added that rather than focus  on the administrative and legal aspects of HR practice, these certifications would equip HR professionals with the tools, resources and expertise to make instant and tangible business impacts.

    HCG’s founder and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Shreya Sarkar-Barney, explained: “Human resource and talent management professionals were increasingly called upon to align the workforce with the business needs and deliver measurable improvements adding our science-based courses and certifications can be readily put to use to deliver results.”

    He said Phillips Consulting would introduce HCG certifications and provide guidance for enrolling, engaging and benefiting from the certification programs, adding that this blended solution was perfect for busy professionals desiring to build deep and market relevant HR and talent management skills.

    The certifications, according to him, will cover areas such as workforce staffing, workforce development, workforce management, organisational effectiveness, talent acquisition, leadership development, workforce planning, change management, workforce analytics, and employee engagement.

    Phillips Consulting’s People Transformation Practice Senior Partner Paul Ayim said it was time for HR to raise the bar beyond HR operations and change the conversation to more strategic business-aligned issues that impact business performance.

     

  • Human Resources Management and organisational goals

    Human Resources Management and organisational goals

    Name:Yalo Umar Habibu

    Date of Birth: 3rd Nov, 1993.

    Major: MBA

    School: Shenyang University

    Project: Human Resources Management.

    HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AS A STRATEGY TOWARDS ACHIEVING ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS.

     

    Efficient and effective corporate decision making demands a thorough and intelligent understanding of the various dimensions that impact on the corporate performance and success, especially in Human Resources (HR).

     One important duty of the modern day manager is to get things done through people. Since he has to link the employee with the organization, he will definitely be interested in people, in the work and in the accomplishment of set objectives. For him to be effective, he must balance his concern for people and work, and be able to utilized human and material resources so that goals are translated into action.

     The foregoing is essentially the personnel function, a basic organic business function. Personnel and human resources administration can be seen as a set of organization wide functions and activities designed to influence the effectiveness of the human resources in the organization.

     Hence, the emphasis of HRM is on the individual. These activities include personnel planning, recruitment, selection, and placement, training and development, labor relation, compensation, record keeping and so on.

    The human resource is a particularly critically resource for every organization as they strive to seize the opportunities and cope with the challenges of technological developments, business alliances, trading blocks, and increasing globalization.

     

     

  • ‘Human resource managers should drive productivity’

    Human Resource Managers in key sectors of the economy should help drive businesses in their organisations, President, Managerial School of Excellence (MSE), Leke Olufade, has said.

    Speaking at the MSE quarterly dialogue in Lagos, with the theme: ‘CEO: What do they want from HR function” he said the reason mostchief executive officers (CEOs) underplay the function of human resource managers (HRMs) and consider their role as second rated support services, was because many of the managers lack the capacity to demonstrate productivity.

    He explained that aside motivating their workforce and urging them to abide by regulatory guidelines, the managers should alongside their CEOs drive productivity and company’s profitability.

    According to him, having a broad understanding of the CEOs’ goal is key to working in line with them. “What CEOs want is enthusiasm for the business, not turf protection. They want you to initiate ideas that can make the company productive; they want strong presence among executive team and talent management. They want to know the next generation of managers and executives and how they are being developed,” he said.

    Olufade also said CEOs expect HRMs to have a second knowledge of what can advance the productivity of a company, a well-executed HR strategy and efficient cooperate infrastructure to increase employee commitment and capability, design a behooving organisational reward and above all, integrity.

    To successfully deliver on these goods, Olufade advised managers to take cognizance of their CEOs ‘wants and harness  resources needed to solve their company’s problems.  Stressing that HRMs must constantly endeavor to invest in personal capacity expansion through extensive training in other relevant fields, he said: “Business is more global than before so it makes sense that CEOs want an HRM with an international outlook; a person who has lived in different markets.”

    Advocating a proper repositioning of the HR duty, former Divisional Managing Director, UAC, Nelson Suulola said as a business manager, the HR must understand the company’s business strategy, the underlying cost structures and how the information is derived.

    He agreed that the future of human resource management transcends how it’s being practised as there are still hurdles to cross.

    The dialogue added that CEOs measure the level of HRD success on the basis of extant working process, performance management system, disciplinary system, quantifiable outcomes, and qualitative outcomes in terms of credibility of mangers as administration enablers.

  • Lagos partners CIPM on human resource management

    The Lagos State Government has entered into a training collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM)  to improve professionalism and certification of administrative and human resource officers in public service.

    Speaking at the Public Service Staff Development Centre (PSSDC) office in Magodo, Lagos, last week, CIPM Registrar Sunday Adeyemi said the focus on human resource management and CIPM’s decision to enter into the partnership were informed by the desire to deepen the competencies of the workforce.

    He said the institute was determined to collaborate with PSSDC, the training arm of the government, to deepen competencies and create the needed ambience for the full professionalisation of human resource management training across all tiers of the state public service.

    Adeyemi charged participants to remain focused because they had “taken a decision that would enhance their career and self-esteem,” adding that their participation would facilitate their membership of the Institute and thus create a pool of CIPM certified human resource management professionals in the Lagos State public service.

    The PSSDC Director-General, Mrs. Olubunmi Fabamwo, earlier said the Centre is going into the collaboration as part of the resolve of the state government to inculcate professionalism in the people management function of the public service.

    Taking participants down memory lane, Fabamwo noted that the state’s effort to professionalise human resources and administration was part of a holistic public sector reforms programme embarked upon by the State Government in collaboration the State Partnership for Accountability, Responsiveness and Capability (SPARC).

    She added that the approval of the governor for the implementation of professional human resource practice in the public service was a culmination of the people management agenda of the public service reforms in Lagos State.

    Office of Transformation, Creativity and Innovation (OTCI)  Director General, Mr. Toba Otusanya, whose office organised the programme on behalf of the state government, noted that the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom Government has provided support for policy strengthening in the state public service.