(1888PressRelease)
June 18, 2008 - The four-day strategically focused conference on “Talent Management” takes place in Dubai.
Kumaraguru Ramanujam, Conference Director at IQPC Middle East says “Human resource management in the region is at the verge of a major change where in finding talent, developing talent and keeping talent has become the new role of HRM in contrast to the traditional filling of vacancies. This has become the key differentiator for companies competing in this booming economy.”
Whilst talent shortage and retention emerges as the top HR challenge, companies must take steps if they hope to address these key challenges and to achieve business goals.
Highlights of the event include:
• Martyn Worsley, Head of International Organizational Development, Bank of New York Mellon to deliver a case study on mergers and acquisition and talent management.
• Master Class on international recruitment and cross cultural management by Professor Paul Sparrow, Director, Center for Performance–led HR, Lancaster University Management School; Expert Panel Member, Sector Skills Development Agency; and Author, The Employment Relationship: Key Challenges for HR.
• Professor Carole Tansley will present findings from a study of talent management within nine case study organisations commissioned by the UK Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and completed in June 2008.
• Keynote presentation by conference chairman Ian S. Waterhouse, Vice President, Alghanim Industries on key performance metrics of talent management and Diaa Mohamed, Regional Vice President Human Resources, BP Middle East, South Asia & North Africa on talent development.
• Case studies, presentations and panel discussions from DHL, Microsoft, Sap, Citi, Du, Dubai Healthcare City, Motorola, Dubai Maritime City, Qatar Telecom, Emarat and Rotana Hotels.
• Many of the session discussed will underline the importance of aligning talent management to the business goals and develop a performance scorecard to collaborate employee engagement, training and development and succession planning to drive bottom line returns for your organization.
Talent Management Summit 2008 runs in the period from 12 – 15 October, in Dubai.
