Accra-Senior Human Resource professionals from across Africa will meet in Accra on 24-25th June for the second annual Brighter Futures conference organised by Occupational Management Limited. This year’s main keynote speaker is Dr Cookie Govender who is lecturer at the Industrial Psychology and People Management Department at the Faculty of Management at University of Johannesburg.
Dr Govender’s key note address will focus on "Towards a Performance Management Model for Higher Education Employees".
She says “The question of what performance management means to employee and employer has not been answered yet, nor is there agreement on the criteria, purpose, direction, return on investment (ROI) or performance improvement. Research conducted at a an African city university during 2009 to 2011 reveals that at an institutional level, performance management means that employees have to be competent
and more than meet their job requirements if they think they deserve year-end bonus payouts.”
Delegates will also be addressed by other HR gurus including seasoned Ghanaian HR expert and award winner, Edward Kwapong, who will deliver a topic on “HR Leadership Pipeline”, drawing on his rich experience working with reputable companies in Ghana like Volta River Authority, Ashanti Goldfields and Ghana Commercial Bank. Mr Kwapong is also the recipient of the coveted 2011 HR Leadership Award under the auspices of the Global HR Excellence Awards. Other speakers include Diana Antwiwaa Amoako (West Africa Gas Pipeline); Kojo Amissah (Lead Executive, CITAM); Fatai Aderogba (Key note speaker and Founder of Al-Ibadan College of Education); Emeka Anazia (Head, Learning and Development, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management, Nigeria) and many reputable African HR leaders.
Miss Anita Wiafe, on behalf of the organizers, said “The first day of Brighter Futures 2011 conference will culminate in delegates taking a free Personal Profile Analysis (PPA) provided by kind courtesy of Thomas International, a South African-based global leader in assessment tools. This analysis provides an accurate insight into how people behave at work, giving a greater level of certainty when recruiting, identifying where to maximize learning and development budgets, and understanding where to boost morale to avoid staff turnover. It also helps to spend less time managing underperformers and focus more time on those who truly drives the business forward.”
HR Business Partners, Heads of HR/Administration, HR Directors, CEOs and Managing Directors from Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, South Africa, United States, Dubai, India, etc have registered to attend this important summit. Representatives from Databank Group, Poly Group, Energy Bank, Ghana Grid Company, iBurst Africa, Golden Star Resources, Stronix Consults, Reliance Impressions, Africa Online, UBI Petroleum and other top organisations are expected to attend.
There will also be a Recruitment and HR Exhibition running alongside the conference which is expected to attract thousands of job seekers, graduates, students, mid career executives where recruitment agencies, HR software providers, training institutions and universities will showcase their products and services to a high quality audience.
Miss Wiafe added, “The Brighter Futures Exhibition is a unique platform where jobs will be many jobs across all professions and industry will be displayed on a giant job board called”The Wall of Opportunity” and within the exhibition stands. This is to improve the accessibility of jobs to the masses and provide an additional medium to know about available jobs in the country and beyond. Visitors to the exhibition who need jobs could also register with exhibiting recruitment agencies, whiles attending CV workshops and acquiring tips on job interviews.”
Exhibitors include CIMA, The Capital Group, Sikkim Manipal University, CEIBS, Bsystems, Nyansa Africa, Forewin Ghana Limited, Leaders Vision (HR consultancy from Togo), Topgy Ghana Limited and many other organisations.
Brighter Futures 2011, organised by OMLAfrica, takes place on 24-25th June at the KAMA Conference Centre and is supported by Thomas International, Golden Stool PR, Kasante ID Systems and Economy Times.
For more information call 0206367515 or email: paul@hr-oml.co.uk or visit the event website http://www.brighterfutures4africa.com
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