ACU Human Resource Management Network Inaugural Conference

Making an Impact: Human Resource Management and the Successful University

2-4 April 2004, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Friday April 2nd

Human Resource Management and the Challenges of Diversity
Professor Chris Brink, Vice-Chancellor, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

Human Resource Management: Does It Matter?
Dr Graham Dickson, Executive Director, Leadership and Learning Collaboratory, Royal Roads University, Canada

Response. Christopher Mensah, Deputy Registrar - Personnel, University of Education, Ghana

Saturday April 3rd

Demographic Background: Challenges for the HR Manager in the 21st Century
Session Co-ordinators - Steve Daysh, University of Adelaide, Australia and Ainun Abdul Rahman, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

• Demographic Background: Challenges for the HR Manager in the 21st Century. Steve Daysh, University of Adelaide, Australia.

• Establishing Human Resource Management and Development in Academe in the South African Higher Education Context Prof A H Strydom and Dr M Mapesela, Centre for HE Studies and Development, University of the Free State, South Africa.

New Approaches to Recruitment and Retention
Session Co-ordinators - Gloria Barrett-Sobers and Gene Francis, University of the West Indies, West Indies

• Attracting and Retaining Academic Staff in a Challenging Economic Climate: The University of Technology of Jamaica experience. Horace Williams, Director, Human Resources, University of Technology, Jamaica.

• Easing Staff Shortages: the Role of the ACU's Retired Academics Database. Joss Law, Association of Commonwealth Universities.

Organising for Success: Relationships with Academics, University Hierarchies and Each Other
Session Co-ordinator - Elizabeth Baré, University of Melbourne, Australia.

• From Academic to Administrative Management: Innovation at Concordia University. Gilles Bourgeois, Executive Director, HR and ER, Concordia University, Canada.

• The Training of Educational Administrators. Dr (Mrs) Pankaj Mittal, Joint Secretary, University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India. 

• Perspectives from a 2003 NRF Research Project on Performance Management in South African Higher Education. Dr Francois Strydom, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. 

Sunday April 4th

Measuring Success: How Can we Recognise the Successful Human Resources Department?
Alison Johns, Head of Leadership, Governance and Management, Higher Education Funding Council for England, United Kingdom

Implementation: Case Studies of Good Practice
Session Co-ordinators - Dalene van Niekerk, University of the Free State, South Africa and Stephen Gray, University of Otago, New Zealand

• HR Funding with Strings - Puppeteering or Strategic Lifeline? Keith Thomas, Director of Human Resources, Aston University, United Kingdom. 

• The Transformation and Turnaround of a Human Resource Function at a Medium Sized University - progress to date. David Van Eeden, Executive Director HR, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

• Performance Management and Control: a Neglected Aspect of Human Resource Administration. Joy Lubwama, Senior Assistant Secretary, Makerere University, Uganda 

• Employer of Choice: strategies for work life balance. Phil and Glenys Ker, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.

• Levering Human Potential Through Human Resource Management. Dr Y Venkatarami Reddy, Vice-Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India. 

• HR Quality of Service Project Objectives. Anne Diamond and Rhonda Hawkings, University of Western Sydney, Australia. 

• HRM in Higher Education Institutions in India: a Study of the Kakatiya University. Professor Nagishetty Linga Murthy, Professor of Economics, Kakatiya University and Dr. Vanka Sita, Associate Professor, (Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management), Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, India.  

• University Malaysia Sabah: Routes to Excellence. Dr Kasim Mansur, University Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia.

Panel Discussion. The Way Forward: Working Together to Mutual Benefit. Session Co-ordinator - John Kirkland, Deputy Secretary General (Development), Association of Commonwealth Universities

The Role of the Human Resource Office in the Collegiate Environment: Lessons from the USA and the Conference
Jim Kemper, Assistant Vice-President for Human Resources, Ohio University and Board Member, College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR), USA. View handouts