HRM Network 2nd International Conference

Planning for the Future: university HRM in the next decade

1-3 September 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Friday September 1st

Keynote speech - The Role of Human Resources in the Development of the University
Datuk Rafiah Salim, Vice-Chancellor, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Keynote speech - Organisational Research: the missing link in HR departments
John Billsberry, Research Director, Human Resources and Senior Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour, The Open University, UK

Saturday September 2nd

Parallel Sessions 1

• Creating Your Workforce: attracting and retaining quality staff
  Shard Lorenzo, Director, Human Resources, University of South Australia, Australia
• Lessons Learnt from the Practical Design and Implementation of a Performance Management System Amongst Pilot Groups of Academic Staff at a South African University
  Dalena van Niekerk, Assistant Director HR, University of the Free State, South Africa
• Assuring £1b Investment in HRM: a self-assessment tool to secure strategic HRM
  Alison Johns, Head of Leadership, Governance and Management, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), UK

Parallel Sessions 2 

• The Long and Winding Road (Zen and the Art of Herding Academics)
  Anthony Brand, Director of Learning and Teaching Development, Anglia Ruskin University, UK View Powerpoint slides
• Managing the External Environment: an Australian perspective
  Paul Corcoran, Lecturer in HR, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
• Bridging the Gap: HR Departments and the enhancement of teaching and learning
  Jean Harrison, Assistant HR Director, University of Westminster, UK 

Keynote speech - HR as the Institutional Performance Champion
Brian Mallory, Director, Human Resources and Organizational Development, Royal Roads University, Canada

Parallel Sessions 3

• Supporting the Staff Supporting the Workforce: not waving but drowning?
  Dr Andrew Wilson, Director of Professional Development, Loughborough University, UK 
• Attracting and Retaining Academic Staff: key challenges and opportunities (including a report on the ACU's international recruitment and retention survey)
  Reena Budree, Executive Director, Equity, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa View Powerpoint slides and Jay Kubler, Research Officer, Policy Research Unit, Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK View Powerpoint slides
• HR Transformation: a new service model at DMU
  Gwen Wileman, Director of Human Resources, De Montfort University, UK 

Keynote Speech - Surviving in a Competitive World
Ian Argall, Executive Director, Australian Higher Education Industrial Association (AHEIA), Australia View Powerpoint slides

Sunday September 3rd

Group Discussion Sessions

A Developing Country Approach to Brain Drain

• Christopher Yartey Akwaa-Mensah, Registrar and Mina Tete-Mensah, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana
• John Kirkland, Deputy Secretary General (Development), Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK View paper

Meeting New Challenges: three case studies of good practice

• Halimah Awang and Tey Nai Peng, Assistant Professors, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Malaysia View Powerpoint slides
• Mary Goretti Katusabe-Ssemwezi, University Secretary/Accounting Officer, Kyambogo University, Uganda

Fit for Purpose? Aligning HR Strategy with Stakeholder Needs

• Peter Deer, HR Director, University of Cambridge, UK View Powerpoint slides
• Gary Taylor, Executive Director, Human Resources, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa View paper
• Raymond Eytle, Senior Assistant Registrar and Dr Allistair Hinds, Director of Human Resource Management, University of the West Indies, Jamaica View Powerpoint slides

Parallel Sessions 4

• Engaging and Developing Academic Leaders: from base camp to the summit
  Meredith Morgan, Manager, Career Development Unit and John Steele, Director, Personnel Services, University of Wollongong, Australia View Powerpoint slides
• Creating a Staff Development and Succession Plan
  Hubert Reuben Mwaheleja, Human Resource and Administration Manager, Hubert Kairuki Memorial University, Tanzania
• A Seat at the Table
  Ken Greedy, Associate Director, Employment Strategies, Griffith University, Australia 

Parallel Sessions 5

• The University Administrator's Dilemma: maintaining health in a competitive and demanding work environment
  Sydney O Arthur, Registrar, Barbados Community College, Barbados 
• The Plight of the Third World University and Possible Practical Approaches to Overcoming the Issues: using the University of Guyana example
  Stacy Peters, Administrative Officer, Planning, University of Guyana, Guyana
• What Gets Measured Gets Managed: the strategic contribution of HR metrics. Universities' HR Benchmarking Programme in the Australasia Region
  Daniel Gullo, Senior HR Advisor, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Panel Discussion - International Collaboration: The Way Forward

• John Kirkland (Chair), Deputy Secretary General (Development), The Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK
• Carole Gunn, Director, HRM, University of Waikato, New Zealand
• Brian Mallory, Director, Human Resources and Organisational Development, Royal Roads University, Canada
• Navroz Surani, Director, Human Resources, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan
• Stacy Peters, Administrative Officer, Planning, University of Guyana, Guyana