Plans underway for a grander HRM Awards 2009

The spotlight will yet again be on the Association of HR Professionals (HRP) when it unveils the latest edition of the ‘HRM Awards 2009 – Super 10’, with its strategic partners.

This much-awaited event on the HR calendar is expected to once again highlight Human Resource Management as a pivotal component of modern day business, and is slated for early 2010.
The coveted HRM Award is organised by the Association of Human Resource Professionals every two years in keeping with its mission to bring HR to the forefront.
The last edition of the awards was held in 2007 and attracted over 90 companies and 50 companies were short listed and evaluated for the award. Following companies were adjudged as Gold and Silver award winners at the last HRM Awards. Gold Awards – Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC, Commercial Bank of Ceylon Limited, DFCC Bank, Hatton National Bank, HSBC, Keells Hotel Management Services Limited, MAS Intimates Slimline Ltd, Sampath Bank Limited, SriLankan Air Lines Limited, Virtusa Ltd.
Silver Awards – Aitken Spence & Company PLC, Fonterra Brands (Lanka) Ltd., Hemas Manufacturing Ltd, Heritance Kandalama, John Keells Computer Services Limited, Nations Trust Bank, Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited, Trans Asia Hotels PLC, Union Assurance PLC.
This is the 4th occasion the HRP is presenting the HRM Awards in Sri Lanka. The Award aims to identify and recognise best HRM practices in companies that are aimed at developing its people who drive businesses and help the organisations to gain and sustain competitive advantage. HRP will involve several professional partners to this years Award to bring in quality and transparency to the awards. The evaluation process will have special emphasis on the efforts and strategies adopted during the last two years in improving the HR processes in the organization. Over a 150 applications are expected this year as most companies have under gone several HR challenges during the past two years which will allow them to show case their best practices in HR Management. The awards night will be preceded by the popular and interactive “Learning Conference” featuring eminent personalities from Sri Lanka and overseas. Previous occasion HRP changed its format to a HRM study, by enhancing its focus on the “people factor of driving business growth”. Hailed as the driver of HR benchmarks in Sri Lanka, the HRP will showcase the best HR strategies in the country, honoring the trailblazers in industry. This time HRP will emphasis on the new role of HRM in turbulent times and in the united Sri Lanka. HRP will call for applications in the near future with the Awards been scheduled to be held early next year.
President of HRP Isuru Tillakawardana states that “The HRM awards are very significant because it highlights the organizations which are developing best practices and encourage others to follow it” whilst the Vice President of HRP and Chairman of the HRM Awards 2009, Asitha Jayatunga states that “The HRM Awards & the Learning Conference will highlight the impact of HRM on corporate performance and create a platform to honour and recognise top performers and also share experience and gain knowledge”