Africa-Press – Mauritius. The Annual Congress of the Mauritius Association of Human Resource Professionals (MAHRP), on the theme Post COVID-19: Re-emerging Challenges in Human Resource Management, opened, this morning, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Mauritius, Mr Prithvirajsing Roopun, at the Ravenala Attitude Hotel in Balaclava.
The President of the MAHRP and Vice President of the World Federation of Human Resources Associations (WFHRA), Mr Areff Salauroo; the Chief Executive Officer of the Economic Development Board, Mr Ken Poonoosamy; the President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria, Mr Olusegun Mojeed; and other personalities were present.
In his keynote address, President Roopun stated that HR management had a key role in fostering successful and sustainable business organisations, adding that HR practices were central to any strategy.
“HR professionals,” he underlined, “are the ones to link employee capabilities with the level of performance required by a business organisation and improve effectiveness.
However, he indicated that people management remained complicated and dynamic which was why he said, it needed to constantly adapt itself to emerging challenges and new technologies.
“The global economy,” he pointed out, “has been hugely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war between Russia and Ukraine.
“In the face of such unprecedented challenges, it is imperative that HR leaders start evaluating the immediate and longer-term impacts of these trends and the degree to which they will change strategic goals and plans,” he stressed.
President Roopun was confident that the Congress would benefit HR departments, enterprises, ministries and policy makers and would enable them to identify risks, issues, challenges and opportunities in human resource.
He congratulated Mr Salauroo for his election as the Vice President of the WFHRA, whom he said, was working alongside global professionals to further improve the effectiveness of people management around the world and also ponder on challenges that Mauritius, as a Small Island Developing State, had to face from an HR perspective.
For his part, Mr Salauroo highlighted that the Congress would enable participants to come up with practical solutions as regards issues identified in HR management, better adapt to new working trends and revisit business strategic objectives.
He also spoke of the need to promote human-centric organisations that addressed the needs of employees and bring a fair balance between their professional and social lives.
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