Kwadwo Asare-Bediako addressing the gathering
An expert in the Human Resource (HR) arena in Ghana, Kwadwo Asare-Bediako, has called on HR managers and practitioners in the country to avoid redundancy exercise, if possible, and resort to other available options to address employees’ issues.
Mr. Asare-Bediako made this call when he delivered a keynote address as the guest speaker at the 10th Graduation ceremony of the Institute of Human Resources Management Practitioners, Ghana (IHRMP) held at the Ghana Academy of Arts & Sciences, Accra on Thursday, December 6, 2018.
Speaking on the theme, “Managing Redundancy through Employee Engagement,” the HR luminary said, “Managing redundancy exercise is perhaps the most sensitive activity in human resource management. This is because unlike retirement, redundancy is unexpected and unplanned and causes pain, anguish and hopelessness.”
He mentioned some options for avoiding redundancy exercise as pay cuts, reduction of benefits and staff through natural attrition.
Mr. Asare-Bediako outlined six reasons why any organization seeking to embark on a redundancy exercise should engage employees in managing the process.
“It includes the image of the company; to sustain the morale of those who would be retained; Market effect; attraction of good employees, avoiding protests and media bashing and maintaining professionalism of the HR Managers and the company.
The President of IHRMP, Dr. Edward Kwapong, in a message read on his behalf by his Vice President, Leonard Quarcoopome, charged the new graduands to be good ambassadors of the Institute and discharge their duties.
He advised them to complete the L4 and be fully certified.
He called on them to participate in the Institute’s activities, make it a point to join a chapter and contribute their quota to the noble profession.
In his welcome address, the Executive Director of the Institute, Ebenezer Agbettor, told the gathering that the ceremony was very significant because it shows that the institute, since the inception of the PCP in 2012, is growing at a great pace.
One hundred and sixty-four associates and 32 Certified members graduated as compared to 136 associates and nine certified last year, representing a remarkable increase of 35 percent.
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