South Africa prepares to roll out HR metrics
13 August 2013
National HR body the South Africa Board for People Practices (SABPP) will launch its new HR standards at what SABPP is calling a “historic event” one week today (20 August).
Tue, 13 Aug 2013National HR body the South Africa Board for People Practices (SABPP) will launch its new HR standards at what SABPP is calling a “historic event” one week today (20 August).
This puts South Africa at the head of the game, with ongoing work by the International Standards Organisation looking create global HR standards, while the UK’s Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development only recently confirmed a partnership to commence similar work.
SABPP’s event, due to be hosted over two days in Gauteng, follows a lengthy development process.
Through 2012, HR directors from leading companies identified 13 HR standards, with 100 HR directors, subject matter experts and professional bodies gathering in Johannesburg in May this year to define and write formal standards. June and July saw market consultations carried out.
As outlined in the event booklet, available online, the 13 standards are:
“The majority of HR managers are doing their best to ensure an effective HR function,” the booklet reads, “but they are doing so in the absence of a common framework for people practices.
“This has contributed to a lack of competence, consistency and credibility in the HR profession at large, despite pockets of excellence.”
This puts South Africa at the head of the game, with ongoing work by the International Standards Organisation looking create global HR standards, while the UK’s Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development only recently confirmed a partnership to commence similar work.
SABPP’s event, due to be hosted over two days in Gauteng, follows a lengthy development process.
Through 2012, HR directors from leading companies identified 13 HR standards, with 100 HR directors, subject matter experts and professional bodies gathering in Johannesburg in May this year to define and write formal standards. June and July saw market consultations carried out.
As outlined in the event booklet, available online, the 13 standards are:
- Strategic HRM
- Talent management
- HR risk management
- Workforce planning
- Learning and development
- Performance management
- Reward
- Wellness
- Employment relations management
- Organisation development
- HR service delivery
- HR technology
- HR measurement
“The majority of HR managers are doing their best to ensure an effective HR function,” the booklet reads, “but they are doing so in the absence of a common framework for people practices.
“This has contributed to a lack of competence, consistency and credibility in the HR profession at large, despite pockets of excellence.”
