SLITAD launches People Development Award 2014

Tuesday, 19 August 2014 02:47 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

Initiative to recognize organizations that invest in people development The Sri Lanka Institute of Training and Development (SLITAD), a professional organization dedicated to the function of human resources development (HRD) is organizing the People Development Awards 2014 for the second successful year. At the awareness workshop and press briefing held recently Chairman of the Committee Ajith Bopitiya explained in detail the Objectives, Process and Award Categories and timeline of this year’s award program. At the People Development Award 2013 held last year the best employer organizations that are strategically using HRD initiatives to benefit the individuals, the organization and the country were awarded with Gold, Silver and Bronze awards at a colourful Award Ceremony held at Waters

Edge on 22 November 2013. The award focuses on the organization’s people development initiatives on holistic framework benchmarked with global and regional best practices. The framework has ten standards. The strategic cluster includes Business Strategy, Learning & Development Strategy, People Management Strategy, and Leadership and Management Strategy. The operational cluster includes Management Effectiveness, Recognition and Reward, Involvement & Empowerment and Learning and Development. The Impact and sustainability cluster has Performance Measurement and Continuous Improvement as the standard focus area. The selection process will be completely independent and professional individuals who are not attached to any of the organizations applying for the awards will conduct on-site audits and make recommendations to the judging committee that is also independent. The application process is now open and will be closing on 15 October 2014 leaving two months for the organizations to prepare and submit their award applications. The pinnacle of this event will be on 20th November 2014 where the award recipients will receive their awards at a glittering ceremony to be held at the Grand Ballroom of Galadari Hotel Colombo.