Human resources (HR) is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization,business sector,industry,or economy. A narrower concept is human capital,the knowledge and skills which the individuals command. Similar terms include manpower,labor,personnel,associates or simply:people.
Industrial relations or employment relations is the multidisciplinary academic field that studies the employment relationship;that is,the complex interrelations between employers and employees,labor/trade unions,employer organizations,and the state.
The New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University (ILR) is an industrial relations school and one of the four New York State contract colleges at Cornell University,located in Ithaca,New York,United States. The School has six academic departments which include:Economics,Human Resource Management,International and Comparative Labor,Labor Relations,Organizational Behavior,and Social Statistics.
China University of Labor Relations,previously known as China Institute of Industrial Relations and abbreviated as CIIR,is a university in Beijing,China. It is the only public college under the direction of All-China Federation of Trade Unions.
Human resource management is the strategic and coherent approach to the effective and efficient management of people in a company or organization such that they help their business gain a competitive advantage. It is designed to maximize employee performance in service of an employer's strategic objectives. Human resource management is primarily concerned with the management of people within organizations,focusing on policies and systems. HR departments are responsible for overseeing employee-benefits design,employee recruitment,training and development,performance appraisal,and reward management,such as managing pay and employee-benefits systems. HR also concerns itself with organizational change and industrial relations,or the balancing of organizational practices with requirements arising from collective bargaining and governmental laws.
Egerton University is a public university in Kenya. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Kenya.
Ramkhamhaeng University (RU) is Thailand's largest public university. It was named in honour of King Ramkhamhaeng the Great of Sukhothai. The university provides an effective and economical way to meet public demand for higher education.
Bells University of Technology (BUT),also known as Bellstech,is the first private university of technology established in Nigeria. It was established in 2004,and began admitting students from the 2005/2006 academic session. It is located in Ogun State of Nigeria.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is an association for human resource management professionals. Its headquarters are in Wimbledon,London,England. The organisation was founded in 1913 - it is the world's oldest association in its field and has over 160,000 members internationally working across private,public and voluntary sectors. Peter Cheese was announced in June 2012 as CIPD's new CEO from July 2012.
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University (UMYU),formerly Katsina State University,was established by the Katsina State Government in 2006,to "serve as a nucleus for socio-economic,technological and political development of the State by producing highly skilled human resource through conventional face-to-face and distance learning modes." Umaru Musa Yar'adua,then the executive governor of Katsina State and later the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,began the work of creating the university before his death in 2010.
CITY College,University of York Europe Campus is a unique,international institution based in Thessaloniki,Greece but with satellite activities in 8 countries.
Covenant University(CU) is a private Christian university in Ota,Ogun State,Nigeria. It is affiliated with Living Faith Church Worldwide and is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities,Association of African Universities,and National Universities Commission. In 2019,Covenant University became the first Nigerian university to be ranked in the top 401-500 category of world universities by Times Higher Education.
The International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering performance management and measurement. The editors-in-chief are Dr Nicky Shaw and Dr Luisa Huatuco. The journal was established in 1952 and is published by Emerald Group Publishing. It is the official journal of the World Confederation of Productivity Science. The journal is abstracted and indexed in ABI/Inform,Business Source Alumni Edition/Complete/Complete:Government Edition/Corporate/Corporate Plus/Elite/Main Edition/Premier,Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Management and Marketing,Education Research Complete/Education Source,Emerald Management Reviews,Ergonomics Abstracts,INSPEC,ProQuest databases,PsycINFO,Scopus,ReadCube Discover,SafetyLit,Technical,Education and Training Abstracts,and TOC Premier (EBSCO).
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education,(IAUE) is a Nigerian university previously known as Rivers State College of Education from June 1971- October 2009.
Kemi Adeosun is the former Finance Minister of Nigeria and former chairman of the Board of African Export–Import Bank (AfreximBank).
Adenike Adebukola Akinsemolu is a Nigerian sustainability advocate,educator,author and a social entrepreneur. She is a lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University. She is known as one of the country's leading experts on environmental sustainability.
Adenike Osofisan,is a Nigerian professor of Computer science,who specializes in data mining and knowledge management. She is the first Nigerian woman to hold a Ph.D. in Computer science,a feat she accomplished in 1989. In 2006,she became a full professor at University of Ibadan,a promotion that made her the first African woman to become a Computer Science professor.
Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu is a Nigerian politician who has served as the governor of Lagos State since 2019.
Ogechi Adeola is a Nigerian business studies academic. She is the associate dean of business administration at the University of the People and associate professor of marketing at the Lagos Business School.
Okechukwu Amah is a Nigerian Petroleum Engineer and Business administration academic. He is a faculty member and teaches Human Resources,Leadership,and Human Behavior in Organizations at Lagos Business School. He also serves as the Research Director at Lagos Business School,Pan Atlantic University,Nigeria. Okechukwu has over 31 years of experience working at Chevron Nigeria Limited,where he held a range of managerial positions.
