IHRMP Graduation Ceremony (Education)

9/11/11

Published 12/11/11

IHRMP GRADUATION CEREMONY (EDUCATION)

Story: Marian Ansah & Zoe Darling

THE CEO of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), Mr George Smith, has defended the single spine salary structure (SSSS),saying the project is a gradual process which requires critrical and strategic thinking as well as a job evaluation before it can be wholly implemented.

He noted that the country would have been in chaos if the SSSS was implemented fully at the present time and not gradually.

Speaking at a graduation ceremony for students of the Institute of Human Resource Management Practitioners (IHRMP),he noted that it was not possible for the SSSS to be implemented at a goal as some people in the nation had suggested.

The SSSS has been recently criticised by GMA over some factors used in the prior grading structure which resulted in the recent strike by medical practitioners

Mr Smith,at the ceremony held in Accra on Wednesday, stated that the government should have informed the public service before implementing the pay reform.

He noted that a job evalaution should be carried out on the SSSS to identify the challenges and disavantages that would be encountered in the execution of the project.

He stated that the evaluation program would lead to understanding and co operation among the public workers.

During the ceremony,he urged the graduating students of IHRMP to develop and uphold a level of equity and fairness in the payment of salaries as upcoming human resource managers.

Mr Smith urged the students to develop strategic means of policies that would lead to acceptability without people withdrawing from the policy.

He noted that it was imperative for Human Resource practitioners to be creative.

“Creativity and innovation will lead to recognition and appreciation of the job” he said.

The Vice President of the Institute,Mr John Wilson stated that it was important for the students to develop the right capablities and culture that would help them in their profession.

He revealed that the greatest assest in every organisation was the human resource practitioner who would determine the ultimate growth of the nation.

He urged the students to take up a new challenge and be proactive.

Mr Wilson noted that it was imperative for the students to focus on identifying the policies and goals of any organisation.

29 students graduated as Associate members of the Institute and Nana Yaa P. Twum as the first certified member at the ceremony.