SHRM Forum Pakistan About SHRM he Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world’s largest association representing more than 280,000 members in 140 countries. The Society serves the needs of HR professionals and advances the interests of the HR profession. Founded in 1948, SHRM has more than 575 affiliated chapters within the United States, subsidiary offices in China and India and SHRM Forums in 11 countries including Pakistan. Visit SHRM Online at www.shrm.org T SHRM Forum Pakistan Wave of globalization has altogether changed the business realities. Strong customer orientation, technological change, employee diversity and new set of global trade regulations have made it imperative for HR professionals to ensure currency of their professional expertise with a view to achieve organizational objectives. As the profession is graduating from administrative to business partner role, HR professionals are expected to focus on long range value-added initiatives within the enterprise and contribute towards enhancing business productivity. To achieve this transformation, HR professionals need constant professional development by learning latest HR tools, techniques, knowhow of business strategy and people management system. SHRM Forum Pakistan is a nonprofit body and has been established to advance the interest of profession and the HR professionals. The robust interaction between professionals help in sharing of local best practices, continuous professional development, solidifies professional relationship building and ultimately the success at individual and organization level. Vision A national HR association, whose voice is heard on the most pressing people management matters. Mission 1. Build and sustain partnerships with human resource professionals, media, government, nongovernmental organizations, businesses and academic institutions to address people management challenges that influence the effectiveness and sustainability of their organizations and communities. 2. Serve as an advocate to ensure that policy makers, law makers and regulators are aware of key people concerns facing organizations and the human resource profession. 24 Ibn e Sina Road, G-10/3 Islamabad, Pakistan Objectives 1. To act as a platform for HR professionals. To interact, communicate, share professional experience, and engage in mutually beneficial learning activities. 2. To identify workforce productivity benchmarks so that organizations can aim for leveraging business performance. 3. To focus on long range value-added initiatives in HR Management and contribute towards enhancing business productivity. 4. To liaise with global HR credentialing organization and facilitate certification of HR professionals. 5. To improve linkages between HR academia and practitioners, facilitate new HR professionals in their applied research and guidance in pursuing HR career. Forum Activities The forum organizes various events in the form of: Senior panel discussion on emerging ISO HR standards. Best practices day. Panel discussions on pre-determined topics of strategic HR interest. Presentation on HR certifications. CEOs discussion on expectations from HR. Event contents rotate to cover different aspects of HR management. Event calendar 2014 is attached. SHRM Forum Membership SHRM Forum organizes minimum 4 events/sessions per year at each city. Being not for profit, only the cost of venue and refreshments is charged to participants. Click here to see full range Membership Benefits Annual membership is as under: a. SHRM annual online membership (Discounted through Forum) US $ 75= Rs 8,000 b. SHRM Forum charges for 4 events per year @ Rs 3,000 per event= Rs 12,000 c. Total charges per person for 1 year = Rs 20,000 10% discount on 5 people membership per organization= Rs 100,000=Rs 90,000 Each membership includes online access to SHRM resources www.shrm.org , discount on all SHRM products/services, discount on national and international HR conferences and complimentary invitation for SHRM Forum 4 events at Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi each. Fee: Cheque/Cash/Pay Order No. Bank & Branch Name: Please write cheque/Demand Draft/Pay Order in favor of “SHRM Forum Pakistan” 24 Ibne Sina Road, G 10/3 Islamabad, Pakistan Account # 0658-692921003895 MCB Branch, I-8 Markaz, Islamabad, Pakistan NTN: 4207661-7 24 Ibn e Sina Road, G-10/3 Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel 051- 4865062