Synopsis

In this “Competency Based Talent Management Workshop”, participants will:
• Identify their top 5 competencies that they evaluate as critical for an effective engineer.
• Discuss the merits and cons of each competency, from the perspective of how these competencies impact their role.
• Explore gender issues that may impact the list of competencies required.

This workshop will give participants a direct experience in how to determine competencies for roles, discussion steps and thinking steps required to identify them.


About The Course Leader

DR. ZAINAL ARIFFIN AHMAD is a Certified Professional Coach under the International Association of Coaching (IAC) and Management Member of the IAC Malaysia Branch. He served as Professor in the Graduate Business School in UNITEN from 2010 until 2015 after retiring as Associate Professor from the Graduate School of Business, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Dr Zainal is currently an Associate Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia, Associate Member of the Centre of Social Innovation, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, and External assessor for Wawasan Open University. He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Human Resource Management (MIHRM) and Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (until 2015). Since 1989, Professor Zainal has had 27 years’ experiences in teaching, training and consultancy at Northern Illinois University (Programming & Activities), Universiti Sains Malaysia (School of Management, Graduate School of Business), Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Graduate Business School), and Malaysian Multimedia University (School of Management). He headed the OB Lab in USM which was an experimental research laboratory for behaviour and learning prior to conversion into Human Development Laboratory (HD Lab).

In 2007, Dr Zainal was awarded Outstanding Educators Award 2007 at Universiti Sains Malaysia and recipient of the Anugerah Akademik Negara (National Academic Award in Teaching) in 2008. As past recipient of the AAN, he served on the Selection Committee from 2010 to 2015. He has presented keynote address at several international conferences. Dr Zainal has been an active researcher and headed or was involved in 32 grants in the areas of learning, human resource management, ergo-quality, and quality in higher education and public services (TQM/ISO 9000). After retirement, he is still involved in research on national R&D activities, nursing disaster preparedness and socio-economic impact of the oil and gas industry in the East Coast. He is a lifetime member of the Qualitative Research Association Malaysia (QRAM).

ADIDA DATUK YANG AMRI is a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) under the IAC and Principal Consultant in TruCAT Sdn. Bhd.  Her last posting was as the GM of Human Resource in an oil & gas company in Malaysia. She specializes in Strategic Human Resource Management, Change Management, Organizational Development, and Career Development. Adida holds a Master’s in Public Administration and Human Resource Management from USC, United States, and a Bachelor with Honours from University of North London, UK. Her research interest focuses on Strategic HR – Specializing in Human Capital Development, Gender Issues in Organization and Competency Management.

Adida was the Lab Leader for Human Capital Development & Education for the Economic Corridors under PEMANDU Cities & Corridor Lab 2011: Templates generated were implemented throughout the corridors. Adida has published in six international journals on “Gender & Success” and her research has been used as references. Author of chapters in HR related texts used in universities and reviewer for international human resource journals. As a professional facilitator and HR Consultant - Adida works with individuals and corporate clients across a spectrum of industries. 18 years hands-on HR experience in senior management across both public and private industries. Plus, 18 years academic, research and consultation experience - Senior Lecturer, Supervised post-graduates (DBA & MBA) as well as undergraduates.


Who Should Attend

Engineers and staff who are working in the any fields interested in developing their competencies and exploring their career opportunities.


Benefits

• Identify 5 competencies that are critical for an effective engineer.
• Discuss the merits and cons of each competency.
• Explore gender issues that may impact the list of competencies required.


NOTE: Postponed Until Further Notice