MTN Ghana (Scancom Ltd) was adjudged Overall Best Organization in HR Practice at the 2015 HR Focus Awards, held on the evening of October 9, 2015.
This means the telco giant has retained its position as the leader in innovative HR practices.
This year’s edition of the HR Focus Awards saw the gathering of various organizations as well as stakeholders of Ghana’s HR community to recognize and reward organizations that have distinguished themselves in HR best practice.
A technical committee of HR and awards management experts were appointed by the Organizing Committee of the HR Focus Conference & Awards to carry out the initial assessment and final selection of the award winners in what has been described as the most keenly contested edition of the HR awards.
Speaking at the event, Dr. Mrs. Ellen Hagan, CEO of HR Focus Magazine (a subsidiary of L’AINE Services Ltd) said “the objectives of the HR Focus Awards is to identify, recognize and honour organizations that have built up a tradition of best practices in Human Resource Management, to bring HR best practice culture to the awareness of corporate Ghana and the Ghanaian public and to enhance the recognition and importance of HR by organizations in both the public and private sector in Ghana.
MTN Ghana was also awarded the Best Organization in Recruitment and Selection as well as the Best Organization in HR Information System.
Other award winners of the night include Airtel Ghana and VRA for the Best Organization in Learning and Development Practice and Best Organization in Performance Management respectively.
Starlife Assurance also took home the Most Promising Organization in HR Practise whiles Fidelity Bank won the awards for the Best Organization in Rewards Management Practice and Best Organization in Organizational Culture.
Vodafone also won the awards for the Best Organization in Employee Relations Practice and the Employer of Choice award. Additionally, Vodafone’s HR Director – Mrs. Irene Stella Agyenim-Boateng – was also crowned the HR Practitioner of the Year.
