HR Challenge: Newest Book on HR Issues

The newest book on HR published in Sri Lanka was launched as the first publication of its kind by the Institute of Personnel Management Sri Lanka , at the recently concluded National HR Conference. It is titled, “HR Challeng e : Dynamics of value creation and competitiveness through people and was co-edited by late Prof. Sudatta Ranasinghe and Dr. Ajantha Dharmasiri.

HR Challenge contains a compilation of twelve research papers that attempt to address how HR can contribute to organizational success. It covers a wide array of topics covering both strategic as well as operational aspects of HRM. It contains people related problems and prospects in organizations, in grasping reality, in moving beyond mere rhetoric. As late Prof. Sudatta said, “this book is intended to critically review selected aspects of HR where one might find that the dearth of literature is a constraint for generating further discussion and exploring knowledge on the issues in focus.”

In writing the Foreword, Professor Neal M. Ashkanasy of t he Unive r s i t y of Queensland has stated that “this publication, as intended, will pave the way for greater academic and practitioner discussion and dialogue on ways of building a knowledge base in strategic human resource management in Sri Lanka that addresses both contemporary and country specific issues”.

The picture shows Dr. Ajantha Dharmasiri, a coauthor, handling over a copy of HR Challenge to Prof. Uditha Liyanage, D i r e c t o r, Postgraduate Institute of Management.