ANNUAL REPORT - The Petroleum Institute

The Petroleum Institute | Annual Report - Academic Year 2011 - 2012
diploma in Human Resource Management
and is currently pursuing her Bachelor degree
course. This is her first job.
Mr. Naveed A Shaikh – Travel Assistant. He
holds a Bachelor ‘s degree in Commerce
and has 20 years of experience with Omeir
Travel Agency serving in different roles as
Corporate Accounts Supervisor and Business
Development Executive.
Mr. Mohammed Naser Al Braik – Sr. Recruitment
Officer. He holds a diploma in Human
Resources and has 4 years of experience with
the Health Authority. He is currently working
towards his CIPD qualification.
New Recruitment
We have successfully recruited 67 employees
for the academic year 2011-2012. It is a matter of
pride that the PI is a multi-cultural environment
with over 57 nationalities currently among its
personnel.
III. Current Initiatives
HR interim system
The in-house basic HR system was successfully
developed with the assistance of the IT team.
The HR focal point for this development was
Mr. Abdulla Al Ameri and Ms. Inish Issac. The
1st payroll through the new system was sent to
Finance in April 2011.
HR Workshop
The HR Workshop was held at the Fairmont
Hotel in May in order to discuss the HR Mission
and Strategic Plan for 2011-2012. This was a
very successful event which focused on key
areas such as:
1. Understanding the strategic role of HR
2. Defining our own individual set of
objectives aligned to our HR Department
Objectives and identifying Objective
Owners and Data
3. The time frame for each objective
4. The performance appraisal to be
designed reflecting those objectives
5. The work program highlighting the
steps/actions (milestones) to achieve
those objectives
6. Aligning objectives to the defined
mission, vision and strategy
7. Introduction to BSC (Balance Score
Card)
ERP system
The PI’s Management decided to introduce
a full-fledged ERP system, integrating the
activities of HR, Finance and Supply Chain
departments. Alongside consultant Ms.
Salama Al Ameri and Ms. Inish Issac were
the focal point for the development of the
system in accordance with the PI’s business
requirements. The project took off in December
2011 and the first payroll was released in May
2012. Subsequently, the payroll function was
moved to the HR department.
Policy Manual
The first HR Policy Manual was approved and
published on the intranet in November 2011
for employee access. Various other guidelines,
procedures and best practices were developed,
which are published on the HR intranet.
Inductions for new employees and Policy
Awareness sessions were conducted.
Structural Changes
The HR department was reorganized and
currently consists of the following sections:
Recruitment & Employee Relations: This
section has 12 employees and combines the
activities of Academic and Non-academic
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