Hayleys reach semi-final of 'great HR debate'

A debating team representing Hayleys Group advanced to the semi-finals of the inaugural Inter-Organizational Debating Championship dubbed 'The 'Great HR debate' after two rounds of intense and thought-provoking debate on issues germane to human resources management.

The four member team defeated debaters from Dialog PLC and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in the first round and the quarter-finals respectively. In all, 14 teams participated in the debate conducted by the Institute of Personnel Management (IPM).

"The debates were a great learning experience for the individuals who participated and we are pleased with our team's performance at three tough rounds of debate", said a company spokesperson. Our debaters performed very creditably at the semi-finals too, having to propose a difficult and contentious topic. In the first round and quarter-final, the Hayleys team successfully proposed the topics 'Hiring for skill is better than hiring for attitude and interest' and 'Employment branding is more important than customer branding.' In the semi-final the team proposed the topic 'In an economic recession, retrenching staff is inevitable for organizational survival,' and presented lucid and forceful arguments, the spokesperson stated.

The Hayleys Group team consisted of employees of Group's Human Resources Department, Corporate Communications Unit and the Strategic Business Development Unit.