Forum-Intro

Now-a-days, we often hear the following- a) the global socio-economic landscape is changing fast- much faster than anyone would have comprehended even half a decade ago; b) Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity-VUCA, is the new normal and c) the Asia-pacific-region is the new global growth engine and is playing a significant role in establishing the new world order.

New issues and challenges are emerging that the business leaders, policy makers and others in the field were unfamiliar with in the past. Global bodies, strategists and change-makers are ever exploring ways to manage the dynamism while stabilising the present and securing the future.

In the given context, it has become a necessity for intellectuals and experts to come together and initiate a discussion to address the pressing challenges and pertinent issues that are impacting the Manpower & Labour Market | HR & Business. Experts Forum is Aei4eiA's initiative - a confluence of experts from academia and industry to regularly (quarterly) discuss, share views, think and act on above matters through short and succinct snippets.

Aimed at strategists, policy makers, scholars, academicians, HR and business leaders, the key objectives of this forum are-
a) To initiate discussions on issues and challenges facing the region (with a focus on Australia, India, Singapore (AIS)

and broadly global matters impacting the APAC region).
b) To generate a repository of expert views/knowledge on matters related to Manpower & Labour Market | HR &

Business and

c) To collaboratively contribute towards sustainable development.

In this January/February 2017 issue- the first one of the year, our distinguished panel of experts from academia and industry (please see below for details), revisited the theme of business sustainability and pondered upon key strategies in their journey towards sustainable development. They discussed on a range of topics including the mantra of healthy soil, healthy mankind, a new deal between retirement and business sustainability and overall on business sustainability- the key theme worthy to be revisited in times good or bad.

Prof. Chris Rowley

Professor of HRM

Cass Business School, London

[Profile]

[Snippet- October 2016]-Human Resource Management and Organisational Effectiveness: Examples from the Asia Pacific

[Snippet- July 2016]-Employment related impact of Brexit

Disclaimer: The thoughts and opinions expressed here are those by the contributors alone and do not necessarily represent the views of the forum moderator or that of Aei4eiA.

Mr. David Ang

Director (Corporate Services)

Human Capital Singapore

[Profile]

[Snippet- January/February 2017]- Retirement and Business Sustainability: A New Deal

January/February 2017

Theme:Revisiting Business Sustainability And Key Strategies To Ponder Upon In The Journey Towards Sustainable Development