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- ItemA framework for establishing a Human Asset Register for the improved management of people in asset management(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12) Kriege, Lara; Vlok, P. J.; Jooste, J. L.; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Industrial Engineering.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Effective Asset Management is essential for organizations to realize maximum value from their physical assets, to overcome current challenges, and to achieve their business goals. One of Asset Management’s most significant success factors is the human dimension. While people management activities are traditionally placed within the Human Resource function, line managers have become increasingly responsible to ensure the effective management of people. This devolution of responsibilities constitutes a challenge in Asset Management; especially in technical areas of a business where line managers have limited skills to address “people issues”. Their understanding of the human dimension, however, has been identified as playing a significant role in the success of people and Asset Management. Currently there is insufficient guidance to support asset managers to improve the management of people. To address this problem, this study develops a framework to establish a Human Asset Register for improving the management of people in Asset Management. A literature study of the interconnected fields of the problem forms the foundation of the framework. Key concepts of Asset Management, the concept of a Physical Asset Register, and the human dimension in Asset Management are studied, followed by a background of Strategic Human Resource Management and people management practices. The framework is developed through a stepbased approach to support asset managers for improving people management. It provides information on human asset and human dimensional attributes in the Asset Management environment. Based on structured interviews in the mining industry the framework is validated. The validation process demonstrated that the framework addresses the identified problem by providing a pragmatic method to improve people management in Asset Management.
- ItemA framework for establishing a human asset register for the improved management of people in physical asset management(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2016) Kriege, Lara; Jooste, Wyhan; Vlok, P. J.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: People are fundamental to the success of managing physical assets. Line managers are increasingly becoming responsible for people- management activities that were traditionally placed within the human resources function, while often lacking effective people- management skills. A framework was developed to establish a human asset register to support asset managers in improving the management of people. The proposed framework provides a generic step-based approach to establishing a structured reflection of human dimensional information to facilitate the application of people management through asset managers. Structured expert interviews validated the proposed framework as providing a pragmatic method to solve the identified problem.