The Role of HR in the Transforming Workplace

Changing technology and the growing demand for workforce intelligence have ushered in a new era of HR transformation and have compelled HR professionals to continually ideate, innovate, and adapt. This book covers the changing role of HR in the transformation of workplaces to be successful globally.

Dr. Anamika Pandey is presently working as an Associate Dean in the School of Business, Galgotias University, Delhi-NCR, India. Her area of specialization is Human resource development and organizational change & development. She has more than 16 years of academic and industry experience. Her Bachelors, Masters and D.Phil. degrees are from one of the Central University of India. She has more than 30 research papers in high indexed journals in the area of organizational assessment and techniques, assessment of intangible assets and stress management. She has also authored two books in the area of HR. She is also on the editorial board of one ABDC journal. In addition to the academic experience, she has also conducted more than 30 management development programs for the armed forces, banking, and manufacturing sector employees on soft and behavioral skills.

Prof. Simon Grima is the Head of the Insurance Department, in charge of the Bachelor of Commerce in Insurance, the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and master’s degree in Insurance and Risk Management and an Associate Professor at the University of Malta. He served as the President of the Malta Association of Risk Management (MARM) and President of the Malta Association of Compliance Officers (MACO) between 2013 and 2015 and 2016 and 2018 respectively. Moreover, he is among the first Certified Risk Management Professional (FERMA), is the chairman of the Scientific Education Committee of PRIMO and a member of the curriculum development team of PRIMIA in 2014. His research focus and consultancy is on Governance, Regulations, and Internal Controls (i.e. Risk Management, Internal Audit and Compliance) and has over 30 years of experience varied between Financial Services and with public entities in academia, Internal Controls, Investments, and IT. He acts as an Independent Director for Financial Services Firms, sits on Risk, Compliance, Procurement, Investment and Audit Committees, and carries out duties as a Compliance Officer, Internal Auditor and Risk Manager. He has acted as co-chair and is a member of the scientific program committee on international conferences and is a chief editor, editor and review editor of some Journals and Book Series. He was chair of the FERMA awards in 2019 and a mentor for the first FERMA Risk Management Advanced Certification. He has been awarded outstanding reviewer for the Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance in the 2017 Emerald Literati Awards.

Dr. Balamurugan Balusamy is currently working as an Associate Dean Student in Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR. Prior to this assignment, he was a Professor at, School of Computing Sciences & Engineering and Director of International Relations at Galgotias University, Greater Noida, India. His contributions focus on Engineering Education, Blockchain, and Data Sciences. His Academic degrees and twelve years of experience working as a Faculty in a global University like VIT University, Vellore has made him more receptive and prominent in his domain. He does have 200 plus high impact factor papers in Springer, Elsevier, and IEEE. He has done more than 80 Edited and authored books and collaborated with eminent professors across the world from top QS ranked universities. Prof. Balamurugan Balusamy has served up to the position of Associate Professor in his stint of 12 years of experience with VIT University, Vellore. He had completed his Bachelors, Masters, and PhD Degrees from Top premier institutions in India. His passion is teaching and adapts different design thinking principles while delivering his lectures. He has published 80+ books on various technologies and visited 15 plus countries for his technical course. He has several top-notch conferences on his resume and has published over 200 of quality journals, conferences, and book chapters combined. He serves on the advisory committee for several startups and forums and does consultancy work for the industry on Industrial IOT. He has given over 195 talks at various events and symposiums.