In an agreement with the Australian Institute for HR, the Dubai Institute for Human Resource Development announced it will provide Professional Diploma of HR (PDHR) and Foundations of HR (FHR) for employees in all UAE government units and private sector for Gulf countries. The diploma contains four unit postgraduate level courses.
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DUBAI, UAE - Dubai Aerospace Enterprise Holding (DAE), the global aerospace, manufacturing and services corporation, today announced the retirement of its Group Chief Executive Officer, Bob Johnson.
Johnson, 60, who became DAE’s CEO in July 2006, has decided to retire.
Johnson said: “It has been an honour to work with the shareholders and the board of directors and thank them very much for their support to oversee the emergence of DAE in the aerospace industry and to make such significant strides in just two short years. But now is the right time for me to retire. DAE already has in place a team of exceptionally talented people who will continue to take the company forward and develop its businesses on a global stage.”
H.E. Dr Omar Bin Sulaiman, DAE Holding Managing Director, said: “Bob has contributed much to the development of DAE and to our work of building Dubai as an aviation hub for the 21st Century. We wish Bob the best of luck with his future plans and thank him for his work at DAE over the last two years.”
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Having unlocked horns with their Indian counterparts over Zimbabwe, the ECB is about to go head-to-head with them again over the inaugural Champions League. The Indian Premier League (IPL), meanwhile, is influencing the timing of talks over the next England central contracts.
The ECB is determined not to agree regulations for the Champions League that it believes are too stringent against counties who have fielded players from the unofficial Indian Cricket League (ICL) and is emboldened by an option to lead an alternative competition, based in Dubai.
A compromise remains possible in which ICL players signed before a certain date are exempt, which may force finalists of the domestic Twenty20 Cup to miss out. However, the Dubai alternative would match the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) version in raising $250 million (about £125 million) over five years from stakeholders.
England central contracts, which run annually from October, are being discussed earlier than usual and, while David Collier, the ECB chief executive, cited the importance of commitments in 2009, the IPL’s courting of players including Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff, is creating urgency.
Contracts will include higher bonuses for Test success and are likely to quantify time available to play in the IPL. Players will want to see how dates marry up and, while they recognise the importance of rest before the Ashes series next summer, they may wish for longer than the mooted ten days.
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