Conference Importance

The importance of the conference lies in shedding lights on the contemporary trends in empowering and developing human resources in light of trust and knowledge economies, and their reflections on the successful institutional work, and the direct and indirect effects on economical operations of empowerment in the Arab communities. Institutions that utilize human capacities in their diverse activities and operations create a harmonious environment for the interaction of these human capacities as a solid foundation of human capital.

Modern studies and literature stress the importance of the paramount role of human resources, the importance of employing trust economies and economy based on knowledge. These effective, competent and successful economies rely on using the appropriate combination of human, physical, financial and technical capacities.

The success of institutions in realizing the optimum employment of human resources lies in using effective indicators that measure precisely the actual progress and achievements of the human resources in terms of quality, quantity and efficacy. These indicators will measure the differences in terms of quantity, quality and uses, from one stage to another. It is preferable to use time and global indicators when conducting these comparisons.

The studies and the theoretical and applicable researches stress the prominent role that can be realized through empowering human resources, as this will be an added value to the institution since empowering human resources is considered a sustainable investment. Investing in human capital is greater than investing in capital. However, the returns and success of any institution is attached to the level of empowerment and development of individuals.

Empowerment is considered a management approach as it gives employees greater authority in assuming responsibility, control and employ capacities in the best way. Through empowerment, individuals of different administrative positions can participate in making the required impact in the process of decision-making. It leads to cooperation in a way that does not only rely on the official channels in the process of decision-making, but is also based on the model of leadership, organizational culture, information systems, training, incentives and engagement in the senior management.  

Empowerment leads to faster and effective implementation of employees’ activities in face of the challenges and threats that face the institutions.

Empowerment of employees leads to investing their potentials and self-motivation through enhancing important aspects in individuals such as self-motivation, demonstrate self-confidence and strengthen the spirit of initiative and willingness to work, which leads to creativity, innovation and realize the objectives of the institution with a high efficiency and effectiveness.

The conference is keen to receive papers that focus on the themes and areas related to human resources management and development, and address the applied and knowledge gaps vis-a-vie educational outputs and labor market needs.

Conference Objectives

The conference seeks to achieve the following objectives:

1. Review contemporary topics in human resources empowerment and development, introduce and pay attention to them, to benefit from them in developing human resources performance.
2. Improve the practices of human resources management and its programs according to the recent updates of the contemporary environment.
3. Analyze the competitive value of human resources in light of trust and knowledge economies.
4. Demonstrate the vital role of human resources in alleviating the performance of intuitions to realize the diverse forms of development.
5. Diagnose the practices of human resources management that contribute in achieving empowerment and sustainable development.
6. Develop skills of human resources in the Arab environment to be able to reach smart cities.
7. Enhance the participation strategy in empowerment, human resources development and realize the change needed in empowering the youth and serve sustainable development.
8. Benefit from the diverse experiences and expertize in the area of human resources development and management in public and business institutions in light of the submitted papers and innovative experiences, discussions and debates in this conference.
9. Enrich the Arab library with novel and serious studies that tackle human resources management and development.

Conference Themes

The Administrative and Organizational Theme

• The elements of building organizational trust among employees.
• Building organizational trust in the work environment.
• Total trust management.
• Empowering human resources in family business.
• Functions and operations of knowledge management and their reflections in human resources development.
• Functions and operations of knowledge management and their reflections in building trust among employees.
• Knowledge management and its role in empowering employees.
• Skills management and building trust among employees.
• Management of strategic human resources.
• Human resources development and its reflections on trust and knowledge economies.
• Competencies management and knowledge economies.
• Cultural diversity management as an input to build trust in international business organizations.
• Self-management of human resources.
• The opposite impact of human resources.
• Talents management and knowledge economies.
• Human resources maintenance, trust and knowledge economies.
• Human capital and trust economies.
• Social capital and trust economies.
• Organizational resources and building trust among employees.
• Governance and realizing trust in institutions.
• Conflicts among the heirs of family businesses and their economic consequences: an approach to sustainable trust management.
• The ethics of managers and their role in building sustainable trust with the employees, community and stakeholders.
• The role of trust in strengthening investments.
• The role of trust in enhancing competencies and efficacy among employees and costs reduction.
• Trust as a main input to realize competitiveness.
• The role of trust in minimizing organizational complexity.
• Trust management and its role in maintaining and retaining human resources.
• Employees’ empowerment: concept, dimensions, benefits and obstacles.
• Phases and steps of employees’ empowerment.
• Strategies and programs of employees’ empowerment.
• Employees’ empowerment and its reflections on the satisfaction and loyalty of the employees.
• Empowerment and the effectiveness of scheduling and regulating the leaves of employees in the continuous production operations (24/7).

Quality, Excellence and Creativity Theme

• The role of human resources in attaining quality rewards.
• Human resources and realizing total quality.
• Quality of work life and employees empowerment.
• Quality of work life and building trust among employees: Empowerment and trust input.
• The spirituality of work environment and building trust among employees.
• Creativity in lights of trust economies.
• Creativity, renovation, and motivation of human resources.
• Building trust and creativity through total quality management practices.
• Management consultations, its development and its growing application in business organizations.
• Effective management of the consultancy process: Trust and knowledge input.
• Legal forms of administrative consultancy units.
• Establishing consultancy unites in organizations and their role in building trust with customers.
• Ethics of marketing teams and their role in building trust with customers.
• Rehabilitation and empowerment of human resources in tourist and hotel institutions.
• Rehabilitation and empowerment of human resources in the industrial sector.

Marketing Theme

• Internal marketing and skills development of marketing teams.
• Building and promoting marketing knowledge among employees.
• Empowering sales teams as an input to marketing excellence.
• Empowering sales teams as an input to economic development.
• The efficacy and empowerment of sales teams as an input to market growth and maximizing market share.
• The role of human resources in disseminating the notion of green market.
• Human resources as being the distinguished image of business organizations: Trust input.
• Marketing trust economies in industrial sector institutions.

The Financial and Accounting Theme

• Human resources accounting: Knowledge economies input.
• Human resources accounting: Trust economies input.
• Internal control and enhancing the trust of clients.
• Investing in intellectual capital.
• Financial inclusion in light of trust and knowledge economies.
• Human resources, banking trust and sustainable development.
• Trust fundamentals and rules in light of e-banking.
• Human resources and productivity of intellectual work.
• Human resources, trust, knowledge, and e-markets.
• Human resources and financial empowerment and performance.
• Human resources, e-markets, and knowledge and trust economies.
• Human resources, financial crises and knowledge and trust economies.
• Human resources and costs of knowledge management operations.

Technology

• Designing and developing human resources information system.
• E-management of human resources.
• Developing soft and hard skills of human resources.
• Bulky data and human resources development and empowerment.
• Technology acceptance and means of handling its aspects.
• Cloud computing and human resources empowerment and performance.
• Human resources’ trust in using social media at work.
• Adapting social media to empower employees.
• Adapting social media to improve the performance of employees in business organizations.
• Smart universities and their role in empowering human resources in Arab environment.
• Human resources and strategies of intellectual transformation in the digital era.
• The role of qualified human resources in the success of smart cognitive/knowledge cities.

The Economic Theme

• Economies of family businesses and mutual trust among the founding heirs.
• The role of mutual trust in the sustainability of family businesses for generations.
• Employees’ empowerment and trust economies.
• Development of core capacities: Trust and knowledge economies input.
• Building trust strategies in light of knowledge economy.
• Knowledge economy and building organizational capital.
• Formulating cognitive plans to empower and develop human resources in light of trust economies.
• Learning human resources and achieving economic savings.
• Human resources and its role in achieving economic development.
• Problems of knowledge economy in Arab countries.
• Human resources management and sustainable development.
• Trust in knowledge economy, its importance and reflections.
• The role of human resources in purple economy.
• Human resources and green economy.
• Human resources and blue economy.
• Economical partnerships and sustainable development.
• Strategies of human resources management and their role in developing trust and knowledge economies.

Empowering and Developing Human Resources from an Islamic Perspective Theme

• The objectives, areas and main standards for investing in human resources from an Islamic perspective.
• The role of the religious culture in establishing ethics and community values among employees at institutions.
• Allocating resources to invest in human resources based on the future sustainable needs of the society.
• Allocating resources to invest in human resources based on the current and periodical needs of the community.
• Religious education of the employees and its role in instilling a culture of resources, environment and workplaces conservation.
• Financial loss due to hiring inadequate employees in institutions.
• Human resources development and training according to the Quran and Sunnah.
• Training human resources to face economic crisis from an Islamic perspective-various approaches.
• Analysis of the roles of human resources management from an Islamic perspective and its relation to the economics of trust and knowledge:
  • Job description and classification.
  • Human resources planning.
  • Recruitment of human resources (attraction, screening and recruitment).
  • Human resources training.
  • Evaluation of the human resources performance.
  • The system of wages, salaries and incentives and their role in promoting confidence, loyalty and satisfaction.
  • Non-financial rights of employees from an Islamic perspective and its role in promoting confidence, loyalty and satisfaction.

Success Stories in Empowering and Developing Human Resource Theme:

• Success stories in the integrated assessment of human resources performance.
• Success stories in the management of trust and the economics of trust and their implications on the performance of the human resources.
• Success stories in maximizing knowledge economy through the accumulated knowledge among employees.
• Success stories in achieving the Quality of Work Life among human resources.
• Success stories in matching the labor market needs of human resources with the outputs of education.
• Success stories in technical and vocational education and their role in fulfilling the labor market needs of human resources.
• Success stories in recruitment (attraction, screening and recruitment).
• Success stories in managing the career path for employees.
• Success stories in developing wage, salaries and incentives systems.
• Success stories in developing effective health insurance systems.
• Success stories in human resources training.
• Success stories in management consultations and their applications.
• Success stories from Islamic eras in the empowerment of human resources.
• Success stories from Islamic eras in the human resources training.

The Conferences Committees

The Consultative Committee

• Prof. Fayez Haddad / Chairman of the Consultative Body / University of Jordan / Jordan.
• Dr. Hussain Hamayel / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Prof. Tayseer Abu Sakur / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Adel Bino / University of Jordan / Jordan.
• Prof. Husni Awad / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Thafer Shabar / Mustansiriyah University/ Iraq.
• Prof. Khaled Al-Khatib / Center for Research and Human Resources Development / Jordan.
• Prof. Ayssar Sousan / Arab American University / Palestine.
• Prof. Thamer al-Bakri / University of Baghdad / Iraq.
• Prof. Kamal Reziq / University of Blida / Algeria.
• Dr. Attiah Musleh / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.

The Scientific Committee

• Dr. Yousef Abu Fara / Chairman of the Scientific Committee / Al-Quds Open University.
• Prof. Mohammed Abu Nassar / University of Jordan / Jordan.
• Dr. Abdulhakeem Akho Arshedeih / University of Jordan / Jordan.
• Prof. Thiab Jarrar/ Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Samer al - Dahyat / University of Jordan / Jordan.
• Dr. Alaa Alanee / University of Mosul / Iraq.
• Prof. Marwan Darwish / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Abdul-Rahman al-Salwadi / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Al-Hussein al-Rami / Universit?? Ibn Zohr - Agadir / Morocco.
• Prof. Samir Abuznaid / Hebron University / Palestine.
• Dr. Taghrid Suifan / University of Jordan / Jordan.
• Dr. Ismail Rumi / Palestine Polytechnic University / Palestine.
• Dr. Feras Baraket / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Ahmad Herzallah / Al-Quds University / Palestine.
• Prof. Fathallah Ghanem / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Ibrahim Awad / Al-Quds University / Palestine.
• Dr. Majeed Mansour / Arab American University / Palestine.
• Dr. Alaa Abdul Salam Al-Yamani / University of Mosul / Iraq.
• Dr. Zeyad Qannam / Al-Quds University / Palestine.
• Dr. Salamah Salem / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Mohammed al-Jabari / Hebron University / Palestine.
• Dr. Mohammed Halasa / Al-Istiqlal University / Palestine.
• Dr. Suhail Sultan / Birzeit University / Palestine
• Dr. Jehad Ayaseh / Birzeit University / Palestine
• Dr. Sofia Remawi / Ministry of Education/ Palestine
• Dr. Yousef Hassan / Birzeit University / Palestine.
• Dr. Tariq al-Mabrouk / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Alaa Ahmed al-Jubouri / University of Mosul / Iraq.
• Dr. Shaher Obeid / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Omar al-Salibi / Al-Quds University / Palestine.
• Dr. Odeh Masharqa / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Prof. Jamil al-Najjar / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Prof. Abdel Nasser Nour / An-Najah National University / Palestine.
• Dr. Hussein Abdelqader / Al-Istiqlal University / Palestine.
• Dr. Majdi al-Kababji / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Abdel Fattah Al-Shamela / An-Najah National University / Palestine.
• Dr. Salah Sabri / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.

The Preparatory Committee

• Mr. Tareq Jalal Al-Tamimi / Chairman of the Preparatory Committee / Hebron Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
• Dr. Alaa Shakhshir / Vice Chairman of the Preparatory Committee / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Samer al-Dahiyat / University of Jordan / Jordan.
• Dr. Shibli al-Sweiti / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Fadel Eideh / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Mohammed Amr / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Marwan Abu Hilal / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Fawaz Badawi / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Rania al-Basir / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Rania al-Basir / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Majed Melhem / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Sabri Mushtaha / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Tarek Shabat / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Sami Eideh / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Younes Jaffar / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Dr. Ghassan Abu Snaneh / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Mr.Alaa Amr / Hebron Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
• Ms.Haya Abdeen / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Ms.Doaa as-Sayaydeh / University of Jordan / Jordan.
• Mr.Flair al-Karaki / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Mr.Tareq Bahees / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Ms.Sawsan Awamleh / University of Jordan / Jordan.
• Mr.Ehab Hassounah / Hebron Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The Media and PR Committee

• Mr. Ibrahim Melhem / University of Jordan / Jordan.
• Mr. Ismail al-Shareef / Hebron Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
• Mr. Awad Meshal / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Mr. Ibrahim Majed Melhem / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Ms. Sana Semadi / University of Jordan / Jordan.
• Mr. Noman Sayouri / Hebron Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
• Ms. Samah Abu Zeina / Al-Quds Open University / Palestine.
• Mr. Raed al-Bayed / Hebron Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Target groups

1. Administrative leaders in public, private and community institutions.
2. Chairpersons and members of boards of directors at the institutions.
3. Administrators of the human resources at the different institutions.
4. Researchers and faculty members from relevant faculties in addition to researchers from Jordanian, Palestinian, regional and international research centers.
5. Businessmen and investors.
6. Postgraduate and undergraduate students from relevant faculties.
7. All individuals interested in the topics of the conference.

Terms and conditions for the submitted research papers

1. The research topic should be related to one of the conference themes.
2. Full research papers must be submitted no later than 15/04/2020. Abstracts alone are not required to be submitted beforehand.
3. The paper should include an executive abstract in English and Arabic. It should contain 400 – 600 words that address the title of the research, researcher’s name, university/organization name and the country. The abstract should include all the scientific elements, such as the research problem, importance, objectives, justifications, methodology, procedures, tools, and recommendations. Abstracts that fulfill the criteria will be published in the conference book that will be distributed on the first day of the conference.
4. The total word count for the research paper should be between 5000-7000 words, using Arial font size 14 for the text, font size 14 bold for the titles, line spacing of 1.5, with margins of 2.5 cm.
5. The research should fulfill the principles of scientific research.
6. Research papers that are not original or have been previously published or being submitted for publishing in other conferences or journals are not accepted, whether using the same research title or a different one.
7. Theoretical scientific articles that include innovative concepts and ideas on one of the conference themes are accepted.
8. APA citation style should be used. References should be written in the body of the text after the quotation as follows, author’s family name, year of publication and page number.
9. The references list should be written at the end of the paper. If the reference is a book, it should be written as follows, the name of the author / authors, the title of the book, the name of the translator, if any, the place of publication, the publisher, the edition, and the year of publication. If the reference is a journal, it should be written as follows, the author name, the title of the research, the name of the journal, the issue number, the date of the journal, and the page number.
10. Researchers should submit their CV along with the research paper, indicating their discipline, specialization, academic qualification, academic position, university from which they had graduated, and current place of work.
11. A color copy of the researcher passport must be submitted.
12. Rejected research papers do not receive any justifications.
13. Participation form should be filled and submitted.

Conference Proceedings

The research papers received by the Conference Management will be submitted to the peer-review process. The accepted papers selected by the Scientific Committee will be published in the Conference Proceedings.

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