Bahrain Petroleum Company’s (Bapco) leadership in human development originates in its corporate social responsibility philosophy, a senior company official has said.

According to the company's general manager for human resources and administration Ghassan Ali Al Muhanna, over eight decades Bapco has been characterised by its ongoing efforts to upgrade the human development process and enhance human resource (HR) strategies in fostering growth of the kingdom in addition to investing hugely in qualifying the national calibre as per the most advanced trends in global markets, said a report in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication.

"Bapco is committed to a distinct work pattern in fostering a human development process through applying the most advanced techniques worldwide with the aim of establishing a solid background of efficient national elements capable of fulfilling the growing requirements in the future," he said.

"Bapco applies the most updated techniques to achieve this goal including the executive development programme which prepares the future leaders of the business, in addition to organising major training courses in collaboration with the London Business School.

"In addition, the company's performance management procedure is another tool applied by Bapco in enhancing HR strategies, and we are proud to announce that the programme is moving ahead very confidently."

"In the field of education, Bapco proudly commits itself to offering a wide range of scholarships for its nationals to obtain best educational opportunities both inside and outside the kingdom, in co-ordination with the Education Ministry," Al Muhanna added.

"Industrial training is also a major element which receives prime focus from Bapco for preparing qualified generations capable of meeting the needs and requirements of the labour market in the future."

"Bapco pays full attention to the human element being the cornerstone of its success and HR development is a key strategy of the company with the aim of polishing human skills in conformity with latest technologies and applications worldwide." - TradeArabia News Service