Debabrat Mishra, Business Head for the Middle East operations of Hewitt Associates in Asia Pacific, adds: "We offer 18 carefully designed courses that develop essential capabilities in business skills, HR technical expertise, personal effectiveness and business partnership. Each course was created especially for HR professionals, with the specific aim of developing the exact capabilities required to deliver measurable results for the business."

Participants may enrol in individual courses or embark on a complete development and certification program within any one of the specialty streams of study.

For further information, contact Julia Smith, Hewitt Academy for Strategic HR, at julia.smith@hewitt.com.

The awards were presented to Smita Anand, managing director of Hewitt Greater China, at a ceremony in Shanghai on November 29. Commenting on the awards, Smita said: "At Hewitt, one of our core values, which we hold with a great deal of passion and conviction, is putting the client first and, through the work we do, making a real difference to their businesses and their people. For us, this is deeply meaningful. So whilst we have been honored by the judging panel and CCH for the work we have done over the past year, it is really our honor to work alongside so many great clients."

Commenting on why the judges selected Hewitt for the awards, CHINA STAFF said: "Hewitt clearly stood out as a firm offering solutions based on a clear understanding of customer needs and correlating them not only to HR but to the customer's business result. When going through the judging process, the choice was quite clear in the category, such as demonstrate innovation in practice, show a significant contribution to developing good practice and the HR community, etc."