which OUR PACKAGE OF MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS AND SERVICES 

Professional Designation

Becoming a member of IPM also grants you the privilege of acquiring a Professional Designation that acknowledges your professional competence. You have the option to incorporate this designation as part of your signature after your name

IPM Annual Convention: Members discounts

Members enjoy a reduced rate when registering for our Annual Convention, a prestigious event that has been hosted since 1956 and is consistently recognized as a world-class gathering.

Delegates seize the opportunity to glean insights from industry experts, exchange knowledge, and network with like-minded peers.

The Convention delivers tangible takeaways for immediate workplace application, featuring frameworks, models, processes, and case studies from leading organizations.

Delegates also gain access to an exhibition highlighting products and services tailored to the People Management fraternity

For members, there's an added advantage of discounted rates for stand space at the exhibition. Furthermore, the convention presents excellent branding and marketing prospects through sponsorships and exhibitions.

People dynamics

 Members receive a copy of People Dynamics the official magazine of the Institute. The magazine is an award-winning publication which is been in print since 1980. People Dynamics provides a forum for debate and discussion on all issues affecting people managers in South Africa, the African continent and beyond. 

 Online Knowledge Exchange Groups

 *Members have access to eight specialist groups, hosted on our CRM system, which create a space for members to develop and grow through discussing and debating topical issues, with expert input.

*Keep you up to date with current issues in your specialist area of HR. 

* Allow you to debate topical issues with experts. Each group will launch with a guest host who is a leading thinker.                           

*Provide access to knowledge and best practice shared by other HR professionals engaging with the community, from a range of sectors, organisations and regions.

* Provide an opportunity to share your own knowledge and best practice experience in  IPM Community of Experts Practitioners:

• Learning and development;
• Organisation development;
• Talent management and mobility;
• Employee wellness;
• Labour relations transformation;
• Reward and compensation and one focussed solely on topical issues in HR called 'Burning Issues'.

* Leaders working at Director and Executive level in their organisations have access to a dedicated Directors Group

[Please note that this is a restricted peer group for members working at the Director and Heads of Function level] 

Online Journals 

We have negotiated online access for members to two leading academic journals. They are: 

* South African Journal of Human Resource Management.

* South African Journal of Industrial Psychology.

IPM Mentoring programme 

Mentoring Programme connects industry leaders with upcoming practitioners in mentoring relationships, a powerful way of enabling the knowledge, skills and experience of well-respected and credible seasoned Leaders in the Profession to be shared with aspiring practitioners.

For more information please email your details: to welile@ipm.co.za