Hong Kong People Management Association is a voluntary professional human resources management body which strives to advance the art of effective human resource management, promotes harmonious employer and employee relations and facilitates the exchanges of ideas and experience on good management practices. Members are human resource professionals from different industry sectors.
Founded in 1969, the Association was registered as "Kwun Tong Personnel Management Association", because most members were working in Kwun Tong at that time. The Association has expanded steadily throughout the years and re-named as "Hong Kong Industrial Relations Association" in April 1979.
In the past decade, Hong Kong has been undergoing phenomenal social and economic changes and has shifted from a manufacturing base to become one of the leading international business hubs in the world. Such changes have accelerated the economic interface with Mainland China and other parts of the world; and have driven Hong Kong to become a knowledge-based economy. Many of our members therefore believe it is now opportune to establish a new identity for the Association to appropriately reflect the multi-faceted characteristics of Hong Kong.
Following a series of consultation, invitation to members to submit suggestions for new name and voting by members, the Executive Committee held an Extra-Ordinary General Meeting on September 20, 2001 and passed the resolution to change the name of Hong Kong Industrial Relations Association to Hong Kong People Management Association.
Under the new name, the non-profit making Hong Kong People Management Association will continue to promote the Association's fine tradition in building and enhancing the relationship of employees and employers while also taking into account the urge to develop talents and human resource professionals in a knowledge-based economy.
「香港人才管理協會」乃一學術及實務兼備之非牟利專業組織，致力提升有效的人力資源管理、促進和諧的勞資關係及提供一個專業平台予同業分享及交流卓越管理實務的經驗。會員皆為各大工商機構之人力資管理從業員。
本會成立始於一九六九年，起初名為「觀塘人事管理協會」，蓋因大部份成員皆在觀塘區工作。後因會員數目日益擴大，於一九七九年四月改名為「香港工業關係協會」。
過去十多年，香港經歷了巨大的社會和經濟改變，從一個以製造業為本的基地轉變成為全球主要國際商業中心之一。此一轉變，大大加速香港與國外及中國大陸的經濟聯系和交往，推動香港智識型經濟。有見及此，本會亦銳意革新，務求反映香港多元化的特色。
經過一連串的咨詢、徵名及投票，執委會于二零零一年九月二十日舉行特別會員大會，在會上通過改名議，正式命名「香港人才管理協會」，取代原來的「香港工業關係協會」
本會將秉承過去的優良傳統繼續為促進勞資雙方關係作出努力；在此智識型經濟的社會中，致力於人才及人力資源專業的發展。