Organizational Best Practices Conference
The St. Ambrose University Organizational Best Practices conference "Achieving Results Through Employee Engagement" scheduled for Wednesday, June 3, has been postponed.
“It has become clear that current economic conditions are affecting the ability of businesses to provide training opportunities for their employees at this time," says John Byrne, dean of the College of Business. "According to our constituents, the topic of employee engagement remains very relevant and we hope to offer the conference in 2010.”
For more information, contact conference coordinator Allison Ambrose, 563/333-6155.
Achieving Results Through Employee Engagement
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
8 a.m.–5 p.m.
St. Ambrose University Rogalski Center
for mid to upper-level managers, leaders and executives
In a convenient one-day format, St. Ambrose University brings together representatives from companies across the country to present diverse and meaningful perspectives on how organizations are engaging employees to achieve their goals.
Conference attendees will learn how to engage their employees in their own organizations from business leaders and experts in human resources and organizational behavior from successful companies like Bridgestone Americas, Estes Construction, Critical Link and Deere and Company.
Keynote Address by Edward E. Lawler, III
Edward E. Lawler III is a distinguished Professor of Business and Director of the Center for Effective Organizations in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He joined USC in 1978 and during 1979, founded and became director of the University's Center for Effective Organizations. He has consulted with over one hundred organizations on employee involvement, organizational change, and compensation and has been honored as a top contributor to the fields of organizational development, organizational behavior, corporate governance, and human resource management. The author of over 350 articles and 43 books, his articles have appeared in leading academic journals as well as Fortune, Harvard Business Review and leading newspapers including USA Today and the Financial Times. His most recent books include Rewarding Excellence (2000), Corporate Boards: New Strategies for Adding Value at the Top (2001), Organizing for High Performance (2001), Treat People Right (2003), Human Resources Business Process Outsourcing (2004), Achieving Strategic Excellence: An Assessment of Human Resource Organizations (2006), Built to Change (2006), America at Work (2006), and The New American Workplace (2006), and Talent: Making People Your Competitive Advantage (2008). For more information, visit http://www.edwardlawler.com and http://ceo-marshall.usc.edu.
For More Information
Contact Allison Ambrose, 563/333-6155