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Professor Lynda Gratton of London Business School discusses HR strategies for creating successful workplaces at an HR Network meeting.
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The William Davidson Institutes's
Human Resource Network (HRN) is the leading professional forum for HR executives active in Central and Eastern Europe.
HR executives gather twice a year to learn from the leading professors in the field of Human Resources. Recent HRN workshops have been led by Noel Tichy, Lynda Gratton, and Henry Mintzberg.
If you are an HR Vice President or Director with responsibilities for one or more countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, or Russia, please consider joining the network. For more information, contact wdi_ee@umich.edu. View the
HR Network brochure
Upcoming Human Resource Network Workshops
Leading Change in Time of Crisis
January 21-22, 2010
Bratislava, Slovakia
This workshop is designed to help executives learn how to better manage business culture and leadership to improve business performance, especially in the time of crisis. The workshop will focus on Denison model of organizational culture and effectiveness and the survey tools that have been developed from it. The model and survey are used to manage the changes associated with turnarounds and transformations, organizational restructuring, new leader transitions, conflict resolution, mergers, acquisitions and other change initiatives.
Dan Denison is Professor of Management and Organization at IMD. Prior to joining IMD, Denison was an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, teaching in MBA, PhD, and Executive Education programs. He received his PhD from the University of Michigan in Organizational Psychology. Dr. Denison’s research, teaching, and consulting focuses on organizational culture and leadership and the impact that they have on the performance and effectiveness of organizations. His research has shown a strong relationship between organizational culture and business performance metrics such as profitability, growth, customer satisfaction, and innovation. Dr. Denison has consulted with many leading corporations regarding organizational change, leadership development, and the cultural issues associated with mergers & acquisitions, turnarounds, and globalization.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR LAST WORKSHOP
September 10-11, 2009
Riga, Latvia
Theresa Welbourne presented "Employee Engagement through Data & Dialogue." Professor Welbourne is the founder, President, and CEO of eePulse, Inc. and adjunct professor of executive education position at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. The workshop explored how to be focused and strategic in employee engagement, as well as evaluated the role of the employee survey as more than a tool for data collection. TProfessor Welbourne integrated learning from the Leadership Pulse, an ongoing global study of leaders. This data provided a lens into today’s challenges, allowing participants to define the best ways to use data in addressing the critical challenges.
HRN Members can access workshop materials by logging into the members-only webpage.
JOINING the Human Resource Network
If you are an HR executive whose responsibilities include one or more countries Central Europe or Russia, consider applying for membership to the William Davidson Institute's Human Resource Network. Members include top multinational corporations as well as large Central-European based firms. For more information, please contact us (our contact information is in the yellow banner on the right-hand side of this page).
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