Management Dept., Gamble Hall Room 330,
P.O. Stop
701-777-4697
December
13, 2007
To: Grand Forks
/ East Grand Forks Area Human Resources Managers
From:
Clare A. Francis, Ph.D.
RE:
Please
review the attached information:
An Invitation to HR
Managers:
Participate
on a Panel of HR Managers Working with UND HR Students
Improving HR Practices
based on Management Research
You and /
or your colleagues and designees are welcome to participate in an end of term class
project. The students demonstrate their
newly gained knowledge on how to apply HR research in the work setting to
improve HR practices.
In the
spaces provided below, indicate your interest or interest of colleagues and
designees by providing contact information. More than one person from an
organization is welcome to participate and to attend the class session(s) in
April. You may email or send the information.
I plan to
attend the December meeting of the local NDAHRA at the Paradiso on Thurs. Dec.
20. I will distribute these materials
there and be available for questions. Also,
feel free to call or email me. I will be gone for the holidays from Friday
Dec. 21 to Thurs. Dec. 27.
I look
forward to talking with you! Best regards, Clare Francis
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Participate on a Panel
of HR Managers Working with UND HR Students
Name___________________________ Job title ___________________________________
Your email
_______________________ Your
phone # ______________________________
Company_________________________
Your office Address _________________________
Main
products and / or services of your company __________________________________________
Commitments to participate are needed early in
January to plan the class syllabus
An
Invitation to HR Managers:
Participate on a Panel of HR Managers Working with UND HR
Students
Improving HR Practices based on Management Research
OVERVIEW
A team of students is assigned to a participating HR Manager
and prepares a report for the Manager.
The report includes recommendations with examples and reference sources from
leading Management journals. First, the team
meets with the HR Manager at the company location and discusses company
background information and also HR practices on topics such as recruiting,
selection, job performance, turnover, compensation, etc. Students are assigned to identify an HR area
to improve based on the discussions. The
HR manager may suggest an area of concern. Each team will search the management
journals to develop recommendations to address the focal topic. HR Managers are invited into the classroom in
April when students present highlights of their recommendations. Panel members will be invited to give brief
feedback and discuss with students the potential application of
recommendations, the likely benefits and / or drawbacks.
PROCESS: Students are
assigned to complete five major work steps:
1. Interview HR Managers at Company offices about two types
of information - company background and HR practices with brief follow up as
needed.
2. Prepare the case document company background and current
HR practices
3. Consider areas to improve
and search management journals for related research studies
4. Prepare a report with recommendations and Exhibits; prepare
a Power point presentation
5. Present highlights of recommendations to panels of HR
Managers in the classroom. This allows:
a. sharing results across student teams to
continue the learning process
b. sharing results across HR Managers to
build awareness on current Management research
c. brief dialogue on practicality of
recommendations
Commitments are needed from managers early in
January to plan the class syllabus
Examples of Possible HR Manager Panels
#
of student teams depend on # of students in each class
EXAMPLE A.
5 Panels - Ten HR Managers
MGMT
302 Panel 1
Thur., April 24 11:00 am - 12:15
Panel 2 Thur.,
April 24 12:30 1:45 pm
HR
Manager 1 HR Manager 3
HR
Manager 2 HR Manager 4
Panel
3 Tue., April 29 11:00 am - 12:15 Panel 4 Tue., April 29
12:30 1:45 pm
HR
Manager 5 HR
Manager 7
HR
Manager 6 HR
Manager 8
MGMT
410
Panel 5 Tue.
April 29 3:30 4:45 pm MGMT 410
HR Manager 9 HR Manager 10
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EXAMPLE B 5 Panels - up
to 20 HR Managers
MGMT
302 Panel 1 Thur., April 24 11:00 am - 12:15 Panel 2 Thur., April 24
12:30 1:45 pm
HR
Manager 1 HR Manager 5
HR
Manager 2 HR Manager 6
HR
Manager 3 HR Manager 7
HR
Manager 4 HR Manager 8
Panel
3 Tue., April 29 11:00 am - 12:15 Panel 4 Tue., April 29
12:30 1:45 pm
HR
Manager 9 HR
Manager 13
HR
Manager 10 HR
Manager 14
HR
Manager 11 HR
Manager 15
HR
Manager 12 HR
Manager 16
MGMT
410
Panel 5 Tue. April 29 3:30 4:45 pm
HR Manager 17 HR Manager 19
HR Manager
18 HR
Manager 20
Sample Agenda
Each Class Session in April
About 5 Student Team Presentations about 9 min. / team ~ 45 min
HR Managers - brief comments / Panel Members & students
dialogue ~ 20 min
Prof. Francis - Wrap
up ~ 5
min. Total Time Each Class Session 75 min.