Building A High Performance Organization: The Role of Human Resources
Written by: Iona Kerr, Human Resource Director, Lucent Technologies, Wireless Networks Group

Ms. Kerr summarizes how Lucent has addressed the issues surrounding performance management systems in order to promote high performance employees.  Lucent has recognized the need to measure both results and behaviors within its reward and recognition systems.  As a result, Lucent has redesigned their HR systems around five key elements: Growth Mindset, Results Focus, Obsession with Customers and About Competitiors, Workplace that is Open, Supportive and Diverse, and Speed.

To Go Purposely Into the Unknown
Written by: Dan Twomey, Director, Center for Human Resource Management Studies

Dr.Twomey outlines the need to develop a new academic-practitioner relaionship.  Universities and businesses need to explore new ways if relating and inquiring into business problems.

Corporate Partner Strategy Sessions

This article briefly discusses how CHRMS faculty members and Corporate Partner executives work with each other to develop an understanding of factors that are enabling and blocking the firm's success.

Countdown to the Millennium: CHRMS Breakfast Seminar Series Fall 1999
 
In keeping with the CHRMS mission to create a learning environment among education, industry, and the community, the Breakfast Seminar Series provided four high profile speakers during the fall.  The presenters included:
    * Dr. J. Michael Adams, President of Fairleigh Dickinson University
    * Dr. Mirian M. Graddick, Executive Vice President of Human Resources, AT&T
    * Mr. Tom Brown, author of "Fiscal Fairy Tales" and Principal of Management General, Ms. Beverly Goldberg,
       Vice President of the Century Foundation and Siberg Associates, and Donna Martin, HR Head of Global
        Pharmaceutical Operations, Pharmacia & Upjohn
    * Mr. Harold W. Burlingame, Executive Vice President, Merger and Joint Venture, AT&T

CHRMS Distinguished Executive Fellows

Ronan Campion, retired Human Resource Director at AT&T, Al Gesler, retired Human Resource Director at AlliedSignal, and Jeana Wirtenberg, Director of Development, Quality and Organization Effectiveness at PSE&G were recognized as new CHRMS Distinguished Executive fellows.

The Ninth Annual All-Partner Family Picnic

CHRMS held its Ninth Annual All-Partner Picnice on September 12, 1999 with over 120 guests enjoying the festivities.

Mentoring for Human Resource Management MBA's

Ronan Campion, Executive-in Residence at CHRMS, provides mentoring sessions with students and prospective students to better understand the new world that awaits them in the field of Human Resource Management.

The Graduate Assistants at CHRMS

The article introduces the five graduate assistants for 1999-2000 academic year.  The graduate assistants are Celia Collins, Anthony Cuccio, Dave Mason, Maria Vesleme, and Aygul Zaripova.

Dan Kowalski's Reflections on The Academy of Management's Practitioner Series

Dan Kowalski discusses the various action research projects that the CHRMS group has contributed over the years with the Academy of Management.  The group's effort has led an expanding initiative for integrating scholarship and practice at the Academy of Management.

CHRMS Partner Companies Honored

PSE&G and Organon were recently honored with "Healthy Workplace" awards by the New Jersey Psychological Association.

A Joint Venture: Corporate Sponsors & HRM/MBA Students Team-Up

Laura Kazanchy, former CHRMS Graduate Assistant, discusses how the "Field Analysis" capstone course for the HRM/MBA Program provides real value to corporations as well as the students.  The joint venture allows both parties to gain knowledge and expertise, discover new perspectives, and develop new process and/or solutions.
 
 
 

Spring 1999:

Winning the Future at PSE&G
written by: Jeana Wirtenberg, Director-Development, Quality and Effectiveness at PSE&G

Looking for New Ways to Collaborate
written by: Dan Twomey, Director, Center for Human Resource Management Studies

CHRMS at The Eastern Academy of Management

CHRMS Sponsors Coaching Program for African-American Women

New Corporate Partners
Ortho Biotech, AlliedSignal, and Lucent Technologies are introduced as new corporate partners

Fall 1998:

China and Singapore are Different
written by: Dick Ottaway, Professor of Management, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Where is Your Passion
written by: Dan Twomey, Director, Center for Human Resource Management Studies

Virtual Staffing: A Look at the Next Wave
written by: Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler, co-authors of CAREERXROADS, an annual print directory reviewing 500 job, resume, and career management sites on the world-wide web.

Accreditation and Beyond
written by: Paul Lerman, Dean, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Spring 1998:

The Ph.D. Project: Leveling the Playing Field
written by: Bernard J. Milano, KPMG Peat Marwick, Partner in Charge of University Relations, Diversity and Alumni Programs

COLLABORATION: A Competency for learning and Innovation
written by: Dan Twomey, Director, Center for Human Resource Management Studies

Rise in Use of Contingency Workforce Raises Legal Issues
a report by: Rose Twomey, JD., Professor of Law, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Intellectual Capital: The New Competitive Edge
written by: John Lewison, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management in Human resources at the University of Bridgeport, and teaches at the Milano Graduate School at The New School for Social Research.  He is currently the President of the New York State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management.
 
 

Fall 1997:

Adding Value at Warner-Lambert
written by: Tim Huelsman, Vice President of Global Human Resources, Warner-Lambert Co.

HR's Missed Opportunity
written by: Dan Twomey, Director, Center for Human Resource Management Studies

NJ Affirmative Action Case Not To Be Decided By US Supreme Court
report by: Rose Twomey, J.D., Professor of Law, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Technology and the Learning Revolution
written by: Michael Sperling, Ph.D., Assistant Provost for Educational Technology, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Spring 1997:

Ready, Fire, Aim in the Digital Estate
written by: William F. Pilder, Ph.D.

We Have A Lot To Discover About Learning
written by: Dan Twomey, Director, Center for Human Resource Management Studies

A Job Sharing Success Story - Two Heads Are Better Than One
written by: Sharon Snyder and Mary Ross, AT&T Work and Family Group

Fall 1996:

Creating The Future of Human Resource Management
written by: Janice Tomilinson, President of Chubb of Canada

The Coming Transformation of the Business Education Industry
written by: Dan Twomey, Director, Center for Human Resource Management Studies

How Summit Bank Responded to Merger Related Dilemmas: From the HR Director's Perspective
written by: Page Stiger, Vice President of Human resources at Summit Bank

Learnshare: A "fortune 500" Learning Consortium and a CHRMS Partner