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Join IHRIM at the 2008 Global OHUG Conference

8:00 a.m. Sunday, June 22nd

• IHRIM’s HR Metrics & Workforce Analytics Basics (more details >>) 
• IHRIM’s Essentials for Successful Project Management (more details >>)

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To register for either of these course offerings, go to http://www.ihrim.org/ and click on My IHRIM to access the Online Store.  (IHRIM members should login first).

IHRIM’s HR Metrics & Workforce Analytics Basics

This course is designed for individuals that are new to data analysis, HR metrics or both.  This full day program begins with an overview of the field of HR Metrics and Workforce Analytics and provides training in practice in fundamental data analytic techniques, data interpretation, and the fundamentals of presenting and reporting data to decision makers.  This is IHRIM’s newest course offering and will be a popular one, so register early!  Space is limited. 

Attendees will Learn:

• The purpose for conducting HR Metrics and Analytics in organizations is to improve decision making and how to develop HR metrics and analytics systems with that purpose in mind
• How to conduct basic statistical analyses to report the current conditions and trends in your organization
• Key metrics that can be used to evaluate the staffing levels (e.g., head count versus plan, bench strength, turnover), staffing and development effectiveness (e.g., quality of applicants attracted, offer acceptance, regret turnover, employee performance, training effectiveness)
• Data reporting techniques that allow you to communicate intended messages to target audiences most effectively.
   

Who Gains the Most from Attending

• Anyone in your organization that is new to the area of HR Metrics and Workforce Analytics or simply wants to strengthen their foundations
• Individuals that have primary responsibility for the development and deployment of new HR metrics in your organization

Those individual that are responsible for the ongoing reporting of HR metrics to organization decision makers

Course Outline

1. Introduction to HR Metrics and Workforce Analytics past and present
   
2. The reason for conducting HR Metrics and Workforce Analytics is to improve decision-making—nothing more nothing less.
   
3. Basic data analytic techniques using EXCEL—what are they, how do we do them, and why do we use them?
   
4. HR Metrics—common and not so common metrics for evaluating the effectiveness of human capital in organizations
   
5. Workforce Analytics—putting HR metrics and data analysis to work.
   
6. Reporting Keys—data reporting techniques to get the intended messages to decision makers when they need them in ways they will understand
   

About the Instructor

Dr. Kevin D. Carlson
Associate Professor of Management
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Kevin Carlson is an Associate Professor of Management in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech and teaches courses in Human Resource Management, Productivity and Quality Improvement and Applied Human Resource Information Systems. His research interests include knowledge and its role in decision-making, the evaluation of staffing effectiveness, and the use of human resource information systems to improve organization function. His work has been published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, Personnel Review and the IHRIM Journal and he has presented at the annual meetings of the Academy of Management, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and IHRIM. He is current a member of IHRIM’s Board of Directors and was a founding director of IHRIM’s HR Metrics and Workforce Analytics Affinity Group.

IHRIM’s Essentials for Successful Project Management

This one-day course focuses on the skills, tools and techniques that project managers or project team members should know to effectively define, plan and manage projects and project assignments.

This course will cover:

• Project planning, including stakeholder analysis, domains of change, communications, and work breakdown structure
• Project management approaches, and how to select the approach best suited to your project type, needs, and constraints
• Assembling the project team and defining roles and responsibilities
• Team building, covering team dynamics and barriers to teamwork
• Project management skills, the key competencies and traits for success
• Estimation and justification, including cost/benefit analysis and risk assessment
• Project scheduling and control, tracking methods, the use of project management software, progress reporting, meetings, and final post-completion audit

Space is limited, so reserve your spot today!

Who Gains the Most from Attending

This seminar is designed for both the beginning project manager who wants a good foundation and the experienced project manager who wants a refresher course. It would benefit whole project teams by providing them with an understanding of the overall process and their roles. Any HR or HRS professional requiring a sound knowledge of project management will benefit from this course.

Course Outline

Project Management Overview

• Definition of Project Management
• Importance of Project Management
• The Project Pyramid
• Key Terms
  
  

Project Structure - roles and responsibilities

• Project Manager
• Project Team
• Stakeholders
• Sponsors and champions
  
  

• Cost Analysis
• Benefit Analysis
• Risk Analysis
  
  

Project Planning and Scheduling

• Constraints
• Deliverables
• Tools
  
  

Project Communications

• Meetings
• Status Reporting
  
  

Scope Management

Project Assessment

About the Instructor

Barbara Von Bergen

Barbara is an independent consultant experienced in all aspects of human resource systems from development of requirements through system selection, implementation, training, post implementation and maintenance. She has worked with a number of HRMS applications as a consultant and as a practitioner. She has significant hands-on experience in managing functional human resource areas including systems, recruitment, compensation, benefits, employee communication, training and development.

Barbara helped develop several IHRIM educational courses including “Managing HRMS: Post-Implementation Issues”, “Fundamentals of HR Information Management”, “Essentials for Successful Project Management”, “Successful HR Systems Selection”. She has taught a number of the offerings of these courses.

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