From: James Hayton [mailto:
jhayton@b202.usu.edu]
Dear Colleagues
The online registration for the Innovative Teaching in HR/IR conference
(Park City, UT 3/31-4/2/05) is now open. The link is:
http://extension.usu.edu/conference/events/hrir/
This conference is sponsored by the SHRM Foundation, the HR Division of the
Academy of Management, SHRM, and LERA
Some highlights from the program are as follows:
Keynote speakers:
Dick Beatty, Rutgers U. "The Rutgers Executive HR Program"
Wayne Cascio, U. Colorado Denver HR in Alignment
A market perspective on HR education. A Q&A with Deb Cohen, SHRM; Francis
Hume, Hume 'N Resources, HRCI Board;
Johnny Taylor, McGuire Woods HR Strategies, LLC, Chair, SHRM Board
Multiple paper presentations on topics including:
* Designing Innovative Curricula
* Teaching Strategic HR
* Using popular film and television as pedagogical tools in HR/IR
* Bringing ethical issues into the classroom
* Institutionalizing Innovation in Teaching in HR/IR
* Focusing on the stakeholders in HR/IR education
* Considering international issues in teaching HRM
* Educational design and assessment using a competency framework
* Experiential approaches to teaching and assessment
* Innovative HR/IR program content: Teaching Human Capital Management
* Lessons from innovations in teaching IR around the world
We hope to see you in Park City in April.
James Hayton
Conference Organizer
Assistant Professor
Department of Management & Human Resources
College of Business
Utah State University
3555 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-3555
Phone: 435 797 1658
Fax: 435 797 1091
http://www.usu.edu/mhrdept/faculty/hayton/info.htm