Queen's IRC News - March 2011
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March 2011
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Demystifying Organizational Strategy
By Dr. Carol A. Beatty
People management professionals are often exhorted to become more knowledgeable about business strategy but many are discouraged by the jargon and the apparent complexity of the field. While it is true that a radical rethink of your organization's strategy involves creativity and specialized skills, most regular strategic planning exercises do not require that level of sophistication. In this article, I will follow Einstein's advice and aim to demystify the organizational strategy process by removing the jargon and boiling it down to five simple questions. Answer these questions and you will be able to meet the challenges of most strategic planning situations.
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Learn to align HR Strategy with Organizational Strategy in:
Essentials of Organizational Strategy
May 10-12, 2011 - Kingston, Ontario
The Peer Circle: Holistic Surgery for the Infected Workplace
By Richard A. Russell
Protracted group conflict within a workplace is among the more daunting challenges that HR and conflict management professionals face. A peer or corporate circle is a creative response to conflicts that are driven largely by historic relationship and values differences. In this instance, the work group had a long history of conflict that was multiply determined. A number of conventional approaches had been employed with limited success.
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Learn to develop mediation poise and defuse conflict before it escalates in:
Dispute Resolution Skills
May 1-6, 2011 - Kingston, Ontario
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On The Road Again
Queen's IRC representatives are hitting the trail in the coming months and we hope to see many
of our alumni. The IRC will have a presence at the following spring conferences:
BC HRMA Tradeshow & Conference: Complexity made simple
April 13-14, 2011 - Marketplace Tradeshow
April 14-15, 2011 - Conference
Vancouver, British Columbia (hosted by the British Columbia Human Resources Management Association)
Alberta 2011 HR Conference: HR360
April 27-28, 2011
Edmonton, Alberta (hosted by the Human Resources Institute of Alberta)
IRC Director Paul Juniper will be speaking at the Alberta HR Conference, where he will discuss the future of HR, raising the bar on HR and the IRC's survey results regarding the state of HR in Canada. Drop by and see us at booth 511!
2011 HRANS Conference
May 4-6, 2011
Halifax, Nova Scotia (hosted by the Human Resources Association of Nova Scotia)
If you plan on attending any of these events,
do stop by our booth and say hello.
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Reserve your spot soon at these popular programs:
- Labour Relations Foundations March 20-25, 2011 (Kingston)
- Change Management March 21-24, 2011 (St. John's)
- Organizational Design March 29-31, 2011 (Toronto)
- Mastering Fact-Finding and Investigation April 4-7, 2011 (Kingston)
- Negotiation Skills April 10-15, 2011 (Kingston)
- Organization Development Foundations April 12-15, 2011 (Toronto)
- Change Management April 26-29, 2011 (Victoria)
- Managing Unionized Environments April 27-29, 2011 (Toronto)
- Dispute Resolution Skills May 1-6, 2011 (Kingston)
- Essentials of Organizational Strategy May 10-12, 2011 (Kingston)
- Advanced HR May 10-12, 2011 (Toronto)
- Change Management May 17-20, 2011 (Toronto)
- Advanced HR May 25-27, 2011 (Vancouver)
- Labour Arbitration Skills May 29-June 2, 2011 (Kingston)
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