Hello and Welcome from your Chapter President:
One of the ideas that was brought up and responded too is to have a President’s Update for our newsletter. Therefore, this will be our first of many to help keep you posted on events, projects, or any important activities we might have an interest in or need to know. So, here we go with an excellent opportunity for some of you to attain “project” help for the SPRING at a very reasonable cost - -0-!
The University of Texas – Arlington Management Department, under the direction of Doctor George S. Benson, is currently seeking projects for student teams for Organizational Consulting this Spring. Dr. Benson is seeking companies that would be interested in having some help in projects you may have going or have been thinking about beginning. . We have some fantastic students who are eager for opportunities to do some applied work.
The best project address a substantive HR issue and involve some type of first hand data collection or analysis such as surveys, benchmarking, interviews, or archival data.
Clients will need to designate a primary sponsor for the project that the students can use as a primary point of contact and who will champion the project internally. The students cannot be paid for their time but we do ask the clients to pay any direct expenses (if any) of doing the projects.
Projects will commence in early February and need to be completed by the end of April. Past projects have included:
Team effectiveness/organizational culture assessments
Studies of turnover or retirement decisions
Assessment of employee attitudes towards a career development
Predictors of employee engagement
Cost-benefits analysis of proposed changes to paid time off system
Linking wellness programs and absenteeism
Benchmarking on-boarding programs
Stakeholder analysis for strategic planning
Dr. Benson would be happy to discuss any possibilities! He can be reached directly at 817-272-3856, or at benson@uta.edu
George S. Benson, PhD
Associate Professor of Management
University of Texas at Arlington
http://wweb.uta.edu/management/Benson/benson.HTML
817-272-3856 (voice)
817-272-3122 (fax)
Hopefully some of you can use a great team to help you begin, or finish a project that you have been needing. Please contact Dr. Benson directly with you project ideas.
Thanks to all of you.
Your President,
Dennis C. Veit
dveit@uta.edu
