HR Division Events to Remember AOM Atlanta 2006

Don't miss these opportunities for networking with friends and colleagues at this year's annual meeting in Atlanta, GA. As usual, we have lots of opportunities for you to take an active role in the division, to get to know new colleagues and socialize with old friends.

We have not one, but TWO welcome events, with food and beverages. In addition, we have not one but TWO further opportunities to socialize - the traditional ice cream social and the equally traditional evening social following the business meeting.

See you in Atlanta!

Sincerely,

HR Division News

This reception is open to all of the HR Division members. We will be giving away drink tickets until they run out. Please join us and re-connect with your fellow HR Division members

Join us for our kick off session. All of the HR Division awards will be presented at this session including the Heneman Career Achievement Award and the HR Distinguished Executive Award. The recipients of these awards will be addressing the audience. Continental breakfast will be served.

This session takes the place of the annual HR Town Hall Meeting. During this session, a distinguished panel of key HR players including Sara Rynes, Dave Ulrich, Ed Lawler, and David Guest will present their ideas of where the field is headed. Stephen Cerrone, SVP HR for Chase and the Distinguished Executive Award Winner will serve as the discussant and react to each presenters ideas. There will be plenty of time for open discussion. Hope to see you there!

Come enjoy a bowl of ice cream while you visit with your HR Division friends.

Come join us for a discussion of the Division's business. Drink tickets for the reception will be distributed to all those who attend.

Come enjoy food and drinks as you mingle and get to know other members of the Division.

John Hollenbeck (Michigan State University) will serve as moderator of a discussion featuring three Business School Deans:

• Terry Blum, Dean of the College of Management, Georgia Tech University
• Richard Klimoski, Dean of the School of Management, George Mason University
• Jone Pearce, Professor, The Paul Merage School of Business University of California, Irvine

Is the study of human resources management facing a legitimacy crisis in business school curricula?

MBA students generally rank human resource management courses last in terms of perceptions of importance to the business school curriculum. Yet MBAs who have been out of school five years frequently say they wish they had taken fewer finance courses and more people- oriented courses.

The purpose of this symposium is twofold. First, we expect to generate discussion regarding the relevance and value of managerial education in human resources by engaging business school deans in a panel discussion of the significance of courses in Human Resources Management in business school curriculum at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Second, our panelists of Deans will discuss how human resources management educators might improve student perceptions of the relevance and importance of human resource management in business school curricula.