Good evening,
The Forum for People Performance is an independent association dedicated to the development and dissemination of knowledge about how people drive organizational performance. The Forum announces a competition for funding to support doctoral dissertations in people performance. The key requirement for funding is that the research addresses the relationship between employees, or other key constituents, to specific metrics of an organization's performance.
Potential Research Topics
Subjects that may be funded by the Forum include, but are not limited to:
Organizational culture, leadership and how they affect employee perceptions and behaviors including satisfaction, engagement, retention and performance
Employee engagement and the management practices that influence it
The relationship between employee engagement and company performance
The impact of training and other management initiatives in improving the performance of people
Practices for engaging and motivating business partners such as franchisees, sales agents or distributors
The impact of incentive, recognition or reward programs on employees and their performance
Internal communications and marketing practices and their impact on people
Metrics of people and their contributions to organizations
The deadline for submissions is November 12, 2010
The notification of the award is December 30, 2010
Submissions should me made electronically, in WORD or PDF files, to:
Frank Mulhern
Associate Dean for Research
Medill School
Northwestern University
1845 Sheridan Rd.
Evanston, IL 60208
fjm274@northwestern.edu
Additional information on the Forum for People Performance can be found at www.performanceforum.org.
Please see the attachment for additional details.
Have a nice weekend,
Dan
Daniel A. Gruber
Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
Medill Integrated Marketing Communications
Kellogg Management & Organizations (Courtesy)
(847) 491-2200
d-gruber@northwestern.edu