Meeting Schedule (2006 - 2007)
May 23, 2007
Title: Highlights from the 22nd Annual SIOP Conference
Speakers:
Dr. Jerilyn Hayward, Right Management
Dr. Clyde Mayo, Independent Consultant
Dr. David Wasson, Independent Consultant
Location: Hobbit Café
(Between Kirby and Shepherd)
713-526-5460
Time: Social Hour - 5:15-6:00 PM; Speaker - 6:00-7:00 pm
Description: This informal meeting will feature three of our members who attended the most recent SIOP conference. They will provide short descriptions of key presentations, sessions, etc. and lead relevant discussion. Topics will include ethics, court cases regarding employment testing, coaching, individual assessment, and others.
This will be our last meeting of the 2006/2007 and we hope to see you there!
About the Speakers:
Dr. Jerilyn
Hayward is a Senior Consultant at Right
Management. She has over 13 years of business experience providing
leadership, consultation, change management, and training in
organizations throughout the U.S. as well as internationally. Her
key professional interests include
multirater assessments, assessment centers, performance appraisal,
management, succession planning, and job analysis.
Dr. Clyde Mayo is a licensed psychologist who is a consultant and a general practitioner in industrial/organizational psychology. Areas of focus include selection, validation research, promotion, executive assessment, organizational analysis and development, and executive coaching.
Dr. David Wasson is a self-employed management consultant offering services to government and private sector organizations. His areas of practice include individual assessment of candidates for executive, managerial, professional, technical, and sales positions; executive recruitment; and diversity management, including preparation of Affirmative Action Plans.
April 23, 2007
Dr. Michael Vescuso, BMC Software
Dr. Kim Kehoe,
Rice University Jones Graduate School of Management
Title: Creating One BMC
Location: Rice University, Sewall Hall -- Room TBD
Time: Social Hour - 5:00-6:00 PM; Speaker - 6:00-7:00 pm
Description: Drs. Mike Vescuso and Kim Kehoe will lead an interactive discussion regarding a major change initiative at BMC, a global provider of products and services designed to manage IT from a business perspective. They will describe the strategic, operational, and culture changes that have been designed and implemented over the past 15 months. This change initiative is still in process, and next steps will also be discussed.
About the Speakers:
Dr.
Michael Vescuso has spent almost three decades as an HR leader
or management consultant in a variety of Fortune 500 organizations,
both domestic and international. In those roles, he led, supported,
and facilitated design and implementation of a variety of
large-scale initiatives. They include organizational restructuring
and downsizing; redesigning business processes; enhancing sales
productivity, developing product to solution selling transitions;
compensation design re-engineering, and realigning organizations to
support new business strategies and objectives. He has also
developed and implemented numerous key employee involvement
initiatives; executive retention, assessment and development
programs. Dr. Vescuso is currently the
SVP Administration at BMC Software. He completed his PhD in
Psychology at University of Texas Austin in 1994.
Dr. Kim Kehoe is the Director of the Action Learning Program in Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Management. Other academic experience includes work at Duke, Center for Creative Leadership, and Indiana University. In addition, over a span of about two decades, he has held a number of internal and external consultant roles in the health care industry, high tech, and others. Dr. Kehoe earned his Doctor of Business Administration from Harvard. His primary focus is leadership and organization performance, with particular interest in bridging the gap between theory and practice.
March 19, 2007 -- All Hands Meeting
Title: HAIOP Strategy 2007 and Beyond
Location: Rice University, Sewall Hall -- 4th Floor Lounge
Time: Social Hour - 5:00-6:00 PM; Speaker - 6:00-7:00 pm
Description: HAIOP is a unique professional organization in that it serves us, individuals trained in I/O Psychology, and those interested in its application. Whether you are a consultant, internal practitioner, HR professional, academic, or student, HAIOP offers a place to interact with others who have similar professional interests and similar academic perspectives. It acts as a forum for networking and for remaining current in our professional knowledge. Whether we work in business, government, or academia, HAIOP provides a place where members can share knowledge, experiences, and resources with one another.
HAIOP’s Board wants to ensure that our organization continues to evolve and meet the needs of the I/O community throughout the major metropolitan Houston area (including Bryan/College Station, Baytown, Clear Lake, etc.) For these reasons, we want your input regarding how we should move forward.
Our March meeting will be devoted to this topic. It will be held on March 19 at Rice University. We’ll plan 5:15-6 PM for networking and 6-7:30 for the discussion (with more snacks/wine than usual to tide us over). The agenda will include:
- Why do you belong to HAIOP?
- What do you like about the organization?
- What topics would you like to hear about during meetings? What format do you prefer (e.g., presentation, panels, informal discussion)?
- What do you wish was different about the organization? How could it better meet your needs?
- What actions should we take to increase the value of the organization to its members?
- Who will commit to taking these actions?
- Other ideas?
This is a very important meeting for the future of HAIOP. You can have a big influence on our organization!
Please contact your friends and colleagues and urge them to attend as well. (download a copy of this meeting announcement to share with colleagues)
February 12, 2007-- Alan Witt, Ph.D., University of Houston
Title: Keys to Providing Service Excellence in Networked Organizations
Location: Rice University, Sewall Hall -- Room TBD
Time: Social Hour - 5:00-6:00 PM; Speaker - 6:00-7:00 pm
Description: In the United States, the service industry represents almost 80% of the workforce, and employment in service occupations was projected in 2002 to grow 20.1% by 2012. Consequently, issues of importance to service organizations are increasingly becoming a focus of I/O psychologists. In recent years, an emerging literature has focused on networked organizations as reflecting a post-bureaucratic form of organizational structure that refers to integrated, interdependent, and dependent organizational units. Service organizations that apply this structure internally, such as hotel chains and retail banks, are attempting to achieve: (a) efficiency through both economies of scale and connectivity via superior communication and (b) effectiveness by empowering local units to deliver services consistent with local market conditions. Critical to the success of networked organizations are not only the effectiveness of internal customer service delivered by corporate to the local units but also the service climate in the local units.
About the Speaker: A member of the post-Katrina New Orleans diaspora, Alan Witt (PhD, Tulane University, 1985) joined the faculty at the University of Houston in August, 2006 as director of the I/O psychology doctoral program. Formerly a human resources director with NationsBank (now Bank of America) and a professor of management at the University of New Orleans , Alan is a fellow in SIOP, APA, and APS.
January 15, 2007
January 22, 2007--
Bradford O. Mudgett, Ph.D.,
NASA Johnson Space Center
Title: Past, Current, and Future Workforce Trends at NASA's Johnson Space Center
Location: Ziggy's Healthy Grill, 2202 W. Alabama St. (click on address for map)
Time: Social Hour - 5:30-6:00 PM; Speaker - 6:00-7:00 pm
Description: Like many industries, the Space Program is facing a number of significant changes that impact its strategy for managing human capital. For example, the current US crew transport vehicle (i.e., Space Shuttle) is scheduled for retirement in 2010, the International Space Station will be completed and retired within the foreseeable future, and US Astronauts will return to the moon by 2020. These events create significant challenges regarding issues such as retaining necessary technological expertise, sharing organizational knowledge, and shifting from an operational focus to one of development and creativity.
These and other issues related to NASA and it employees will be raised and discussed in an informal setting. We hope to see you there!
About the Speaker: For the last 3 years, Dr. Mudgett has worked as a Strategic Workforce Planning Analyst at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC). In this role, he leads JSC organizational diagnosis and modeling activities to analyze and identify workforce trends, workforce capabilities, current dynamics, and possible future scenarios. He also actively participates in related projects that have NASA-wide impact. Before that, he worked as a development representative at JSC for 2 years. He led development projects related to change management, training, organization development, and teamwork. Additionally, he supported professional development of individuals and groups; planned and facilitated retreats; and designed, implemented, and analyzed surveys and 360 degree reviews. Before joining JSC, Dr. Mudgett worked as an Assistant Vice President of Organization Development at Wachovia Bank in North Carolina and as a Selection Systems Analyst at GEICO Direct in Washington D.C. He earned his Ph.D. from Rice University in 2000.
November 13, 2006 -- Sylvia J. Hysong, Ph.D. , Houston Center for Quality of Care & Utilization Studies, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Title: Measuring Performance in Health Care: A Different Perspective
Location: Rice University, Sewall Hall -- Room TBD
Time: Social Hour - 5:00-6:00 PM; Speaker - 6:00-7:00 pm
Description: Performance measurement has finally caught on in health care. Hospital quality measurement systems, physician report cards, and pay-for-performance initiatives are being used more frequently by health care organizations as strategies to improve the quality of health care and reduce cost. I/O psychologists are uniquely positioned to bring a wealth of expertise to this issue. Please join us for a lively discussion of how the health care industry measures performance at various levels of the organization, and how I/O psychologists can contribute in an industry that affects us all.
About the Speaker: Sylvia J. Hysong, Ph.D., is a health services researcher at the Houston Center of Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, an Instructor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, and an adjunct assistant professor of psychology at the University of Houston. Her interests focus on primary health care as a work environment and how work environment issues affect quality of care. She has been a co-investigator in several projects examining organizational aspects of clinical practice guideline implementation, physician recruitment and retention, primary care staffing patterns, and most recently, physician financial incentives and performance measurement. Her work has been published in health and medical journals including Health Services Research, Implementation Science, and the Journal of Healthcare Management. She is an executive board member of the Houston Area Industrial/Organizational Psychologists group, and an active member of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Dr. Hysong received her PhD in industrial/organizational psychology from Rice University in 2000.
October 9, 2006 -- Jay R. Tombaugh, Ph.D. , Positive Organizations, L.L.C.,
Title: Positive People, Positive Organizations: Six Secrets of a Strengths-Based Organization
Location: Rice University, Sewall Hall -- Room TBD
Time: Social Hour - 5:00-6:00 PM; Speaker - 6:00-7:00 pm
Description: Traditional approaches to organizational development and change management often attempt to "fix" what is not working. This deficit-based approach to change has unfortunate consequences. An alternative approach is to identify and amplify the strengths, or the root causes of success, in an organization. Rather than an emphasis on solving problems, use those occasions of positive deviance as a basis for long-term performance improvements. Some have called it “Positive Organizational Behavior,” others “Positive Organizational Scholarship.” The premise is that organizational transformation begins with the individuals in that organization. The change begins as people alter their self-concept, their images of who they really are, who their coworkers are, and who their bosses really are. If we can foster the positive development of people and their perspectives, those positive changes will literally transform the nature of the organization.
About the Speaker: Jay R. Tombaugh, Ph.D. is Vice-President and Co-Founder of Positive Organizations, L.L.C., an organization and management consulting firm based in Houston, TX. Jay has over 20 years of experience helping individuals and teams improve their performance and productivity. He has worked with both profit and non-profit businesses in areas such as healthcare, manufacturing, energy services, petrochemicals, and federal and local governments. In addition to consulting, Dr. Tombaugh is an Associate Professor of Management and is the Director of the Human Resource Management Program at the University of Houston - Clear Lake. He received a doctorate in Organizational Psychology from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.
September 14, 2006 --FALL BANQUET
Speaker: Dr. Leaetta Hough, The Dunnette Group
Title:
Misconceptions and Milestones of Personality Testing for Personnel
Selection
Location: University of Houston Hilton, Room 185
Time: Social Hour - 6:00 PM; Dinner & Speaker - 6:45 pm
Cost: Non-members: $35; Members $30; Students: $15
- Purchase a banquet ticket
- Apply for/Renew your membership today! You can pay online for your HAIOP membership via PayPal.
Description: Personality testing for personnel selection is once again controversial. Dr. Hough will describe the controversies and the evidence for the different positions. She will address issues of criterion-related validity, faking, and adverse impact of personality and cognitive ability tests. She will engage the audience with discussions and Best Practices for predicting important workplace criteria.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Hough is one of the foremost authorities in the
development and implementation of staffing and performance
management tools and systems. During her career, she has made
advances in I-O psychology that have significantly shaped the
profession, one of which is the development of selection and
promotion tools that predict job performance. Dr. Hough was a
founder of Personnel Decisions Research Institute and later founded
The Dunnette Group. Recently, she served as the president of the
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). She
also launched several highly successful initiatives including the
acclaimed Leading-Edge Consortium and the interactive exchange
journal INTERACTION: Exchange of Perspectives on the Science and
Practice of I-O Psychology. In addition, Dr. Hough has been an
exceptionally active contributor to the scientific and professional
literature, publishing dozens of articles in refereed journals,
book chapters, reviews, and conference proceedings.
Dr. Hough received her Ph.D. in I/O Psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1981. She is currently a Fellow in SIOP, the Association for Psychological Science, the American Psychological Association, and APA’s Division Five – Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics.