Annual ``Performance Through People'' Awards To Be Presented to CDW Computer Centers and The Container Store; September 16, 2003 at Chicago's McCormick Center.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2003 CDW CDW - data warehouse Computer Centers and The Container Store will each receive the annual Performance Through People Award (1) from the Forum for People Performance Management and Measurement at Northwestern University Northwestern University, mainly at Evanston, Ill.; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1855 by Methodists. In 1873 it absorbed Evanston College for Ladies. . The award, to be presented on September 16 at Chicago's McCormick Center, honors companies successfully capitalizing on the human interactions--among employees, customers, vendors, etc.-- that impact a company's long-term growth. Dell, Nordstrom, Marriott, and Fifth Third Bank of Chicago are previous award winners. A relatively new business discipline, People Performance Management encompasses business tools that focus on human capital to facilitate growth and increase profit margins. People Performance tactics include training and education, work-life balance The expression work-life balance was first used in 1986 in the US (although had been used in the UK from the late 1970s by organisations such as New Ways to Work and the Working Mother's Association) to help explain the unhealthy life choices that many people were making; they were programs, internal communications  This article's grammar usage needs improvement. Please edit this article in accordance with Wikipedia's . , business meetings, benefits and perquisites Fringe benefits or other incidental profits or benefits accompanying an office or position.The abbreviation perks is used in reference to extraordinary benefits afforded to business executives, such as country club memberships or the free use of automobiles. , recognition programs, etc. Graduate students at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism's Integrated Marketing Communications Integrated Marketing Communications Definition The American Marketing Association suggests that integrated marketing communications (IMC) is “a planning process designed to assure that all contacts received by a customer or prospect for a product, service, or Department analyzed reports, rankings, websites and articles to find companies that meet the award criteria. Questions answered included: -- Are employees empowered to service customers at the highest possible levels? -- Does the company recognize the role of employees in retaining customers? -- Is the performance of employees regularly measured? -- Are internal communications truly aligned with external marketing initiatives? -- Does the company's overall corporate objective include human resource and motivation issues? -- Is the company committed to employee development (i.e., training)? -- Are employees encouraged to provide feedback and given tools to do so? -- Is employee feedback incorporated into planning and operations? -- Can the company demonstrate a link between people performance management and sales and profit? Incorporated in 1984, CDW is a leading provider of technology solutions based in Vernon Hills Vernon Hill II (born circa 1946) is the founder and former chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Commerce Bancorp and Commerce Bank of Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey. , IL. Dallas-based The Container Store, founded in 1978, is the nation's leading retailer of storage and organization products. (1) People can nominate companies to receive a Performance Through People Award by going to www.peopleperformanceUSA.org. |
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