Boston College Center for Work & Family to Host Work/Life in the New Economy Discussion.Business Editors CHESTNUT HILL Chestnut Hill may refer to: In geography:
Leading New Economy Companies to Help Define Workplace Values in the Digital Age The Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing Center for Work & Family in association with Fast Company, a leading new-economy magazine, are convening the first-ever group of high-tech, bio-tech and dot.com companies to define workplace values and work/life balance in the new economy. The gathering will be held on the campus of Boston College on Wednesday, October 18 at 8:30 a.m. Dean Helen Frame Peters of the Boston College Carroll School of Management  The Carroll School of Management is a graduate and undergraduate business school and one of the professional schools of Boston College. will welcome the group to Boston College. The event, called www.work+life, will feature interactive discussions exploring business challenges such as recruitment, retention, productivity and workload. Featured speakers are Keith Hammonds, senior editor, Fast Company, Fran Rodgers, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , WFD WFD Water Framework Directive (UK)WFD World Federation of the Deaf WFD Westminster Foundation for Democracy WFD Weltfriedensdienst (Germany) WFD World's Fastest Drummer , Inc., Chuck Darrah, professor, San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. State University and David F. Russo, Executive Vice President for Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , BuildNet, Inc. Other participating companies include Microsoft, Monster.com, and Beansprout Networks. "We are very excited to be hosting a top-notch group of presenters and outstanding new economy companies for this important conversation about work/life balance in the `brave new world' of work," said Beth C. Fredericks, Corporate Partnership's Director, Boston College Center for Work & Family. "Research has shown that when employers understand and respect the full range of their employees' needs, both inside and outside of work, they can achieve business results unmatched by their competitors. The question is, is today's workplace really different from the workplace of 10 or 15 years ago?" "The quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the some semblance of sanity Reasonable understanding; sound mind; possessing mental faculties that are capable of distinguishing right from wrong so as to bear legal responsibility for one's actions. SANITY, med. jur. The state of a person who has a sound understanding; the reverse of insanity. is one that consumes many Fast Company readers. They don't easily find it," said Hammonds. "The question we want to raise is, can companies in the New Economy do any better at helping these folks in their quests than employers in the Old Economy have? There's an enormous opportunity here to redefine the traditional work-life terrain." About Boston College Center for Work & Family The Boston College Center for Work & Family is a research organization within the Boston College Wallace E. Carroll School of Management that promotes employer responsiveness to families. The Center's guiding vision is to serve as the bridge linking academic research to workplaces. To gain increased understanding of the challenges faced by both employees and employers in meeting the goals of the individual and the enterprise, the Center conducts basic and applied research studies and analyzes secondary information sources. The Center's initiatives fall into three broad categories: research, employer partnerships, and information services See Information Systems. . About Boston College Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass., commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the pursuit of a just society through its own accomplishments, the work of its faculty and staff, and the achievements of its graduates. Boston College seeks both to advance its place among the nation's finest universities and to bring to the company of its distinguished peers and to contemporary society the richness of the Catholic intellectual ideal of a mutually illuminating relationship between religious faith and free intellectual inquiry. About Fast Company Discarding the old rules of business, Fast Company magazine chronicles how changing companies create and compete, highlights new business practices, and showcases the teams and individuals who are inventing the future and reinventing business. Launched in November 1995 by two former Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review is a general management magazine published since 1922 by Harvard Business School Publishing, owned by the Harvard Business School. A monthly research-based magazine written for business practitioners, it claims a high ranking business readership and editors, Fast Company magazine was founded on a single premise: a global revolution was changing business, and business was changing the world. Now dozens of issues and awards later Fast Company is more than a magazine--it's a movement. It's a series of engaging live events. It's an acclaimed Web site. It's a global community. Together, these components strive to help people in the new economy discover the tools, techniques, and tactics they need to succeed at work and life. |
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