Smeal Research Center To Host Workforce Conference
Smeal Research Center To Host Workforce Conference
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (August 30, 2005)—The Center for Global Business Studies (CGBS) at Penn State's Smeal College of Business will host a conference Oct. 12 - 13 focusing on the changing workforce and the ramifications these changes will have on global companies.
"Workforce of the Future" will feature leading business and human resources experts discussing workforce markets, the aging workforce, outsourcing, and technology. The conference will convene at 8:30 a.m. in the Smeal College of Business' new Business Building on Penn State's University Park campus.
The conference will feature sessions entitled:
Changing Workforce of the Future
Impact of Information Technology on the Global Environment
Cultural Impact of Future Workforce
Health Care and Benefits in the New Business Environment
Future Trends of the Workforce
In-Sourcing, Outsourcing, and Telecommuting
The conference is designed to provide human resources professionals with information about successfully adapting to changes in today's and tomorrow's workforce. For more information, please call (814) 865-0544.
REPORTERS & EDITORS: For more information, please contact Wyatt DuBois in the Smeal College of Business Media Relations Office at 814-863-3798 or wed112@psu.edu.
Penn State's Smeal College of Business offers highly ranked undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, Ph.D., and executive education opportunities to more than 5,500 students at all levels. Featuring academic departments of accounting, finance, marketing, insurance and real estate, management, and supply chain and information systems, the college is also home to major research centers such as the Center for Supply Chain Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the Center for Digital Transformation, the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Global Business Studies, and the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change.
