INCLEMENT WEATHER UPDATE:

After careful consideration we have decided to move forward with hosting our Chapter Meeting today. We hope to see you there. Be safe and drive slowly. 

Please allow for extra time to arrive at the Marriott. You may park in the attached garage at no fee. Networking will begin at 11:30 am, but feel free to arrive a bit earlier. 

Thank you for your membership and continued commitment to our profession and the PenSHRM Chapter! See you later!

PenSHRM Board of Directors. 

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STRATEGIC BUSINESS CREDITS HRCI/SHRM APPROVED

SHRM Learning Objective: 

Simple_Complexity:  Helping HR Professionals Understand How Systems Shape the People and People Shape the System

Want to know how to become a truly strategic HR professional?  Becoming a systems thinker is a critical starting point! 

Every human resources manager knows a business is a system, yet very few have studied systems thinking or system dynamics. In this presentation, Dr. William Donaldson remedies this critical oversight. Pulling from the theories in his book Simple_Complexity, he reveals how the fundamental system archetype works in every organization and suggests new, exciting and thought-provoking ways to re-invigorate HR and business management thinking.  Picking up where the greats in management thought leave off, Dr. Donaldson provides a systems context that powerfully enriches traditional management thought. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Introduction to a systems thinking approach and the tenets of systems thinking.

2. Understanding how to view the enterprise as a system.

3. Understanding how HR professionals can use a systems approach to diagnose and improve an enterprise performance.

Speaker: Willy Donaldson

Dr. William (Willy) Donaldson is a Management Professor at Christopher Newport University. He teaches Strategic Management, Operations Management, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Systems Thinking. Willy has over 30 years of experience as a Board member and President and has been CEO of 8 companies including a publicly traded company and an international joint-venture. Willy is the Founder and President of Strategic Venture Planning, a management-consulting firm that assists boards, investors, and senior management teams maximize results. His experience runs from start-up to Fortune 500 companies, private and public companies, from services to manufacturing, from low to high tech and from for profit to not for profit. He is a member of the International Council on Systems Engineering, where he chairs the Enterprise Systems working group worldwide.

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