Managing people in times of economic downturn and preparing for growth

October 22, 2009, J.W. Marriott, Bucharest

The strategic partnership conference with the business environment is a part of the project “Partnership for the development of the HR field", co-financed by the European Social Fund through the Sectoral Operational Program Human Resources Development 2007-2013. The event was built around the theme of strategic partnership between the HR function and general management and included topics such as talent management, leadership development, change management, performance management and evolution of human resources function.

Of the 200 people who attended this event, the majority were HR practitioners - HR Club members and partners (71%), general managers of organizations from Romania (12.5 %), representatives of public institutions, trade unions, employers’ associations and NGOs that are representative for the HR field in Romania (10%). The participants had the opportunity to interact with HR specialists, general managers, professors and international consultants.

83 participants responded to the feedback questionnaire. On a scale of 1 (disappointing) to 5 (excellent), 78% of respondents were satisfied and very satisfied with the content of the conference (4/5 and 5/5) and 93% gave similar feedback on logistics.

Agenda of the conference on strategic partnership with the business environment:

9.00 - 9.30 Official Opening:

• Csaba Gergely, President, HR Club

9.30-10.30 Keynote:

• Paul Evans, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Director of the Shell Center for Organizational Development and Human Resources, INSEAD

11.00 - 12.30 Plenary Session

• Presentation of results of the strategic partnership study, 2009
• Panel session with general managers

14.00 - 15.30 Plenary Session

• Dr. Gyorgy Bogel, Professor of Organizational Design and Consulting, Director of Company Tailored Programs, CEU Business School
• Harry Meintassis, Co-leader of the Hay Group C-Suite/Business Solutions initiative in Europe and the Middle East
• William Phillips, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax & Legal, EMEA

16.00 - 17.30 Parallel Workshops

• Dr. Gyorgy Bogel, Professor of Organizational Design and Consulting, Director of Company Tailored Programs, CEU Business School
• Harry Meintassis, Co-leader of Hay Group C-Suite/Business Solutions initiative in Europe and the Middle East
• William Phillips, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Tax & Legal, EMEA and Ruxandra Stoian, Partner, CEE/CIS Human Resources Consulting Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Sponsors: European Union, Ministry of Labor, Family and Social Protection AMPOSDRU, European Social Fund SOP HRD 2007-2013, Structural Tools, 2007-2013.

HR Club Annual Partners 2009: Trend Consult Group, CEU Business School, Smartree.

Content partners: Microsoft Romania, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hay Group Romania.

Media partners: Careers Magazine, Business-Edu, Profesiionline.ro, Biz, Business Woman, Markmedia.ro, Wall-Street, Corporate News, 9AM.

More information is available on the event website (in Romanian only): http://conferinta2009.hr-club.ro/