HRadio – Sept. 9, 2008

This week’s lineup:

• News highlights

• Leveraging organization culture for M&A success (Elisa Hukins) – Begins at 4:30

• A new approach to management systems software (George Nichols) – Begins at 9:40

• Measuring executive performance (Will Ferguson) – Begins at 12:08

Total time: 22:10

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News highlights

Background GRIST: California high court invalidates noncompetition provision, upholds release language (5 Sep 2008)

Background GRIST: New York governor's same-sex marriage recognition directive upheld (4 Sep 2008)

Background GRIST: Debit cards for health, dependent care and transit benefits -- what rules apply? (4 Sep 2008)

Background GRIST: IRS updates benefit restriction relief for plans using year-end valuation dates (5 Sep 2008)

CASB proposes aligning pension cost accounting with new PPA funding rules (Select News, 5 Sep 2008)

Leveraging organization culture for M&A success

Using organization culture as a value creator is one of the biggest challenges leadership teams face in mergers and acquisitions. Elisa Hukins shares Mercer’s insights on interrupting the culture cycle so organization culture can be used to the best advantage.

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Paving the way for cultural integration success: Accelerating deal value (Mercer web briefing, 27 Sep 2007)

A new approach to management systems software

Recruitment, payroll and benefits administration are just a few of the HR functions that generate large pools of data more easily managed with an integrated software program. George Nichol looks at HR management systems and the new software-as-a-service market approach that’s gaining popularity with mid-sized employers.

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Buyer's Guide: HR Management Systems (Human Resource Executive, September 2007)

Top HRMS providers (Workforce Management, 13 Mar 2006)

Measuring executive performance

Effectively measuring and rewarding executive performance is a challenge for corporate boards and management teams alike. Mercer’s Will Ferguson discusses some of the shortcomings of using one popular tool – earnings per share – as a measure of executive performance, and ways companies can incorporate the shareholder experience into their incentive programs without compromising financial and strategic objectives.

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Seven deadly sins of executive performance management (Executive Remuneration Perspective, 5 Aug 2008)

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