December 2006 

HR MAGAZINE · December 2006
Vol. 51, No. 12
Table of Contents

COVER STORY
Measuring the Value of HR. Efforts at American Standard are advancing the cause of linking HR practices to good corporate performance.
Robert J. Grossman

STRATEGIC HR
Notable by Its Absence. Companies that don’t discuss human capital strategies and results in corporate annual reports risk alienating employees and investors, say experts. Here’s what to do about it.
Eric Krell

PROFILE
She’s Still Lovin’ It! McDonald’s global chief diversity officer has served up increasingly sophisticated diversity programs for the fast-food giant.
Ann Pomeroy

BENEFITS
Will Employees Orchestrate Their Health Care? Concerns of employees, employers and others are keeping consumer-directed health from taking off.
Susan J. Wells

EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATIONS
Doing Town Hall Meetings Better. Employers are using town hall meetings to establish open communication with their employees.
Nancy Hatch Woodward

HR AGENDA: EMPLOYMENT & STAFFING
Internal Selections. How you treat internal applicants can affect employee morale.
Lin Grensing-Pophal (Members Only)

HR AGENDA: CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Selecting a Graduate School. Consider your industry, learning style and career path when evaluating graduate school programs.
Kathryn Tyler (Members Only)

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS (Members Only)

From the President: 2006: A Good Year for Advancing the Profession. Part of the SHRM mission is to make sure that business leaders recognize all that HR can contribute. Susan Meisinger
From the Editors. Connecting HR to the bottom line; consumer-directed health care Patrick Mirza; Terence F. Shea
HR Solutions: Acquisitions, No FMLA Abroad, Sharps Containers. Regan Halvorsen, Deb Levine, Anne St. Martin
Management Tools: Inheriting a New Team. If you find yourself absorbing a new team after a reorganization, here’s how to integrate its members seamlessly. Paul Falcone
Legal Trends: Smelling Smoke. An increasing number of laws banning workplace smoking put the squeeze on employers that also must satisfy smokers’ rights laws. James B. Thelen
Future Focus: Overseas Attractions. China’s and India’s fast-growing economies may drain talent from the U.S. workforce. Jennifer Schramm
Executive Briefing. Ethics and compliance officers are in high demand; litigation costs abound; expatriate policies need updating; more.
From Readers. Book recommendation; eligibility documents.
HR Technology. Employers of all sizes are deriving benefits from offering their employees benefits open enrollment online.
Court Report. Production-based bonuses may be prorated during FMLA leave; RICO claim challenges the alleged hiring of illegal immigrants; more.
Books in Brief. The Essential Guide to Federal Employment Laws; more.
What's New. Compensation planning module; relocation service; teleconferencing tool; more.

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