Alliant to Put in Strong Showing at Conference of Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology

“SIOP is a prestigious conference and notably selective, so we’re very pleased to be represented by a dozen presentations,” said Dr. Rodney Lowman, Interim Provost at Alliant and one of the conference presenters. “We hope that alumni of the school – under its various names – will stop by our exhibit hall table and our reception this Saturday evening. We’re returning to this conference in strength and with a prestigious new name, and we think our alumni will find much to make them feel proud.”

Please join our Reception Alliant will sponsor a SIOP reception Saturday, May 6th from 5:30 to 7:00 pm in Suite 3532 at the Adam’s Marks Hotel. Please join us!

“It’s very appropriate that our first major public event following the adoption of our new name is SIOP,” commented Dr. Jay Finkelman, Interim Dean. “The central idea behind the school is that to succeed in business, you need to understand how to successfully motivate and manage people. That is what SIOP is about. We’re very pleased that the school’s faculty will be there presenting on topics that range from ethics and executive coaching to inclusion and outsourcing.”

The school adopted the name “Marshall Goldsmith School of Management” on April 19 of this year. Previously known as the California School of Business and Organizational Studies (CSBOS), the school was formed through a merger of the California School of Organizational Studies (CSOS) and the United States International School of Business (USICB). Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, now a University Professor at Alliant, will be among the conference presenters.

Presentations being given by those affiliated with Alliant include:

Friday, May 5, 2006

• 10:30 am, Nurcan Ensari (Assistant Professor, Goldsmith School - Los Angeles) Symposium – Diversity and Intergroup Relations within Organizations. The Application of the Personalization Model in Diversity Management. Discussant: Jay Finkelman, Goldsmith School Interim Dean
• 12:30 pm, Marshall Goldsmith (University Professor, Goldsmith School) Panel Discussion – The Evolution of 360° Feedback: What Hath We Wrought?
• 1:30 pm, Rodney Lowman (Interim Provost & VPAA; Professor, Alliant) Debate – Resolved: The APA Ethics Code is Inadequate for I-O Psychology 

  Rodney L. Lowman, PhD, Interim Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs

  Marshall Goldsmith, PhD, University Professor

  Jay Finkelman, Interim Dean

• 3:30 pm, Jay Finkelman (Interim Dean, Goldsmith School; Program Director & Professor) Poster – Job Reactions of Non-Traditional or 'Contingent' Professional Worker
• 3:30 pm, Christine Dickson (Ph.D. alumna, Goldsmith School - San Diego) Panel Discussion – What I/O Psychology Needs to Know about Family Caregiver Discrimination

Saturday, May 6, 2006

• 10:30 am, Bernardo Ferdman (Professor, Goldsmith School - San Diego) Roundtable – Creating Inclusive I/O Program Cultures: Best Practices at UGA, UCF
• 10:30 am, Rodney Lowman (Interim Provost & VPAA; Professor) Special Event – Ethics Reconsidered: Reflections from Inside and Outside I/O Psychology
• 10:30 am, Calvin Hoffman (Associate Professor, Goldsmith School-Los Angeles) Symposium Paper – Recent Developments in JCV: Cognitive, Physical, and Personality Domains (in Standardized Job Analysis Tools: State of the Science)
• 11:30 am, Carrie Kersell (Ph.D. alumna, Goldsmith School - San Diego) Poster – Taxometric Investigation of the Latent Structure of Personality
• 12:30 pm, Rodney Lowman (Interim Provost & VPAA; Professor) Panel Discussion – What Exactly is Executive Coaching Anyway? Graduate Students Question Experts
• 3:30 pm, Mark Blankenship (Ph.D. Goldsmith School – San Diego alumnus & adjunct faculty, Goldsmith School -San Diego) Practice Forum – Strategic People Measures, Strategic Surveys and Business Decision Making

Sunday, May 7, 2006

• 9:00 am, Catherine Sim (Assistant Professor, San Diego), Norbert Tanzer (Associate Professor, Goldsmith School -San Diego), Vicki Walia (Ph.D. student, Goldsmith School - San Diego) Poster – Maintaining Successful Outsourcing Relationships

About SIOP

The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) is a Division within American Psychological Association that is also an organizational affiliate of the American Psychological Society. SIOP’s mission is to enhance human well-being and performance in organizational and work settings by promoting the science, practice, and teaching of industrial-organizational psychology.

About Alliant International University

Alliant International University offers a unique curriculum that combines academics and apprenticeship in all courses of study. With accredited programs at San Francisco, Sacramento, Fresno, Los Angeles, Irvine and San Diego, Alliant also hosts accredited programs in Mexico City, Mexico and Tokyo, Japan.

Contact

Nicolette Toussaint
Communication Director, Alliant International University
(415) 955-2037, ntoussaint@alliant.edu