Bighorn Leadership Development Program will be part of Institute for Public Policy
The Bighorn Leadership Development Program, part of the former policy center that advocated the state's Do Not Call List, folded into Colorado State University on Thursday as part of CSU's Colorado Institute for Public Policy.
Founded in 1999 by former U.S. Senate candidate Rutt Bridges and a bipartisan group of statewide leaders, the Bighorn Policy Center disbanded at the beginning of the year, leaving only the Bighorn Leadership Development Program.
Bighorn brings its well-known name and reputation to CSU's Institute for Public Policy, which is part of CSU's Office of the Vice Provost for Outreach and Strategic Partnerships.
In return, Bighorn gets an institution that can bring its programs to a statewide audience, Bridges and Lyn Kathlene said.
"We're an excellent fit," said Kathlene, director of the Colorado Institute for Public Policy. "We share the same mindset they do. We're a nonpartisan and objective-based research center and we wanted to start developing a leadership program, so the timing was fantastic."
Bighorn's leadership programs tended to gravitate toward Denver, Bridges said, and he wanted it to have a more statewide focus.
As part of the institute's long-term financial plans, CSU is making it a priority to seek an endowment, Kathlene said.
How big of an endowment, Kathlene couldn't say.
The goal of Bighorn's Leadership Development Program was to identify leaders of all political parties and those with no party affiliation and provide them with training opportunities to help them govern.
Former Bighorn fellowship recipients, including Rep. Jim Riesberg, D-Greeley, have gone on to serve in the Colorado Legislature.
Staffing Companies Rise As 51job Raises 1st-Quarter Guidance
A number of staffing companies rose Thursday as 51job Inc., which operates in China, raised its first-quarter forecast amid strong market conditions.
"Based on currently available data, we believe that market demand for recruitment advertising services is stronger than the comparable periods in 2005 and 2006," President and Chief Executive Rick Yan said in a statement.
On the Nasdaq, 51job soared $2.61, or 18.2 percent, to $16.92.
Separately on Thursday, the Labor Department reported that the number of U.S. residents filing for unemployment benefits declined for the second consecutive week by 12,000 to 318,000 last week. Investors welcomed the news after increases earlier this year raised concerns about the labor market's health.
Staffing companies, whose business is cyclical, usually fare better during times of stronger economic growth.
Switzerland-based Adecco SA rose 3 cents to $15.83, health care professionals recruitment company, and AMN Healthcare Services Inc. rose 85 cents, or 3.9 percent, to $22.86 on the New York Stock Exchange.
Labor Ready Inc. rose 45 cents, or 2.5 percent, to $18.84, Manpower Inc. -- which is strongly leveraged to robust European labor markets -- gained 10 cents to $73.41, and Robert Half International Inc. gained 30 cents to $36.81 on the New York Stock Exchange.
Health care staffing company Cross Country Healthcare Inc. gained 40 cents, or 2.3 percent, to $18.18, and Hudson Highland Group Inc. inched up 54 cents, or 23.5 percent, to $16.07, both on the Nasdaq.
Henley Management College launches MSc in Advanced Human Resource Management
Henley Management College, one of the world's leading business schools, has launched a new programme aimed specifically at helping experienced and practising HR managers (approaching senior or board level) become capable of operating at a strategic level within their organisations.
Traditionally the HR community has been focused on the securing and development of talent in the wider organisation, rather than in HR itself. With new roles for HR increasingly taking shape, HR Directors are beginning to recognise that the talent pool within the HR function is small, thereby offering little depth from which to recruit.
Henley's MSc in Advanced Human Resource Management sets out to remedy this problem, by preparing participants to be able to apply techniques to develop HR strategy, consistently add value in the larger business context and to appropriately present initiatives at the highest levels.
"The course is very much about putting HR in a business context", explained Ken Bull, Programme Leader of the MSc in Advanced Human Resource Management. "The emphasis is on 'action learning', where participants get the opportunity to work on real, live issues facing their own organisations.
"No other programme provides the opportunity to develop significant HR management experience with others at the same level. Participants on our MSc will learn with a diverse network of people drawn from the international talent pools of leading organisations based both in the UK and abroad."
Owing to its development in conjunction with Henley Management College's HR Centre of Excellence, the MSc in Advanced Human Resource Management is able to successfully combine this practical focus with the academic rigour of an MSc qualification.
The programme is delivered in a modular format, comprising an introductory three-day workshop, three five-day residential workshops and a series of regular action learning meetings. The programme should take between 16 months and two years to complete, exemptions permitting.
Henley Management College is one of the top-ranked business schools in the world and, founded in 1945, one of the longest established. It is the world's third largest supplier of MBA education. The College delivers business education to managers in more than 100 countries with in excess of 5,000 people worldwide studying for a Henley MBA at any one time. In the 2006 Financial Times rankings of Executive Education providers, Henley was listed number 4 overall in the UK and in the top 15 European Schools. In the Economist Intelligence Unit 'Which MBA?' Guide 2006, Henley's Full Time MBA programme was ranked overall 2nd in the UK and first in the world for Personal Development and Educational Experience.