Contact : Laurie Mellas, 277-5915, lmellas@unm.edu Oct. 25, 2005 WORK-LIFE POLICIES AND THE BOTTOM LINE DISCUSSED AT UNM "Work+Life = Dollars and Sense," a discussion featuring University of New Mexico business experts Bob Grassberger and Michelle Arthur, is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 10, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Student Union building, Santa Ana rooms A&B. The UNM Staff Council will sponsor the free talk. Grassberger, senior research scientist in the UNM Bureau of Business and Economic Research, will share how managing a small company led him to believe in work+life practices. Grassberger was chief operating officer for Vitel, Inc., an Albuquerque start-up that developed knowledge management solutions for the national laboratories. He provides a first-hand account of a work+life friendly employer yielding a more productive workforce. He will also discuss workplace trends and reasons work+life policies will be important to employers in the future. Associate Professor Michelle Arthur, Anderson Schools of Management, was honored this year with the 2005 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research, sponsored by Purdue University and Boston College. She will discuss her research and the implications for small and large businesses. “It is one of the first studies to show a relationship between work-family programs and firm value,” Arthur said. “Researchers have suggested that work-family programs allow firms to attract, retain and increase the efficiency of employees. My research goes a step further by showing that work-family programs affect the bottom-line. In doing so, this study may provide an added incentive for firms to adopt work-family programs.” For information, call the UNM Staff Council, 277-1532.
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