The following resources may help your company in its examination of
work-life options.
Work & Family Connection, Inc.
5197 Beachside Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55343; 1-800-487-7898
e-mail: http://www.workfamily.com
This internationally respected organization provides one of the most
comprehensive sources of information available on issues related to work
and personal life. Monthly newsletters include Work & Family Newsbrief,
Trend Report, and Newsbrief Manager's Quarterly. The Web site is a great
source of current information and periodic publications are very helpful.
One example is the February 1998 publication, Best Practices In Work-Life.
Families and Work Institute
330 Seventh Ave., 14th Floor, New York, NY 10001; 212-465-2044
e-mail: http://
www.familiessandwork.org
Leadership for much of the current interest and attention to work and
personal-life issues originated with the Families and Work Institute, which
produces a number of publications and stages conferences each year. Examples
of available resources include: The Corporate Guide to National Dependent
Care Resource and Referral Services, The Impact of Parental employment on
Children, The Changing Workforce, The New Work-Life Business Case, and Moving
From Programs to Culture Change: The Next Stage for the Corporate Work-Family
Agenda.
The Conference Board, Inc.
845 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10126-0395; 212-339-0345
e-mail:
http://www.conference-board.org
This nationally recognized organization conducts research for businesses
on a variety of topics, including work-life issues. Recent reports include:
The Value of Training in the Era of Intellectual Capital, Employee Benefits:
Surviving and Thriving With Continual Change, The Work-Family Roundtable,
Lower-Wage Employees, and Managing Knowledge for Business Success.
The Association of Work-Life Professionals
465 Carlisle Drive, Herndon, VA 20170; 1-800-874-9383
Recently, several groups joined forces to create this organization and conduct
annual conferences. Professionals from many disciplines have converged their
expertise with an advisory board including Lotte Bailyn, Judsen Culbreth,
Ken Dychtwald, Ellen Galinsky, J. Randall McDonald, Karen Nussbaum, David
Olsen, Francene Rodgers, Judy Rosener, R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr., Sheila
Wellington and Faith Wohl. Call for membership and conference information.
Creating A Flexible Workplace: How to Select and Manage Alternative
Work Options
This second edition from the American Management Association was released
in 1994. Authors Barney Olmsted and Suzanne Smith discuss the details of
many options for flexibility in the workplace and provide the background
needed to move your business into new flexibility options.
Additional Resources
Information regarding local resources for dependent care can also be obtained
by contacting Regional Children's Services Coordinating Committees and their
funded projects, local hospital education programs, community education programs,
technical schools and university educators, chamber groups, and civic
organizations.
This publication was funded by a grant from the Region 5 Children's Services
Coordinating Committee to the NDSU Extension Service - Cass County in an
effort to connect businesses with information and resources to support work-life
efforts and ultimately address the best interests of the children in the
region.
This publication is one component of the grant project directed by Dr. Deb
Gebeke, Educational Consultant and Dr. Sarah Jacobson, Professor in the College
of Business at NDSU.
Reviewers for this publication included:
Linda Lembke, Region 5 Child Care Resource & Referral;
Helen Danielson, ND Early Childhood Training Center;
Connie Weed, NDSU Extension Service - Cass County;
Kathy Hogan, Cass County Social Services Director.
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