LSUS professor to conduct 14-hour supervision seminar
10/29/03

Dr. Lisa A. Burke, an LSUS associate professor of management, will conduct a 14-hour seminar on effective supervision from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on consecutive Saturdays, Nov. 8 and 15. This seminar, offered through the LSUS Division of Continuing Education and Public Service, is tailored for anyone in a supervisory or managerial position who wants to learn how to create and maintain a high-performance team.

In the seminar, students will learn to use free, Web-based self-assessment tools of supervisory skills; how to identify basic factors influencing employee performance; how to analyze performance problems and causes; the key federal employment laws; to generate ideas for dealing with problem employees, and to coach different types of performers.

Burke received her Ph.D. in human resource management and organizational behavior from Indiana University and worked for more than three years in finance and accounting for Eli Lilly & Company in Indianapolis. She is in her fifth years on the LSUS College of Business Administration faculty and has been nominated as one of the top 20 professors by the LSUS Student Government Association all three years that award has been given.

The fee for the seminar is $259. For more information or to register for the seminar, contact LSUS Continuing Education at 318-798-4177 or lsusce@lsus.edu.