| Detroit,
MI (September 1, 2003) – Crain’s Detroit Business
and IRI Consultants to Management, Inc. are pleased to
announce the final results of the “Best Places to
Work” competition - recognizing outstanding employers
in Southeast Michigan. The competition was extremely rigorous
this year and some exceptional companies outpaced other
exceptional companies.
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The competition honors the people practices of exceptional
companies when it comes to keeping employees at the heart
of their business success and is based on hard data that
objectively measures organizational best practices. These
award-winning companies are small, medium-sized, and large
and include the following:
Winners
Circle (in alphabetical order)
- Ajilon
Consulting (Southfield)
- ASG
Renaissance (Southfield)
- Brogan
and Partners Convergence Marketing (Detroit)
- Employees
Only (Troy)
- Entertainment
Publications (Troy)
- Grand
River Printing, Inc. (Southfield)
- Nemeth
Burwell, P.C. (Detroit)
- Stout
Risius Ross, Inc. (Farmington Hills)
- Strategic
Staffing Solutions (Detroit)
- The
Epitec Group, Inc. (Southfield)
Honorable
Mention (in alphabetical order)
- ABN
AMRO Mortgage Group (Ann Arbor)
- American
Megacom, Inc. (Livonia)
- Amerisure
Mutual Insurance Company (Farmington Hills)
- Garden
City Hospital (Garden City)
- Gordon
Advisors, P.C. (Troy)
- Quicken
Loans/Rock Financial (Livonia)
- S-Y
Systems Technologies (Dearborn)
- TAC
Automotive Group (Bloomfield Hills)
- The
Nailco Group (Farmington Hills)
Finalists (in alphabetical order)
- American
Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. (Detroit)
- ArvinMeritor,
Inc. (Troy)
- Conway
MacKenzie & Dunleavy (Birmingham)
- Detroit
Regional Chamber (Detroit)
- Handleman
Company (Troy)
- Oakland
County Drain Commissioner's Office (Waterford)
- Spalding
DeDecker Associates, Inc. (Rochester Hills)
- St.
John Health (Warren)
- Trott
& Trott, P.C. (Bingham Farms)
- University
of Michigan Health System (Ann Arbor)
- Wade-Trim
Group (Taylor)
- William
Beaumont Hospital (Royal Oak)
Category Winners
Category |
Organization |
| Organizational
Performance |
Nemeth
Burwell, P.C. |
| Compensation
for Work Performed |
Strategic
Staffing Solutions |
| Retirement-Related
Benefits |
University
of Michigan Health Systems |
| Quality
of Work-Life Benefits |
Quicken
Loans/Rock Financial |
| Policies & Procedures,
Individual Growth |
Grand
River Printing, Inc. |
| Work
Schedule |
ArvinMeritor,
Inc. |
| Communication
Practices |
St.
John Health |
| Leadership |
Strategic
Staffing Solutions |
| Conditions
of Work |
ABN-AMRO
Mortgage Group |
| Safety
and Security |
American
Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. |
It has always been assumed that while organizations enter
this type of competition in hopes of receiving recognition,
an equally important reason is to identify opportunities
for improvement. Research confirms that great workplaces
benefit from many competitive advantages and an improved
bottom line.
By
embracing organizational best practices – and by
backing up these claims with hard facts – the companies
that entered the contest are saying that their business is
indeed one of the best places to work in the metro area.
Their involvement in the program places them in an elite
group and has truly earned them recognition as an employer
of choice. IRI and our co-sponsor, Crain’s Detroit
Business, applaud all those who entered the program.
"The
Best Places to Work in Southeast Michigan" is a service
mark (sm) of IRI Consultants to Management, Inc.
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Since 1979, IRI has provided measurement-driven solutions
for a multitude of employer issues, such as leadership development,
work redesign, technology change, knowledge management, performance
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