Johnston McLamb Honored Nationally as One of the 50 Best Places to Work SHRM and GPTW Name Top 50 Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for in America"

Johnston McLamb CASE Solutions, Inc. has been named among the top 50 Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for in America. The list was announced on June 28th before 12,000 human resource (HR) professionals at the Society for Human Resource Managements (SHRM) 56th Annual Conference & Exposition in New Orleans

Chantilly, VA (PRWEB) June 30, 2004 -- Johnston McLamb CASE Solutions, Inc. has been named among the top 50 Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for in America. The list was announced on June 28th before 12,000 human resource (HR) professionals at the Society for Human Resource Managements (SHRM) 56th Annual Conference & Exposition in New Orleans.

This year marks the launch of the list, which ranks the top 25 small and top 25 medium companies in America that have used smart people management strategies to develop a strong trust between employees and management. The organizations, ranging in size from 50 to 999 employees, were announced by SHRM and selected and ranked by the Great Place to Work® Institute (GPTWI) based on the results of a randomly distributed employee opinion survey. Each evaluated company was given a score based on employees responses to a detailed questionnaire about the organizations workplace cultures.

The winning organizations will appear in the July issue of HR Magazine, the Societys flagship publication, available at www.shrm.org/hrmagazine and also listed on the GPTWI Web site at www.greatplacetowork.com.

Johnston McLamb is a professional services firm that provides leading edge software engineering services to both government and commercial clients. Since its founding in 1991, Johnston McLamb has created a corporate environment and philosophy that emphasizes giving employees the opportunity to directly influence their career growth and work environment through active involvement in company planning initiatives. Johnston McLambs founders, Ron Johnston and Dick McLamb, believe that it is important for employees to be given the opportunity to think and act like business owners. We have achieved this objective" says Mr. McLamb through conducting corporate-wide employee-participatory planning sessions, implementing non-subjective compensation systems that closely tie employee rewards to corporate performance, and by fostering an open-door, open-book" environment. In short, we believe there should be a win-win relationship between the corporation and its employees". Says Mr. Johnston, One of the keys to our success in delivering world-class solutions to our clients is having a highly motivated staff that is rewarded in much the same way as the company is rewarded for successful delivery of our services and products".

Being a top employer is critical to long-term growth and success," said SHRM President and CEO, Susan R. Meisinger, SPHR. Too often only large organizations receive credit for great people practices. SHRM is very proud to show that smaller organizations can and do compete for top talent and may even have added flexibility or innovation to help employees perform well while loving their jobs."

GPTWI cofounder Robert Levering said, The companies on this list set the standards for all workplaces. They show that companies can become successful by creating an environment where employees trust their management, have pride in their work and have positive relationships with their coworkers."

SHRM is the worlds largest association devoted to human resource management. Representing more than 185,000 individual members, the Societys mission is both to serve human resource management professionals and to advance the profession. Founded in 1948, SHRM currently has more than 500 affiliated chapters and members in more than 100 countries.

GPTWI is a research and management consultancy headquartered in San Francisco with affiliate offices in 25 other countries throughout the world. The organization produces other Best Companies to Work for" lists, including Fortunes 100 Best Companies to Work for"©, which recognizes employers with 1,000 or more employees.

For more information contact SHRM Media Affairs at 703-535-6012.

Johnston McLamb is located in Chantilly, Virginia, and provides leading-edge Information Technology solutions for commercial and government clients. The company specializes in large-scale web database and data warehouse systems. Johnston McLamb was the recipient of U.S. Postal Services 2003 Quality Supplier Award and developed two of the top twenty-five applications recognized in the 2003 eGovernment awards. Johnston McLamb was founded in 1991 and currently is 120 staff members in size. For more information, contact Johnston McLamb at 703-502-0901 or visit their web site at www.johnstonmclamb.com.