2007 Annual report (PDF 8.1 Mb) - University of Melbourne

BINDING THE
stRANDS TOGETHER
The Learning Lab: Flexible new teaching and learning spaces in the University of Melbourne’s School of Chemistry support new approaches to teaching.
> Position the University’s academic staff
to meet the Research Quality Framework
(RQF) profile
Achievements
The University’s HR Strategy ‘Making
Melbourne a Great Place to Work’ provides
a framework at whole-of-University level
as well as at faculty and departmental
levels, guiding areas such as recruitment,
retention, professional development,
leadership and management. The
University’s employment policies and
processes comply with the public sector
employment principles codified at Section 8
of the Public Administration Act 2004.
In 2007 the University revised its reward
and recognition policies and procedures to
align professional and academic staff effort
with the priorities of Growing Esteem. This
included a fundamental review and revision
of the University’s academic promotions
criteria to include, inter alia, recognition and
promotion of achievements in the area of
knowledge transfer.
As part of the University’s effort to position
the University’s academic staff to meet
the Research Quality Framework (RQF)
profiles a major exercise involving non
– research active academic staff was
completed in early 2007. The Division of
Human Resources assisted the Melbourne
Research Office (MRO) (including through
the secondment of staff to MRO) in the
management of the preparation for the RQF
exercise throughout 2007. The University
played a leadership role in the development
and implementation of the Go8 Future
Research Leaders Program, intended to
increase the research management skills of
academic staff.
Change Management
Strategic Priority
> Support academic and professional
leaders to manage change through
organisational and leadership programs
Achievements
Each year a suite of leadership,
development programs and short
courses are provided to staff to meet
University-wide needs. In 2007, the
primary focus was on supporting
academic and professional staff through
incorporation of change management
training and development into programs
catering for all levels of staff. Two
new development programs providing
comprehensive coverage in dealing with
change from a personal level to the faculty
level assisted managers introduce and
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