STAFF AND CULTURE
Rethinking people and structures
Success Profiles
A major restructure of the Resources Division commenced in April 2012.
Key aims included improved:
Building on the work that has been done to date to identify the skills,
competencies required to be an effective leader, the concept of success
profiles was expanded to include all levels of staff. Through a series of
workshops, staff from the various HEW levels considered the competencies
that were needed now and into the future to ensure productivity, growth and
relevance. In total, 8 success profiles were developed. The profiles will be
used to shape personal and professional development goals by:
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capacity to respond to the strategic objectives of the University
(particularly in the area of research) and changing needs of clients
engaged in research, teaching and learning
alignment of workflows
flexible services underpinned by cross-skilling and targeted development
of expertise.
The four teams are:
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Collection Development: Developing and maintaining strong, focused,
core collections to meet the teaching and research needs of UOW
through monograph and journal ordering and invoicing, cataloguing, and
electronic resource management.
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Scholarly Content: Sourcing, preserving and providing access to UOW
content through the UOW Publication Management services including
HERDC, ERA and the institutional repository, Copyright and digitisation,
digital collections and theses and metadata management.
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Resource Sharing: Facilitating responsive, cost effective access
to supplementary content through Document Delivery, BONUS+,
ArticleReach, and Ereadings services.
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Providing clarity of expectations
Understanding the developmental difficulty of each competency
Articulation of examples of unskilled, skilled and over-used behaviours
in the execution of a competency.
Leadership Competencies Development Framework
A new Leadership Competencies Development Framework (LCDF) was
introduced in May with the aim of supporting staff in the attainment of
leadership capabilities that scaffold upwards and describe activities to
support incremental learning. Focusing on new and existing team leaders;
executive leaders; emerging leaders and project managers, the framework
assists in identifying examples of applied leadership offered through on the
job experiences and targeted development activities such as secondments,
project leadership and training.
Archives: Curation, collection and access services for UOW corporate
and research archival collections held in physical of digital forms within
the Archives.
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