19-20 January 2007
Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
In collaboration with the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (UK) and the Centre for Science and Research Management (D).
With the support of the European Commission.
Academic and administrative staff development and the crucial role it should play in the process of institutional change is still a rather unexplored area. Human resource development concepts and their systematic implementation are the exception rather than the rule in European higher education institutions. The need for further work in this field, however, is vital for a range of reasons:
- in many countries an ageing cohort of academic staff requires more systematic succession planning and talent development within the institution;
- increased national and international competition for high quality staff;
- more competitive funding, project management and inter-institutional collaboration require greater managerial and personal skills;
- more autonomy and more proactive strategic profiling of the institution require improved leadership competence.
The workshop addressed the following questions:
- How to match our academic and administrative staff profile with the institutional strategy?
- How to identify needs and gaps in knowledge and competence profiles across the institution?
- Can these be integrated in a coherent institutional development scheme for administrative and academic staff?
- What is the role of HR professionals?
- What tools and techniques are available and how can these be adapted for use in an HE context?
Workshop documents
Presentations and Case Studies
Danube University Krems: The challenges of human resource development in higher education institutions
by Ada Pellert, Vice Rector, Danube University Krems, Austria
Danube University Krems: Case Study University of Graz
by Ada Pellert, Vice Rector, Danube University Krems, Austria
Bocconi University: Introducing a new model of faculty recruitment, development and management
by Lorenzo Peccati, Vice-Rector Research and Human Resources, and Andrea Sironi, Dean for International Affairs, Italy
University of Zilina: Perspectives on human resource policies
by Marian Dzimko, Vice Rector, Slovakia
University of Novi Sad: The Challenges of Human Resource Development
by Fuada Stankovic, Former Rector, Professor of Economics and Entrepreneurship at the Law Faculty, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
University of Oldenburg: A university on its way to a systematic human resources development / presentation
by Carolin Schöbel-Peinemann, Head of Human Resources, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Luleå University of Technology: A university for the 21st century- a modern organisation to promote academic quality
by Ingegerd Palmér, Former Vice Chancellor, University of Luleä currently Vice Chancellor, University Malärdalen, Sweden
HR Development in Universities: Its Role in Leading & Implementing Change
by Tom Kennie, Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, UK and Director Ranmore Consulting & Robin Middlehurst, Leadership Foundation for Higher Education and professor at University of Surrey
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