Dialog, UA Faculty and Staff News

February 23, 2004

HRD Training

Building Community
Computer Courses
Continuous Quality Improvement
Customer Service
The Management Project
Personal Safety
Policy and Procedures
Performance Management and Development
Job Openings
Miscellaneous

Building Community

Building Community: Human Relations for the 21st Century — Human Relations for the 21st Century is designed to develop human relations skills, heighten awareness of others and foster a sense of community throughout the UA campus. Workshops that bear the Building Community logo are available to UA employees.

The Diversity Experience — HRD Team, date TBA
Sexual Harassment Awareness and Prevention — HRD Team, date TBA
The FISH Philosophy — HRD Team, March 2, 2-4 p.m.

Computer Courses

Advanced Computer Classes — HRD, dates TBA

Continuous Quality Improvement

CQI Leadership Seminar Series. CQI workshops are part of the Leadership Seminar Series designed for people in academic and administrative organizations, such as deans, department chairs, directors, managers, assistant and associate directors and faculty who lead projects, or plan on moving into leadership roles. All workshops will be facilitated by John Dew, director for Continuous Quality Improvement. Contact the CQI Office at 348-9831 to schedule workshops, which are designed for 2-4 hours.

Customer Service

Advanced Connections — Moving Quality Service Beyond the Basics — HRD, date TBA

The Management Project

Register now for The Management Project — an in-house management certificate program for UA managers. This course is a comprehensive training program designed to give participants practical knowledge and skills enabling them to effectively manage within the University's work environment. It was created to assist managers with the increasing challenges they are facing and to prepare potential managers to accept future challenges.

Course Modules for Spring 2004

Effective Communication I — Feb. 23
Employment Law and UA Policy — March 10 and 11
Performance Management, Development and Resources — March 23 and 25
Effective Communication II — April 6
Customer Service and Quality Principles — April 15
Collaborative Work Environments — May 6 and 7

For information about this opportunity contact Teresa Faulkner at tfaulkner@fa.ua.edu or 348-8212.

Personal Safety

Right to Know — Janie Fowler, Health and Safety, Feb. 26, 8:15 a.m.

Policy and Procedures

UA Budget Procedures — Peggy Harrison, UA Budget Office, Feb. 24, 10 a.m.-noon
Personnel Action Procedures — Patty Kelly, Human Resources, date TBA
Accounting and Reporting Procedures — Tina Dorroh/Accounts Payable and Julie Shelton/Accounting and Reporting, Level one, Feb. 26, 1-3 p.m.
Conducting Effective and Legal Interviews — HRD, date TBA
Ten Danger Zones for Supervisors — HRD, date TBA

Performance Management and Development

Four-Step Performance Plan — HRD, Feb. 27, 8:30-10:30 a.m.
Supervising Students — HRD, Feb. 24, 2-4 p.m.
Conducting Performance Reviews — HRD, March 5, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Four Step Performance Plan — HRD Team

The message of the workshops below is simple: Managing performance is the responsibility of managers and supervisors. Careful planning, coaching, and goal setting are key skills that must be developed and utilized in order for supervisors to help staff reach their full potential. In addition to covering Conducting Performance Reviews, these sessions cover the following:

Setting Goals and Defining Expectations — Feb. 27, 8:30-10
Delegation and Follow-Up — March 19, 8:30-10
Coaching and Feedback — April 23, 8:30-10
Retention and Recognition — May 21, 8:30-10

Job Openings

The University of Alabama is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. For the latest job updates, call the UA job line, 348-7780. For a full line listing of available positions, visit http://hr.ua.edu/employment. Remember that office, technical, clerical, maintenance and service positions stay on the Job Line only five days. Faculty positions are listed under the appropriate college or school.

Miscellaneous

New Employee Orientation introduces all new UA employees to campus life and provides them and employees with a status change (regular, part-time or temporary) an opportunity for benefits advisement and enrollment. New employees and employees with status change must pre-register and attend a New Employee Orientation session within the first 30 days of employment to be eligible for health insurance. Sessions are offered every Monday.

Three Ways to Register and to Check Out Training Material: call 348-7125, fax to 348-2072 or e-mail dharbin@bama.ua.edu.

Human Resource Development Training Sessions will be conducted at G54 Rose unless otherwise stated. Persons with special needs should contact Daphne Harbin.

The Training Resource Center (TRC) offers videos for a staff development "lunch and learn" program. The TRC accommodates six to eight people.

The website for Human Resource Development Training offers the current Staff Training Calendar.

UA Leadership Academy in Full Swing

Left to right: Stacy Jones, Jim Hall, Jean Herron, Dixie MacNeil

Among the first participants in the Leadership Academy are, from left to right, Stacy Jones (Student Affairs), Jim Hall (New College), Jean Herron (Continuing Studies) and Dixie MacNeil (Continuing Studies). Members will attend at least 10 workshops during their participation.

UA's Leadership Academy has moved into full swing this year. The purpose of the Academy is to broaden the participants' understanding of leadership and the University, building the capacity for creating change, both within the institution and in the community.

The Academy requires a two-year commitment, engaging participants in 10 workshops on subjects such as strategic planning, budgeting, mentoring, and current leadership theory. Participants will receive assessment feedback using the Leadership Practices Inventory and will be assigned a student leader to mentor.

The Academy's Advisory Board reviewed applications and selected 16 participants from across the campus to participate as the first cohort in the Leadership Academy. Participants include Karen Baldwin, Susan Caples, John Chambers, Caryl Cooper, Jim Hall, John Higginbotham, Jean Herron, Stacy Jones, Christopher King, Bonnie Labresh, Dixie MacNeil, Carlton McHargh, Steve Miller, Donna Packa, Jimmy Williams and Gwen Williams.

The Leadership Academy brought Louise Sandmeyer, executive director for assessment, planning, and improvement at the Pennsylvania State University to campus for a workshop on strategic planning. Dr. Marilyn Hazzar-Lineberger, from Clark Atlanta University, conducted a workshop in early 2004 on race, culture and conflict. Dr. Tom Harris, from UA's College of Communication and Information Sciences, recently conducted a workshop on communication skills. In April, the participants will meet with Chancellor Malcolm Portera, President Robert Witt, Provost Judy Bonner, Dr. Charles Nash, vice chancellor for academic affairs, and Dr. Margaret King, vice president for student affairs, to discuss leadership development.

Applications are now being accepted for participants for the next UA Leadership Academy that will begin this fall and continue to the spring of 2006. The Leadership Academy is part of the University's Continuous Quality Improvement initiative. Applications are on the Web at www.leadershipacademy.ua.edu. Send applications to the Office of Continuous Quality Improvement and Planning, Box 870114, by March 26. Selection of applicants will be made by the Leadership Academy's Advisory Council, which is also posted on the site.

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