Dialog, UA Faculty and Staff News

April 12, 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 — 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

Computer Courses

Advanced Computer Classes — HRD, dates TBA
E-Course — HRD, April 28-30, 1:30-4:45 p.m.
Windows for E-Course — HRD, April 28-30, 1:30-4:45 p.m.

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 remainder of Spring 2004:

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, April 13, 8:15 a.m.

Policy and Procedures

Effective Processing of the INS Form I-9 — Shirley Davis, Human Resources, April 22, 9-11 a.m.
Purchasing Procedures — Susan Petty and Judy Voss, UA Purchasing, April 21, 10 a.m.-noon
Personnel Action Procedures — Patty Kelly, Human Resources, date TBA
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 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:

Four Step Performance Plan — Coaching and Feedback — HRD, April 23, 8:30-10 a.m.
Conducting Performance Reviews — HRD, April 23, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

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 348-9700, 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 Wright.

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.

Campus Mail Service Quick Tips

by Mike Butts, Manager, Campus Mail Services

Change of address — A change of your campus location must be acted upon promptly. It is solely up to you and your department to make arrangements on receiving mail that is still addressed to your old location. Campus Mail Service will not redirect mail that has an incorrect box number. It is the responsibility of individuals who move to make sure the people who send you mail have your correct campus address.

What is your address? — All departments on campus have two addresses: a mailing address and a shipping address. Your mailing address should include your department’s box number. Use your mailing address for post office mail and use your shipping address for shipments made by other carriers. Campus Mail Service delivers by assigned box numbers only. Campus Mail Service does not deliver incoming UPS or FedEx shipments.

For information and questions, call Campus Mail Service at 348-7807 or visit www.campusmail.ua.edu.

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