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Values Programme Focus Group PRESENTATION OUTLINE Focus on the Future
1994 Values
People Theme Team Summary
Values Programme Summary
Values Programme Methodology
HWU Branding Key Messages
Staff Survey Summary
Purpose of Session
Next Steps
Focus on the FutureHEADLINES
Reshape and grow academic base by 50% in ten years
Fulfil ambition to be like a 1994
Group institution
The 1994 Group THE GROUP BELIEVES THAT:
Members' identities and traditions can be respected while providing a basis for innovative and challenging thinking.
Research-intensive universities should play a full role at local, regional, national and international level.
High-quality research and teaching are mutually supportive and serve to reinforce each other.
Students and staff from diverse backgrounds should be encouraged to realize their potential in a well-maintained environment, providing a stimulating choice of academic, cultural and social opportunities
People Theme Team SUMMARY
Established to ‘build staff capacity meet the performance challenges of the strategic plan’
4 projects:
• Values programme
• Development programme
• Staff survey
• Development framework
Develop and embed a shared understanding of University core values (and associated behaviours) that help foster a supportive and inspiring learning and research environment
Identify health and well-being KPIs, against which to benchmark 1994 Group universities and track performance in relation to people processes
Values Programme SUMMARY
Values Programme Methodology
Values Programme Workshop held April 2009
Staff Survey Questions
Focus Groups
Wider staff sessions at Riccarton and SBC
Communication with Dubai and Orkney
Continued development of People KPIs
Report to PME December 2009
HWU BrandingKEY MESSAGES
Critical issues
Defining statements
Values are an enabling mechanism to allow Staff to connect with the HWU brand
Staff Survey RESPONDENT PROFILE
Senior Executive/Prof 8%Academic 23%Academic Related/Professional
31%
Research Associates/fellows/technicians
8%
Craft/Trades 1%Manual 7%Secretarial 15%Technical 7%
Staff Survey HEADLINE INFO
Highest Response from Academic/ Academic Related/Professional/Staff
Lowest Response from Craft/Manual/Research/Technical
Majority of staff ranked Valuing People as number 1
Majority of staff ranked Pursuit of Excellence as number 2
Craft/Trades and Manual staff ranked Responsible Stewardship higher than any other staff group
Staff Survey HEADLINE INFO
Internationalisation ranked at number 5 for Professor/Senior Executive level and as 7-10 with other staff groups
Internationalisation well understood Heriot-Watt is Scotland’s international university
Is Internationalisation a value?
Staff Survey COMMENTS INCLUDED:
The values were difficult to rank – they were of equal importance
The values are co-dependent and interlinked
Some values are a given - e.g. Responsible Stewardship
There is a need to fully represent services and academia in any ‘values’
Student focus/student experience – is this explicit enough?
Some cynicism by respondents of Motherhood and Apple Pie statements
Staff Survey OVERALL VALUES RANKING
VALUING PEOPLE 51.2%
PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE 31.7 %
NURTURING POTENTIAL 16.6%
FORWARD THINKING & FLEXIBLE 16.5%
SERVICE FOCUS 16.2%
COLLABORATION 15.2%
RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP 15.1%
COLLEGIALITY 13.7%
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES 13.3%
INTERNATIONALISATION 10.9%
Staff Survey OVERALL VALUES RANKING - QUESTIONS
The Values are clustered – are Valuing People and Pursuit of Excellence the most identifiable values for HWU Staff?
Are the other cluster areas similar?
Can these areas be combined?
Are all of these values?
Purpose of Focus Group
This focus group will:
Use the information from the staff survey
Refine the values
Provide the input for further staff
involvement sessions
Values ProgrammeNEXT STEPS
2 wider staff group sessions 5 & 12 November 2009 a Riccarton
SBC Session
Communication with Orkney and Dubai
Identify KPIs to underpin values
Develop final values and KPIs for PME 17 December 2009
Implementation stage end Dec 2009/Jan 2010