Dialogue with employees about the new organisation in the engineering area
A process involving the employees in the engineering area will now be initiated. This means that employees who are affected by the proposal will have the opportunity to enter into dialogue and provide input and experience. This will be done in parallel with the consultation process which started on 17 June.
The Dean's Office emphasises constructive dialogue, and that employees participate actively in the work on the new organisation of the engineering area. The employees know most about the content of the workdays, and they are therefore an important part of developing the new departments.
"It’s important that the employees who know about daily life in the engineering area participate actively in establishing the new organisation and help find opportunities and solutions before the final decisions are made. During the involvement process, the employees will be able to influence their future workplace in a very concrete manner," says Dean Eskild Holm Nielsen.
The process is based around a number of working groups that will make recommendations on how to create the best possible framework for realising the visions behind the proposed new organisation of the engineering area.
The working groups have just been set up through appointment by the management and the local liaison committee. The working groups are as follows:
- Four working groups for research, development and business collaboration (one for each field)
- Four working groups for education (one for each field)
- A working group for administrative support
- A working group for physical education facilities
- Topic-specific task forces will be set up for interdisciplinary common matters. The task forces can also engage in dialogue with the working groups, if relevant.
(See illustration: Overview of working groups)
If you are not a member of a working group, but you have thought about the process, you can still influence the work of the working groups. Contact a colleague who is a member of a working group and share your thoughts with him or her. In addition, staff meetings will be organised in September, at which the working groups will present their ideas and engage in dialogue with their colleagues.
Tasks of the working groups
The working groups will contribute to ensuring that the visions in the consultation proposal for the new organisation are met in the best possible way. They are responsible for making specific recommendations on how to fill out the frameworks described in the consultation material. Recommendations by the working groups will therefore be included as a sound basis for the implementation of the four new departments expected to take place when the final decision by the board is known. The new departments will become effective from 1 January 2021.
Among others, the working groups will address the following:
- Development of project potential within research, development and business collaboration
- How the bachelor and the master of engineering can strengthen each other
- Functions and competences within the new department secretariats (this does not include staffing of the secretariats)
- The use of classrooms, laboratories and project facilities
See the composition of working groups and read more about the process on the website Process for new organisation of engineering at AU.
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