PEOPLE (Summary)

The Challenges and Opportunities ofGrowth

UC faculty and staff must anticipate and addressthe critical impact of growth onthe non-academic workforce-those approximately 100,000 people�� whocreate and maintain the infrastructure that supports our faculty and students.

Rapid growthbrings with it

-          significant increases inworkload volumes

-          new staff�� who lack the specific work experience and training to excel in theirjobquickly

-          greater complexity

-          thousands of�active nodes� in the human network that drives UC;

-          a larger, more complex organization in which more and more interactions are remote, or virtual, rather than face to face, and where fewer faces are familiar.

-          new skill requirements , such as:

-          planning for, and managing complexity

-          communicating across groups and organizations,

-          remote / virtual communications

-          managing a plurality of interests

-          theneed to sustain a sense of belonging and purpose..




People Needs in 2010:

-          More integrated infrastructure

-          Integrated change and growth plans (physical, technology, financial, people)

Goals:

-          Common vision for UC community

-          Develop a plan for managing complex change

-          Strategic planning process to address workforce issues

-          Strengthen current workforce and work environment (recruitment and retention,, aging workforce, training, work/life issues

-          Recruit a diverse, high performing workforce aligned with the UC mission

-          Strengthen the quality of / use of workforce information


Other people-related issues that will play a key role in the NBA ?

-          labor relations strategy

-          Contain increasing medical costs?

-          Compensation strategy (and benefits as a recruitment/retention strategy)