The 3-in-1 ECC business breakfast

UHR Conference 14 May 2014

Oil, HR and the Bacon Butty

Introductions

Nicholas Johnston, Chief Executive

Sandra Walton, Senior Consultant

The future workplace in HE:

How do new technologies impact on workforce

organisation…?

And in particular what’s their influence on the increasing

use of Virtual Team working in Higher Education?

What’s ECC’s interest?

The challenges facing HEI’s

The challenges facing HEI’s (1)Key Drivers

•Globalisation

•Competition and student consumerism

•Demography

•Technology

•Collaboration

Adapted from Prof. Dame Nancy Rothwell, President and Vice Chancellor, The University of Manchester

The Challenges facing HE in the 21st Century (2013)

The challenges facing HEI’s (2)“international networks ensure graduates are socially engaged global

citizens”

“Through innovative teaching and research, the University provides a

high quality student experience.”

•New technologies and forms of delivery

•Government policy encouraging a diversified sector

•New fee regime and increased scrutiny

•Important of excellence in teaching and research

Adapted from Professor Christina Slade, Vice Chancellor, Bath Spa University

The Role of the University in the 21st Century (2013)

Virtual teams – a solution?

Organisational benefits of Virtual Teams

• can bring together the best individuals regardless of location

• can offer faster, more effective sharing of knowledge and expertise

• can improve the quality of business decision making

• an effective mechanism for handling the increased travel, time, and costs associated with bringing together dispersed employees

• offer development opportunities

What’s missing?

Talent Development & Management

Talent Development & Management

• Bring together the best individuals for the task

regardless of physical location

• Faster more effective sharing of knowledge

and expertise

• Increase capacity, centralisation and

productivity

• Improve quality of business decision making

The areas to focus talent mapping

on

•Workforce planning

•Less qualified or experienced staff can provide

services previously preserve of higher grades

•More varied and different contracts and benefits

to enable flexibility

•Different modes of engaging as an employee

The work required?

• innovation is everyone’s role

• ability to adapt as technology changes

• flexibility

Implications for HR?

• Group exercise

• 25 minutes

Draft replies to Sir James…

Points to digest

Increasing globalisation, collaboration & technology

These bring talent management opportunities

Virtual teams can help – BUT need managing

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