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Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) Policy Workshop

Who (actually) does what? Exploring university delegations of authority Brigid Freeman Manager, Policy and Delegations University of Tasmania 27 th October 2011. Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) Policy Workshop Brigid Freeman, Manager Policy and Delegations.

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Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) Policy Workshop

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  1. Who (actually) does what? Exploring university delegations of authority Brigid Freeman Manager, Policy and Delegations University of Tasmania 27th October 2011 Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) Policy Workshop Brigid Freeman, Manager Policy and Delegations

  2. Who (actually) does what? Exploring university delegations of authority Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) Policy Forum 27/10/2011 Brigid Freeman OK so what are delegations exactly? Academic hat analogy - Allocation of powers or authorities, where each academic hat represents ‘powers’ University Council Vice-Chancellor Senior exec Managers Staff

  3. Who (actually) does what? Exploring university delegations of authority Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) Policy Forum 27/10/2011 Brigid Freeman What are delegations documents for? What does the current UTAS delegations documentation look like? What was the scope of the Review?

  4. Who (actually) does what? Exploring university delegations of authority Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) Policy Forum 27/10/2011 Brigid Freeman • How did I undertake the Review? • Literature review • Document analysis • Interviews • Workshops • Consultation (UTAS Policy Network) • Benchmarking • What was the context • for the Review?

  5. Who (actually) does what? Exploring university delegations of authority Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) Policy Forum 27/10/2011 Brigid Freeman So, what did I come up with? Table 1: Snapshot of Proposed Delegations Documentation and Significant Reforms

  6. Who (actually) does what? Exploring university delegations of authority Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) Policy Forum 27/10/2011 Brigid Freeman Table 2: Skeleton Schedule of Financial Delegations Table 3: Skeleton Schedule of Contract Delegations

  7. Who (actually) does what? Exploring university delegations of authority Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) Policy Forum 27/10/2011 Brigid Freeman Table 4: Skeleton Schedule of Travel Delegations Table 5: Skeleton Schedule of Human Resources Delegations)

  8. Who (actually) does what? Exploring university delegations of authority Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) Policy Forum 27/10/2011 Brigid Freeman

  9. Who (actually) does what? Exploring university delegations of authority Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) Policy Forum 27/10/2011 Brigid Freeman So, are policy and delegations of authority the same? Governance instruments Policy statements Delegations Policy and Schedules Figure 1: Comparison: Policy and Delegations Documentation

  10. Who (actually) does what? Exploring university delegations of authority Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) Policy Forum 27/10/2011 Brigid Freeman So, is ‘university policy’ the same as ‘delegations’? POLICYDELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY Policy on Policy Internal review Stable Dynamic Umbrella ‘what’ Detailed ‘who does what’ Delegation ‘down’ No delegation ‘down’ (unless stated) Aligned Drawn from governance instruments Simple or complex Complex and long Monitored (?) Workflowed via electronic systems

  11. Who (actually) does what? Exploring university delegations of authority Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) Policy Forum 27/10/2011 Brigid Freeman In conclusion, what are the lessons? Words on paper do not necessarily mirror or drive practice. Consultation is imperative to determine practice. There are some pre-requisites for successful implementation. Delegations are related to policy, but different. Writing academic delegations without academic policy is virtually impossible.

  12. Who (actually) does what? Exploring university delegations of authority Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) Policy Forum 27/10/2011 Brigid Freeman

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