Organizational Development, Equity, and Health

The Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) and Organizational Learning and Effectiveness (OLE) are thrilled to announce that an exciting learning event for support staff is being planned for late June 2013: “GIVE, GROW, PLAY.” The event will be an opportunity for support staff to connect as a community and learn through:   GIVE –You will have several opportunities to come together, give back to the community, and learn through charitable and humanitarian organizations. There will be three opportunities to participate in a ‘giving’ activity through: Corporate Challenge Blood Drive, a Habitat for Humanity build in Edmonton, and Food Drive for the Campus and Edmonton Food Banks.  GROW - The event will include the usual conference-style program with speakers and short workshops. The event will have two identical days of programming, giving you lots of flexibility to attend what interests you. More information will follow on this in the coming months.  PLAY – The event will wra

DACUM 2013   This January marks a pivotal time for the University of Alberta Office of the Registrar as it represents the year in which the new Student Connect service model will be implemented. At OLE, we are involved in helping the Registrar’s Office define and develop a curriculum to support the new Student Connect Office and the whole team in the RO in ensuring that the student experience at the U of A is second to none! One of the first steps we have taken is in the area of defining training needs to support an updated training curriculum. The tool we are using is called a DACUM, which stands for D eveloping A C urricul um . DACUM is a model used for competency based training development. It is also sometimes referred to as a Job Task Analysis. It is comprised of 3 main components: competency analysis, competency-based program development, and competency-based program administration. The competency analysis is the first and most critical stage, it was also the st