2.4 Devising career tracks and criteria: the process as part of the change
- Mar 2023
- Claartje Chajes
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@martynajanowicz & @irisgoedhart
Tilburg University
The Tilburg School of Economics and Business Administration (TiSEM) has devised a proposal for an education career track and assessment criteria by way of a bottom-up process, meant to generate early support and initiate culture change within the School. In this workshop the TiSEM approach will serve as a starting point for the exchange of ideas about the benefits and challenges of a bottom-up approach, how to deal with resistance, and the challenges of implementing an education career track in the context of a School that is highly research and metrics focused.
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Here you can read a summary of the workshop (with thanks to the reporter for making it):
During this session, Martyna Janowicz and Iris Goedhart gave an insight in how they try to create a larger diversity of possible career tracks at the Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM). Martyna and Iris explained to the group how they have to manage internal stakeholders in order to be able to create career opportunities based on education, instead of only based on research. They showed how they identified possible ‘bears in the way’ they have to overcome in order to reach this goal and explained how they tried to overcome these bears. After their presentation, they asked the group to think about and discuss other bears that can stand in the way of devising career tracks. In small groups, we discussed different possible bears we could think of. We finished with a group discussion again.
What are the main take aways of this session?
The way in which you decide to manage your stakeholders determines the outcome of the process. If you organise this in a right way, stakeholders will be more open for changing their views and you are more likely to be successful.