Denny reviewed the individual recommendations contained in the report, and provided suggested action steps to address the recommendations. He noted that the staff of the Office of Human Resources has prepared detailed action plans with timelines where appropriate. Costs to implement the action plans will be refined as the administration's priorities are defined. Associate Vice President Carrier highlighted the major areas that need improvement in the four areas of human resource policy and practice. In the recruitment and staffing area, a plan is required for future workforce needs, and processes must be simplified.
Flexibility needs to be increased.
In regard to education, training, development and performance management there needs to be an investment in every employee. In the fourth area, dispute resolution, the committee recommends that all grievances should be handled in a fair, simple, and expeditious manner and resolution should be achieved through informal means wherever possible. Denny acknowledged the work of the Working Group members and also expressed appreciation to Associate Vice President Carol Carrier and her staff for their contributions to the Working Group. He noted that the committee has volunteered to remain active to review progress in implementing recommended changes and to correct or fine tune recommendations as experience dictates. Regent Spence urged that the recommendations be implemented as soon as possible.