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from the issue of March 4, 2004
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Chancellor answers questions about Gallup survey
This e-mail was sent to all faculty and staff from Chancellor Harvey Perlman on Feb. 28.
Dear Colleagues:
Recently, you received an e-mail from the Gallup Organization alerting you that the Q12 and I10 climate surveys will be administered beginning this coming Monday, March 1, and ending on March 14. As I indicated in an earlier email, I believe that it is important for all faculty and staff to respond to the survey. By participating in the survey, you’ll help us to determine if the climate has improved in your neighborhood from the last administration and to provide the data that will allow your neighborhood to assess how effective the last plan was for improving the neighborhood work climate - and to develop a new impact plan.
I do appreciate there are some questions about the survey and am writing to respond to the two that have been raised most frequently.
The first question is what is a “neighborhood” and why do we use that terminology? A neighborhood is those faculty and staff who report to the same chair/head/supervisor. For most faculty, a neighborhood is defined as their academic department or school - for the faculty of the Law College, the neighborhood is the college. For some staff, the term “office” is the definition of “neighborhood.” The generic term “neighborhood” is used to encompass the diversity of reporting structures that make up UNL. In short, a neighborhood is that group of individuals whose salary increases are recommended by a common administrator. In responding to the survey, please answer as you think about your neighborhood.
A second concern that has been expressed is that, while many of the factors that contribute to the climate for a member of the faculty or staff are determined in the neighborhood, there are issues that the neighborhood cannot resolve. For example, there may be aspects of our benefits plan that you believe need to be changed. There is nothing that your neighborhood can do about our benefits package, because that’s determined at the system level. That is why a critical part of each neighborhood’s work in developing an “impact plan” is also identifying “elevated issues.” These are issues to which a response needs to be developed at the deans and directors level or higher. I encourage you to work with other members of your neighborhood to identify such issues for a response at a higher administrative level.
Finally, the e-mail address Gallupsurvey@unl.edu is in place to respond to your concerns. I encourage you to address your questions and concerns to that e-mail address. A response will be forthcoming within 24 hours.
Harvey
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