Minutes of the first meeting of CPD25 Personal Effectiveness & Management Task Group held on Tuesday 18th June 2002 at 10.00a.m. in the Committee Room, Main Building, University College London.

Present:

Judith Cattermole (Chair), Jacky Camroux, David McGrath, Elaine Salter, Val Straw, Tim Hoof (Administrator)

Apologies had been received from Rosemary Moon and David Ward.

2. Introduction

Judith Cattermole welcomed members to the first formal meeting of the task group and asked people to introduce themselves.

3. Feedback from CPD25 Steering Group

Judith Cattermole informed members that at the last meeting of the Steering Group it had been agreed that the Forum would become and annual one-day event. This would be the time for people to change the task group of which they were a member and for new members to join.

She further reported that a target of 5-6 events and 2 visits per task group for the 2002/3 session had been agreed upon.

There had been some discussion on the Management Skills Programme and the Steering Group had agreed that it might be necessary to make some changes to the format of this event to re-vitalise it.

It was noted that the Career Development task group would be offering a number of courses in parallel to this group aimed at Chartership candidates. It was agreed that the publicity should emphasise the target audience.

4. Events Programme 2002/3

a) Change Management for Senior Staff
It was agreed that a half-day event should be arranged for the last week of October or first week of November. Suggested speakers were Anne Bell (King's College) and Mary Auckland (London Institute). Jacky Camroux would be the organiser for this event.

b) Management Skills Programme
After some discussion it was agreed that the 2002/3 event should be altered in terms of timing. It was agreed to approach Hudson Rivers to ask for 3 weeks in January or February where the event could be held on the same day for 3 weeks. In 2003/4 it was suggested that a revised course for middle managers should be run instead of the usual course for junior managers. Elaine Salter would be the organiser of this event

c) Training for Trainers.
It was agreed that a full day event would be organised in late February. The morning would concentrate on training needs analysis and the afternoon on evaluating training courses. Suggested speakers included Anne McIlwaine (SOAS) and Mark Lefco. Judith Cattermole and Val Straw would organise this event.

d) Managing Attendance
It was agreed that this one-day course should be held in early April. The course would include dealing with lateness, sickness and annual leave. David McGrath agreed to organise this event

e) Time Management.
This whole day course, to be held in late June, would be aimed at all levels of staff. It would include stress management, managing your diary and in-tray management. It was suggested that the company Level Headed were potential speakers. Judith Cattermole agreed to approach David Ward and Rosemary Moon to organise this event.

5. Visits 2002/3

a) New Guardian Archive
It was agreed that following the success of this year's visit to the Guardian Library and the opening of the Guardian's new archive, Val Straw would organise visits in December to the archive.

b) Tate Britain Information Service
Jacky Camroux agreed to organise this event for May. If this was not possible she would try the Imperial War Museum and the National Arts Library at the Victoria & Albert Museum, both of whom had recently joined the M25-Consortium.

6. Any Other Business

There was no other business.

7. Dates of Future Meetings

The next meeting would be held at 10.00 am on Wednesday 24th July 2002 in the Committee Room, UCL. In future it was likely that only one Task Group meeting would be needed per term.