Minutes of the second meeting of CPD25 Personal Effectiveness & Management Task Group held on Wednesday 24th July 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, David Ward, Tim Hoof (Administrator)

No apologies had been received.

2. Minutes of the first meeting

The minutes were agreed as a correct record.

3. Matters Arising

There were no matters arising.

4. Events Programme 2002/3

a) Change Management for Senior Staff
Anne Bell (King's College) and Mary Auckland (London Institute) had agreed to speak at this event that would be held on Friday 15th November. It was hoped to hold this event at the Davis Street Campus of the London Institute. The title would be changed to "Changing the Culture" and the target audience extended to cover middle as well as senior managers.

b) Management Skills Programme.
Elaine Salter explained that the gap between each day of training had been set at slightly over a week to enable Beryl Morris to amend the programme to take account of the needs of the delegates. The course would therefore be held on Tuesday 21st January, Wednesday 29th January and Thursday 6th February 2003 at the University of Westminster.

A draft programme for the 2003/04 course for middle managers was tabled. It was agreed that this would be discussed further at the next task group meeting to take account of the reports on leadership in the current issue of CILIP Update.

c) Training for Trainers.
Anne McIlwaine (School of Oriental & African Studies) had agreed to speak on Training Needs Analysis in the morning and Mark Lefco (MENTOR) would run a workshop on evaluation in the afternoon. A date had yet to be agreed.

d) Managing Attendance.
It was agreed that 3 quotes would be got together before a final decision was made on a suitable training company. There was some concern over the cost of the company approached at present.

e) Time Management.
Jacky Camroux agreed to pass details of a suitable trainer to David Ward.

5. Visits 2002/3

a) New Guardian Archive.
Val Straw informed members that she had carried out a pre-visit to the archive and met with Gavin McGuffy. There would be a maximum of 15 people at this visit that would take place on Monday 9th December between 2.30 and 4.30pm.

b) Tate Britain Information Service.
There did not appear to be such a service with Tate Britain. Jacky Camroux would approach the Imperial War Museum for a visit to their archives. Tim Hoof agreed to pass on details of the Staff Development Officer.

6. Any Other Business

a) Courses on recruitment & interviewing, and a course for subject librarians on how to deliver a course were discussed as potential seminars for 2003/04. The latter could be organised jointly within the User Resources Task Group; Judith Cattermole agreed to contact Janet Smith, the chair of that Task Group, regarding this suggestion.

b)The question of attendance by meeting organisers at events which were run by professional trainers was raised. It was agreed that the Steering Group should be asked to decide whether the organisers should pay to attend these events.

c) Members thanked Tim Hoof for his support over that last couple of months and wished him the best for his future career.

7. Dates of Future Meetings

The next meeting would be held at 3.30 pm on Wednesday 20th November 2002 at the University of Westminster. This would be booked by Elaine Salter or Caroline Holebrook.