Our institutional approach to supporting change at York encompasses a number of options for you to consider when you want to improve effectiveness in your area of work.
When you identify a change that you want to make, there are different options available depending on the level of support and oversight that might be needed. Review the options below, and get in touch to discuss what will work best for you.
Type of change | Issue | Examples | Contact |
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Implementing a University-wide change |
Introduction of a new service or capability Putting in place a new way of working or process |
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Simon Donoghue, Director of Strategic Planning and Performance |
Policy development |
Need for an institutional position Position and policy required before changes can be made to structures, processes or technology |
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Identified sponsor (UEB member) |
Implementing a change (compliance, strategy change etc) |
Known change (legislation, University policy, new activity) Uses current structures and processes May follow on from policy development |
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Directors of Faculty Operations The expectation is that this work would be locally led. |
Staff restructure | Whole team or group of staff undertaking a range of tasks and activities | HR Business Partner | |
Technology solution | Change of any kind that requires a new technology solution or changes to existing systems |
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Tim Andrew, Assistant Director (Digital) |
Data |
Processing or using data in a different way Seeking new insight from data |
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Improving collaboration and organisational development support | Helping other people to deal with a process or reach an agreement or solution |
Improving intra or inter team collaboration |
Heather Stout, People and Organisational Development Manager |
We've developed a suite of resources to help leaders and managers enable successful change at York.