Winter School 2022 - Business Process Improvement in Research Management

Winter School Elective:
Business Process Improvement in Research Management

This elective is delivered over two (2) partial days:

• Wednesday 22 June 2022, 2:00pm - 5:30pm AEST
• Wednesday 29 June 2022, 2:00pm - 5:30pm AEST

Participants are required to attend both (2) sessions.

Presenter: Dr Bryony Wakefield, Research Services Solutions.

Supporting research activity is a complex task involving a myriad of activities. As such, business processes to support the management of research needs to be constantly evolving to ensure researchers and other stakeholder expectations are being met.

Business process improvement enables you to identify areas where you can improve accuracy, effectiveness and/or efficiency and then redesign those processes to realise improvements. This course will introduce you to process improvement methodologies, with a focus on how to develop your own value stream map to improve a research management process. You will also learn about the value of cross-functional teams, approaches to listening and learning from end users and how agile ways of working can enable you to better refine priorities and continually improve processes.

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Pre-requisites:

The Winter School has no formal pre-requisites for the electives featured in the 2022 program. The electives are intended for:

• Mid-senior level research management staff interested in developing a deep, practical understanding of the topics; and
• ARMFs - ARMS Accredited Research Managers (Foundation) or ARMAs - Accredited Research Managers (Advanced) seeking to broaden their practical understanding of the topics.

Pre-reading:

Each Winter School elective has a list of suggested pre-reading materials that are emailed to participants four (4) weeks prior to the commencement of the workshop. The pre-reading list will also serve as a future resource list for participants.

Assessment:

At the end of the workshop, participants will be invited to complete a non-compulsory assessment; due 20 July 2022.

This assessment is compulsory for those participants who have, or will be, registering in the Established Level Accreditation Program (ELAP) in 2022. 

Cost:

ARMS Members: $550 per elective (GST inclusive) - Price will be discounted in the Shopping Cart.
Non-Members: $650 per elective (GST inclusive)

CPD: Accredited members (ARMAs and ARMFs) will automatically accrue 8 CPD hours per elective. (Registered ELAP participants who successfully complete the assessment will receive 10 ELAP points.)

Zoom meeting link: To be provided in email sent four (4) weeks prior to commencement of the elective.    

We strongly recommend you test your ability to connect to Zoom prior to the first session.

If you have any questions, please contact the ARMS Accreditation Program Administrator ARMSAccreditation@researchmanagement.org.au or +61 8 8201 5592.

ARMS CANCELLATION POLICY

Should your circumstances change, and you are unable to attend this workshop, you must contact the arms.adminofficer@flinders.edu.au by no later than 10 working days prior to the commencement of the scheduled event. ARMS will refund the full registration fee minus any administrative fees.

Should you cancel less than 10 working days prior to the commencement of this workshop, no refund will be payable but instead you may wish to send a proxy.

ARMS reserve the right to cancel, postpone or re-schedule courses and events due to minimum numbers not being reached or for other unforeseen circumstances.  In the event of a cancellation, ARMS will aim to advise all participants in writing five (5) days prior to the scheduled event and will refund the full registration fee including administrative charges within 30 days after notification.

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If you have any questions, please contact the ARMS Accreditation Program Administrator  ARMSAccreditation@researchmanagement.org.au or +61 8 8201 5592.