Developing and managing staffing strategy in a large Australian university : a case study from the University of Western Sydney

Managing change and leading staff through change are two of the major challenges facing organisations. This paper provides a perspective on managing change within an Australian University (the University of Western Sydney) and showcases a number of initiatives introduced over the past six years. These initiatives include reviews of the undergraduate and postgraduate academic programs and realignment of academic and support structures. The culmination has been the development of a staffing strategy and the implementation of action plans, through a project titled Our People 2015. The aim of the project has been to enable UWS' sustainability into the future. UWS staff have been the crucial element in the development of each of these initiatives in order to make UWS a better and more productive place to work.