 Staff
Council Corner
By Pam Graham
Thanks to Jeff Elam for appearing at this month’s
Council meeting and clearing up some of the mystery surrounding Salary
Survey and its effect on our pay plan. His explanation of “target”
and “market” terms as used to determine our pay ranges was
most helpful. We appreciate Jeff taking the time to present to us and
we also appreciate that he has agreed to serve as the HR representative
on Council’s Compensation and Benefits Committee this year.
Join us for our next regular meeting on Tuesday, December 14 at 10:00
am in Alkek 105-106 for Nancy Nusbaum, Assistant Vice President, Finance
and Support Services Planning, and her presentation on the Campus Master
Plan. We will probably see Nancy back on our agenda in the spring as
this plan develops. The public portion of our meeting in December will
conclude with the ending of Nancy’s presentation.
Parallel to the discussion regarding the main topic of our January
meeting is other discussion and comments regarding the awkward position
of many offices across campus as a result of the implementation of SAP.
Currently acting as both the manager of the largest procurement office
on campus and as the conduit for information sharing between staff and
the President, I clearly see both sides of this issue. Although a degree
of discomfort is very normal with systems implementations, I see a need
to air and remediate any concerns and move on to the full knowledge
and use of SAP as our information management tool, the best we’ve
ever had. To this end, Council has required me by consensus to ask all
of staff and faculty to direct comments and concerns regarding the effect
of SAP implementation on the various offices and any suggestions for
improvement to Council for consideration and discussion. Please forward
these remarks to me or any member of Council via email so that we have
a record of these comments. A list of current Council members, their
phone numbers and email addresses can be found at http://www.txstate.edu/StaffCouncil/Members05.htm.
At the bottom of this same page, there is a link to send email directly
to Council which is currently forwarded to me. Please use the above
channels of communication freely. Council wishes to quickly establish
if there is anything that we can do to improve the seemingly bumpy process
of implementation.
Pam
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pg11@txstate.edu
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