Good leadership - a success factor of the university

The University of Tampere is an expert organization with almost 2,500 staff and around 15,000 students.  Managing such an expert organization requires strong leadership skills, openness, trust and interaction. To provide this leadership, the experience and extensive expertise of the new University Board and the new University Collegiate Body will play a major role in the management of the university.

To provide support, leadership and management training will be regularly provided at all management levels. Academic leadership will be made more attractive by establishing full-time managerial positions for the deans of the schools. Academic leaders are expected to possess both financial, personnel and strategic management skills. Implementing the university strategy will be one of the main issues to be addressed in the annual development talks and result analyses with the leadership.

• The well-being of the staff is of primary importance and subject to anticipatory measures and new incentives. A new human resources policy will be devised for the University. In addition, services promoting student well-being will be developed in conjunction with other service providers.
• Decision-making processes and responsibilities will be clearly defined throughout the university to meet the new needs of teaching and research and to mirror the new organizational structure.
• Openness and consistency in decision-making will be monitored through systematic feedback procedures. The university’s communication policy will be updated and the support forms for managerial communication will be improved.
• The link between the operative and financial measures will be intensified by consolidating participatory work practices in the steering group and by making the work practices of the steering groups more systematic.
• Quality assurance, data protection and risk management systems will be reviewed in all university activities.