Faculty/Staff and Workplace Culture

• Organizational Climate Assessment
• Welcome, Orientation, and Recognition Programs
• Retired Faculty Association
• Organizational Communication

Faculty/Staff Workplace Culture - Programs and activities that further a culture of excellence, pride, engagement, and recognition by promoting and recognizing the values of mutual respect, collaboration, and community. The Center has initiated a number of activities and programs aimed at helping to make our campuses friendlier and more welcoming, cordial, and cohesive places in which to learn and work. These include an enhanced faculty/staff welcome program, the Retired Faculty Association, the university faculty recognition program, and a employee orientation program. For further information, contact us at center@odl.rutgers.edu

Organizational Climate Assessment

To assist academic and administrative units in understanding their organizational climate, the Center developed the Organizational Climate Assessment (OCA). The inventory provides information on expectations and satisfaction levels of academic, administrative, and support staff, and can serve as a very helpful component in organizational assessment and improvement efforts. The Center provides materials, and assistance in the planning and use of the inventory. Through the Organizational Research Services Program, ODL provides pre- and post-survey facilitation for the department, as well as guidance to leaders on how best to present, and act on survey results. For further information, contact us at center@odl.rutgers.edu.

The Organizational Climate Assessment (Faculty and Administrative versions) promotes an understanding of climate as part of ongoing organizational improvement efforts.  The instruments can be ordered through NACUBO.

Welcome, Orientation, and Recognition Programs

Welcome and Orientation - Securing a place among top institutions requires the commitment of a competent, knowledgeable, appropriately trained, and motivated workforce, and an organizational culture that demands, recognizes, and rewards excellence. The Center assists the university community in realizing these goals through its core programs and through customized consultation and facilitation.

Recognition Programs - The Center provides assistance to academic and administrative departments in the creation of non-financial approaches to encourage and recognize individual, team, group, and departmental excellence. Programs in this area focus on contributions to specific unit or university goals, and to broader institutional values of excellence, mutual respect, collaboration, and community.

Retired Faculty Association

The Retired Faculty Association (RFA) of Rutgers University comprises more than 200 members. The mission of the Association is to promote the continued campus and community involvement of retired faculty at Rutgers, recognizing that such involvement is highly beneficial both to the university and to the individual faculty members. A primary goal of the association is to facilitate continuing contributions by retirees to the scholarly and professional objectives of the university. The Center played the lead role in the establishment of the Retired Faculty Association (RFA), and continues to provide financial and administrative support for its activities and its director, Todd Hunt, Professor Emeritus of communication. www.scils.rutgers.edu/rfa.html

Organizational Communication

While most organizations realize the important role communication plays in the flow of information and ideas, and in "telling their story," only a few know where to begin to ensure that all those things occur regularly and seamlessly. Through the use of Center-developed communication inventories and audits, ODL assists departments in documenting existing communication efforts, identifying gaps, and developing integrated organizational communication plans. Emphasis is on information sharing between and across units, and with key stakeholders.

Our Leadership Style Inventory CD and Communication Style Inventory CD are both designed to assess leadership and communication styles as a means to gaining insight into these two critical dimensions of organizational effectiveness.