Questions I want answered

Semester is almost finished - only one exam to go (on 15th Nov.) and then it's heads down and bum up into this research. This is not to say I haven't been thinking about it, in fact I have been having numerous brain dumps - I suppose this is what this blog is for. A record of my brain dumps.

So today's brain dump concerns what I hope to answer through my research. As you know, I presented a paper on how QUT offers secondments and now I'm looking at how other organisations offer them. So really there are a few things I hope to find out - like:

• How does your organisation decide whether a position should be advertised as a secondment rather than a regular position?
• Does your organisation have a policy that covers when secondments should be offered?
• What are the requirements of your staff in responding to a secondment advertisement, e.g. expression of interest or full application process.
• Does your organisation have guidelines (similar to those that QULOC have - see earlier post) on how secondments are offered and organised?
• Are particular staff targeted for secondments, if so, why?
• Can you give an approximate on how many secondments are offered at the library technician level in your organisation?
• When would you encourage a staff member to take part in a secondment and why?
• If your organisation doesn't offer secondments - why doesn't it?
• What do you see are the benefits of offering secondments?
• Do you have any challenges in offering secondments?
• If you currently offer secondments and have policies and guidelines - are there any changes that you'd like to make?

That's all I can come up with at the present time. But if you read this and think of more questions you'd like answered - please contact me - see http://alia.org.au/~suthmann for a link to my contact details. I'd love to hear from you!! 8-)