Awards bestowed for workplace success stories

23 July 2003

Nine units on the Berkeley campus were honored last month for implementing workplace practices that successfully embrace fairness, representation, and inclusiveness. The theme for this year’s “Workplace Success Stories” recognition program was “Maximizing Employee Input in Managerial Decision Making.” Each of the honored departments received a certificate at a special ceremony held in the ASUC’s Pauley Ballroom on June 24, and the 498 individuals who designed and implemented the practices were given pins.

The following list cites those departments that received honors and includes brief explanations of their successful practices. Visit hrweb.berkeley.edu/aaeeo/success/call.htm#criteria for information on the Workplace Success Stories recognition program.

Administrative Systems Department (IS&T)
• Staff-director collaboration on operational objectives
• Anonymous suggestion box
• Anonymous management survey
• Celebration breakfast
• Cheers for Peers staff recognition program
• Staff participation in departmental management selection

Associate Vice Chancellor — Business and Administrative Services
• Let’s Hear It! annual survey of workplace climate

Communication and Network Services
• Team building and community development for adapting to organizational and technological changes

Information Systems and Technology
• Work-environment survey

Office of Lab Animal Care
• Recognition selection survey

Office of Student Life
• Qualitative analysis process for performance evaluations

Residential and Family Living/New Student Services
• Staff inclusion in recruitment and hiring

Labor Occupational Health Program (School of Public Health)
• Annual planning retreats and departmental planning committees

University Health Services
• Health, safety, and security committee