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Developing a Systematic Pay Structure
Company Project Features Dundee Contemporary Arts Mapping of project goal: a simple but robust job www.dca.org.uk evaluation scheme leading to a systematic structure of jobs and wage rates which would DCA is a world-class centre for the development address internal relativities and labour market and exhibition of contemporary art and culture. realities. DCA provides opportunities for artists to create, Review of existing job descriptions, assessing and for audiences to engage, with a varied, high- the types of roles and responsibilities quality programme of activity that benefits the Suggestion of new evaluation format, involving people of Dundee, Scotland and beyond. six job factors to be applied to all positions. Each factor would have six levels indicating in- creasing aspects of the job factor concerned, Research Team and each level would be assigned points, re- sulting in a points score and a grading from one Martin Dowling to four. School of Management, University of St Andrews [email protected]
Dr. Iain Henderson Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University [email protected]
Research Need To establish a standardised pay structure for DCA employees, appropriate to the organisation size (60 employees) and sector.
“We believe this approach to job evaluation will enable us to be more competitive through accu- rately analysing job criteria and developing a pay structure that offers staff long-term incentives and clear career progression opportunities.” 2010 DCA installation by Martin Boyce, who won the 2011 Turner Prize. In 2009 David Stevenson, DCA curated Martin's exhibition for the Scottish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Head of Operations, Dundee Contemporary Arts Prints that Martin created in DCA’s Print Studio are sold through DCA Editions.
www.capitalisingoncreativity.ac.uk “We believe this approach to job evaluation will enable us to be more competitive through accurately analysing job criteria and developing a pay structure that offers staff long-term incentives and clear career progression opportunities. ” David Stevenson, Head of Operations, Dundee Contemporary Arts
Academic Research Team Martin Dowling, Senior Teaching Fellow and Director of Operations, School of Management, University of St Andrews BSc (Hons), PgDip Ed Tech, MA, Chartered FCIPD, FHEA Martin’s career in higher education has included academic management and leadership, postgraduate course development and management, quality assurance systems, teaching, research and consultancy. His teaching interests include human resource management, industrial relations and management development.
Dr. Iain Henderson, Senior Teaching Fellow, Edinburgh Business School (EBS), Heriot-Watt University BSc MBA PhD Chartered FCIPD, FHEA Iain’s principal research interest is in management development, and his main teaching is in the areas of organi- sational behaviour, strategic planning and research methods. He has published articles on HRM issues in peer- reviewed academic journals including Personnel Review and The British Journal of Occupational Learning.
Iain and Martin are the co-authors of the EBS course Managing Personal Competencies. Both are Fellows of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and of the Higher Education Academy.
ICC Business Vouchers A boost for competitiveness, ICC Business Vouchers offer management research worth up to £3000 to small and medium-sized enterprises working in the creative industry sectors of Scotland. The programme is ideal for micro-businesses, small arts organisations and recent start- ups. Benefits include collaborating with ICC researchers, accessing new academic and industry networks and increasing profile.
The programme is funded by the Economic & Social Research Council. For details and an application form, visit www.capitalisingoncreativity.ac.uk
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