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After second-tier awards, government staff development funds are provided on a competitive basis, leading institutions to review policies and apply for national assistance.","Answer",{"name":65,"@type":60,"acceptedAnswer":66},"What did the Full Bench decide about staff appraisal in terms of duration and salary linkage?",{"text":67,"@type":63},"On a trial basis for 12 months, it established compulsory regular staff appraisal for staff development purposes. At this stage, appraisal is not linked with salary increments.",{"name":69,"@type":60,"acceptedAnswer":70},"Why has implementing staff appraisal systems been difficult for institutions?",{"text":71,"@type":63},"Institutions face objections to the management of schemes they would like to implement, so few have established staff appraisal procedures to date. 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 \nIt is important to note that an advantage of functional hierarchies,suchas those that existin the public service,is thatwhen an individuais performing a higher function,they can demand ahigher allowance.In the past,academics have been given tasks regardless of their rank.With award restructuring,if individuals are lower in rank than thefunctions demand,a higher salary can be paid.Although this maybenefit the individual academic,the overall structure may lead todificulties in trying to create a more democratic decision-makingprocess within universities,  \n# Staff Development and Staff Appraisal\n\nWith award restructuring,there is more incentive to developtraining programs.After the granting of the second tier awards,thegovermment provided staff development funds on a competitive basisto institutions.Many institutions began to examine their staff devel-opment policies and applied for national funds to assist the develop-ment of programs.Both the unions and AHEIA saw advantages tostaff development.The Chair ofthe AHEIA,Professor David Pening-ton,Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne,commentedthat 'there should be improved staff development forjunior academ-ics during their probation period'.Overall,academics acknowledgethe needto improve many oftheir skills:word processing,accounting,personnel management and teaching,to name a few.  \nOn the question of staff appraisal,however,there has been disa-greement and considerable confusion.On 23 July the Full Benchresolved that there was to be'on a trial basis for 12months,a systemofcompulsory regular staffappraisal for staffdevelopment purposes.Atthis stage,appraisal is not linkedwith salary increments.However,the Bench said that incremental advancement should be based upon'objective criteria'to be developed by the parties,though not,at thisstage,with development appraisal schemes.  \nAHEIA had hoped to take staff appraisal further than in the secondtier awards andlinkittoincrementaladvance.The Bench went againstthisidea.Anumber ofinstitutions are tryingto institute staffappraisalsystems.There are often objections to the kind of scheme manage-ment would like to implement,so few institutions have establishedtheir staff appraisal procedures to date,  \nThe fact that the Full Bench decided not to link staff appraisal withsalary increments can be seen as avictory for the unions that","cbCaiktuUThhWoLt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiktuUThhWoLt","pdf",326111,"English","# Staff Development and Staff Appraisal\n## Staff development funds and training incentives\n## Trial staff appraisal system and incremental advancement\n## Disagreements, implementation barriers, and implications\n# Concluding Comments\n## Long-term institutional effects and autonomy\n## Campus implementation pace and management flexibility","[{\"question\":\"How do award restructuring and second-tier awards influence staff development programs?\",\"answer\":\"Award restructuring creates more incentive to develop training programs. 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