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Case

Faculty Management at GCU - Keeping on Track

Sara Alvi, Anwar Khurshid

INDUSTRY : Education

AREA : HRM/OB

ORGANIZATION : Government College University

LENGTH : 34

LUMS No : 05-768-2015-1

PUBLICATION YEAR : 2015

KEYWORDS:

Equity,Faculty Management,Motivation,Reward System

DESCRIPTION:

This case explores the challenges faced by a growing public sector university, GCU Lahore, with respect to its faculty management. First, the issue was of attracting, motivating, and retaining talented faculty to accomplish the vision of a successful expansion. Second, the case highlights the positive aspects as well as the issues resulting from the adoption of the tenure-track system (TTS) in GCU. For instance, the perception of inequity arose as there were two different systems, i.e., Basic Pay Scale (BPS) and Tenure Track System (TTS) running in parallel. The duality of the system led to feelings of inequity, dissatisfaction, and hostility. It could ultimately lead to a brain drain of talented faculty. Third, the case discusses the implication of diminishing attractiveness of TTS as the pay gap between TTS and BPS shrank. Management¿s vision that TTS would eventually replace BPS did not seem likely since TTS was becoming unattractive due to diminishing pay differential. Dr Khaleeq-ur-Rahman felt that the viability of TTS was at stake in the long run. Additionally, his tenure as VC was also coming to an end and he did not know whether he would be given another term or not. The concerns pertaining to faculty management had to be addressed urgently by the next Vice Chancellor as the quality of teaching, scholarship, and research was dependent upon competent and motivated faculty.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1) To identify the key elements of faculty management and describe the challenges entailed in managing university faculty 2) To compare and contrast the tenure-track system introduced in Pakistan with the one being used in USA and other international universities 3) To gain an understanding of the issues and challenges in implementing Tenure-Track System in public universities in Pakistan 4) To discuss the differences between TTS and BPS, including the disadvantages and advantages of each system 5) To analyze the leadership style of a vice chancellor of a public university 6) To become familiar with art illustrative example of the governance and organizational structure of a public university.

SUBJECTS COVERED:

Organizational Behavior, Human Resource, Faculty Management