Collaboration
A good dialogue between employers and employees is built through collaboration. At KTH, this takes place on multiple levels – from central groups to workplace meetings and individual development dialogues. As a manager, you play a role in this process.
What does collaboration mean?
Collaboration means that information, dialogue, and discussion occur before decisions are made; at an early stage where there is still an opportunity to influence decisions.
Collaboration takes place through:
- Central Collaboration Group (CSG)
- School Collaboration Group (SSG)
- Local workplace or team meetings (APT) at the institution/department/group level and at an individual level through development dialogues.
Areas that are addressed in collaboration: business matters, personnel issues, work environment concerns, and questions about gender equality, diversity and equal conditions. The collaboration agreement at KTH partially replaces the Employment (Co-Determination in the Workplace) Act (In Swedish: Medbestämmandelagen, MBL).
HR's support in collaboration matters
HR supports you as a manager in the administrative handling of matters that need to be raised in collaboration on school level (SSG), such as employment contracts, recruitment permits and ending employments. Other issues can be raised by you, for example, through the Head of school or HR representative in SSG. This can include improvements in the organisation or the work environment that cannot be handled at your level during APT.