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Library and Archives Canada Business Plan 2008 - 2011
Key Objectives
Career and Knowledge Management
This is a reflection of LAC's commitment to assessing skill gaps and gauging future needs including replacing skills and the development of new skills for positions that are highly specialized. It also involves a review of positions that are critical to organizational success and establishing knowledge transfer strategies for an increasingly aging workforce and competitive market.
Building and Strengthening Leadership and Management Capacity
Leadership and professional development are key learning activities to ensure LAC is equipped to meet the higher standards of management accountability. This includes attention to issues such as attracting individuals in an increasingly competitive market and providing access to internal development opportunities, internships and assignments.
Organizational Needs
Managing change as a result of the establishment of the new institution implies reviewing work descriptions and classification while ensuring that work processes are in line with current needs and realities. Progress in this area is fundamentally linked to enabling progress on the objective which follows.
Staffing and Recruitment
This objective focuses on resolving a wide range of issues related to staffing positions across LAC. It emphasizes the need to increase the number of staff in permanent, substantive positions as part of the larger effort to bring stability to the organization. It also includes ongoing attention to ensuring that LAC meets its commitments to employment equity and diversity, as well as to the use of both official languages in the workplace.
Workplace Wellbeing
Organizational performance and high employee satisfaction levels are established by creating the right conditions to generate greater employee engagement. This objective emphasizes the work undertaken such as: orientation program, employee assistance program, the Public Service Employee Survey Action Plan, harassment awareness and training, values and ethics, health and safety, exit interview program and other initiatives designed to create a more positive workplace climate.
