Feedback from Partners
Experiences of University Partnerships
'Over the past four years HomeStart has used Strategic Partnerships to prepare management and staff to survive in this world of complex change.
An industry-tailored postgraduate management program has delivered far more than we ever anticipated. The Australian Human Resource Institute stated that HomeStart was one of few organisations in Australia that could truly lay claim to having a learning organisation. We now have 70% of all our staff involved in some form of tertiary education, started by the UniSA program.
So what is so special about a Strategic Partnerships program? For us it has given the message that we all have to learn to survive, and learn as a team focussing on real projects within our organisation. Our senior managers are much more effective at leading people. They have developed a very strong culture at HomeStart based around using technology to stay ahead of customer expectations.'
Gary Storkey
CEO HomeStart Finance Corp
'Strategic Partnerships worked very closely with us in developing a highly customised approach management programs offered by the University of South Australia. This unique partnership arrangement enabled us to develop a program that provided significant learning and development opportunities for our employees while at the same time meeting the University's academic requirements.
The use of enterprise-based projects, industry experts drawn from member organisations, conducting the seminars on site, controlling the scheduling of sessions and input into the methodology used and the weighting of material, has enhanced the effectiveness of the program's ability to deliver the learning outcomes we were looking for.'
Dr Ross Bensley
Manager, Organisational Development
Schefenacker Vision Systems Australia Pty Ltd
UniSA Contact for Education
Sandra Walker +61 8 8302 0801 Sandra.Walker@unisa.edu.au