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crl-14535	Dewey, Barbara I.	A Practical Methodology for the Study of Job Components and Staffing Needs	1990-03-01	6	.pdf	application/pdf	3672	178	46	Current job activities and levels were examined, and staff were asked to indicate how the activities making up their positions might change over the next three to five years-the time period for the full implementation of OASIS, the automated library system of the University of Iowa Libraries. • ~e Univer.sity ? · • a description of departmental activities and the optimum level at which they should exist, taking into consideration the department's plans for the future, the implementation of OASIS, changes in current practices to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness, and any other factors that might include altered expectations • a list of activities that will no longer be needed once automation is in place or can be eliminated due to greater effi- ciency • a list of external restraints that might prohibit the department or unit from performing at its optimum capacity, in- cluding examples such as space limita- tions, university-imposed limitations on organizational structures, and tech- nological limitations currently imposed on the university At this point the department heads were given an opportunity to identify their staffing needs in a narrative manner for both an interim period, defined as the next one to two years when most of the OASIS implementation would take place, and the long-range period of five years.	cache/crl-14535.pdf	txt/crl-14535.txt