Staff Development Dialogues (SDD)
Overview of SDDs at BTECH
All employees at AU who work more than 15 hours a week and who have been employed for more than six months are covered by the annual staff development dialogues (SDD).
Below, you will find overviews of who is responsible for the SDDs according to the individual employee groups. In appropriate cases, the SDD may be conducted by the immediate manager as well as the person(s) the individual employee mainly cooperates with.
The overviews apply to the 2025/2026 SDDs.
Management, coordinators and some project employees
AIROD members
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BTECH's SDD principles
- The head of department conducts SDDs with management, coordinators and some project employees.
- The head of the PhD programme conducts SDDs with 1st and 2nd year PhD students.
- The centre director(s) conduct SDDs with postdocs, research assistants and project employees affiliated with the centre.
- The section heads conduct SDDs with all remaining researchers and full-time teaching staff affiliated with the section (with the exception of the PhD students they are supervising) and some project employees.
- The head of secretariat conducts SDDs with employees in the Department Secretariat.
