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OE heroes: Driving change through collaboration
The positive effect of Organisational Excellence (OE) on work culture was highlighted through a recent policy change to verify physical assets over three years instead of annually.
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The film experimenter
Physicist Dagomir Kaszlikowski pursues science and film-making with equal passion as he sees both as creative but precise endeavours.
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OE heroes: Transforming fixed asset management with technology
Fixed asset verification is a manual and labour-intensive process. For the Dean’s Office at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine), this involved on-site verification of over 2,000 assets located within NUS and island-wide, in hospitals and research institutes.
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Black belt don
Karate, or “empty-handed” self-defence, advocates blocking an attack, rather than striking an opponent, black belt don explained.
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OE heroes: Creating value in procurement management
Category Management was introduced to drive greater value, reduce cost from NUS’ supply base and mitigate risk from the supply chain.
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Cultivating a safety culture
Ravindran Sockalingam’s close brush with death has reinforced his determination to persuade more people to learn CPR.
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Transformative expeditions
Dr John van Wyhe, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Biological Sciences at NUS Faculty of Science and Fellow of Tembusu College at NUS, probably knows more about the wilder side of Singapore than most residents of the island.
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OE heroes: Change ambassadors
Even though the NUS Organisational Excellence (OE) Accounts Receivable initiative has completed its first phase, the team members are still carrying the momentum forward and embracing lessons learnt in their daily work and outlook.
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Writing right
Dr Mark Dean Brantner, who teaches Writing and Critical Thinking (WCT), as well as Humanities and Social Sciences at the University Scholars Programme (USP) ...
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A lady on the go
Besides driving, Swaran Kaur also enjoys her wide-ranging jobs which provide variety and keep her on the go.
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OE heroes: Towards paperless payment
The Accounts Payable team is digitising the University’s payment processes to achieve a zero paper target.
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A Thai less ordinary
Dr Titima’s interest in languages and teaching brought her to NUS in 1998. As the University did not have a Thai language programme then, she made a bid to introduce it—and the rest, as they say, is history.
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Health ambassadors
The University Health Centre is increasing the number of free health screenings this year by having an additional site at the Shaw Foundation Alumni Building and extending the screening by another week.
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Ace athlete administrator
Ms Joan Catherine Yuliani, Sports Manager at the Office of Student Affairs, is a certified sports enthusiast, adept in in-line and ice hockey, rollerblading and netball.
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OE heroes: TRACking for quick wins
Thanks to an Organisational Excellence team’s review to simplify the TRAC workflow, staff can now look forward to a much more simplified and seamless work process.
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‘Superhero’ lends a hand to community cause
Muhammad Ihsan Bin Salimi derives much joy from his hobby of replicating props from movies and leather crafting.
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OE heroes: Streamlining HR workflow to benefit user
When given the opportunity to lead one of the teams involved in the Organisational Excellence (OE) exercise, Initiative Owner (IO) Ms Priscilla Soh, Senior Associate Director of NUS Science, was pleasantly surprised...
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STEER Uzbekistan – An insider look
Jasper Tang, who has been with the Global Relations Office for seven years, is managing the STEER Programme which has brought him to places like Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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OE heroes: Enhancing staff recruitment process
A team of NUS staff tasked to undertake an Organisational Excellence (OE) project have become fast friends as they focus on a common vision to improve administrative processes relating to academic recruitment.
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Powering up a university
Mr Tommy Hor, NUS Chief IT Officer, shared about what goes into the making of an innovative and integrated campus and what the NUS community can look forward to in the near future.