2. Meaning
Staff development is defined as a systematic
attempt to harmonise individuals' interests
and wishes and their carefully assed
requirement for furthering their careers with
the forthcoming requirements of an
organization within which they are expected to
work
Piper and
Glatter,1997
3. Objectives
1) To develop an ability to deal with the growing
enrolment of students
2) To develop an ability among the managers and
teacher to handle resource within the constrainst
of finance available
3) To develop an ability to handale growing
proportion of part-time students
4) To develop willingness among teacher to teach
greater nunmber of mature (old)students
4. objective
1) To develop an ability in an institution to offer distance
learning and face to face tuition in ‘dual mode’
2) To develop among teacher concern for quality
3) To inculcate in teacher outward-looking orientation
and sensitivity towards the need of their community
4) To enable teacher to keep abreast with the latest
innovations in teaching methodology and research
5) To make an institution responsive to the demands of
the economy which are changing rapidly
5. Lyon 1976
Individual terms
To help academicians to
do their jobs more
effectively
To enable them to keep
up –to- date
To encourage a positive
response to change
To broaden experience
Organizational terms
To increase an
institution's capacity to
predict and cope with
changing
circumstances in terms
of pedagogic,
organizational and
subject development