1. The activities of association and coordination in union activities have been carried out by the Faculty of Management Science Union.
From the practice of the trade union in recent years, the Faculty of Management Science trade union would like to share some activities of association and coordination in trade union activities that have been implemented by the Faculty of Management Science trade union:
1.1 Internal links
Coordinate with the Youth Union to train and introduce outstanding Party members.
Coordinate with the Youth Union to organize professional activities, especially professional activities for young union members.
- Encourage and organize activities to facilitate union members to complete their theses and dissertations on time: organize comments for union members to present the contents of their theses and dissertations, etc.
- Caring for and creating conditions for young lecturers to develop in scientific research and teaching activities. Up to now, the Trade Union and the Faculty's Youth Union have published 1 scientific research journal of young lecturers, 100% of young lecturers are independently responsible for 2 subjects, and have at least 01 specialized article/conference every year.
- Take care of and create conditions for young lecturers to increase their income through professional activities: translating documents, etc.
- Combine organizing professional seminars:“The 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea and the results of demarcation and marker planting”Reported by Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Xuan Hang (October 2013); Exchange of experiences as a PhD student for union members preparing for doctoral exams (December 2013); Experience in international publication (November 2015),...
Coordinate with the Union to organize union and movement activities.
- Collaborate with the Youth Union to organize field trips and picnics on the occasion of early spring and activities to celebrate March 8, October 20, November 20, etc.
- Collaborate with the Youth Union to carry out union activities and movements launched by the School Union: union singing, picnics, etc.
- Cooperating with the youth union to visit and encourage volunteer students in localities, visit and encourage boarding students at Me Tri dormitory on the occasion of New Year, organize a Banh Chung making contest on the occasion of traditional New Year,...
In addition, the Union Executive Committee always proactively coordinates with the Faculty Board and other departments in the Faculty to ensure the interests of union members:Coordinate with the Inspection Team to conduct periodic financial inspections, Coordinate with the office in visiting and sharing with union members,...
1.2 External links
Coordinate with departmental unions to organize professional activities
- In coordination with the Trade Union of the Faculty of Archival Science and Office Administration and the Faculty of Political Science, we organized a thematic activity: "Fundamental and comprehensive innovation of Vietnamese education"Reported by Prof. Dr. Nguyen Minh Thuyet - Former Deputy Head of the National Assembly's Committee for Education, Youth and Children (December 2012).
- Coordinate with the Trade Union of the Faculty of Archival Science and Office Administration and the Faculty of Political Science to organize thematic activities: "Women's psychology and responsibility for caring for and protecting family happiness" reported by Dr. Pham Manh Ha, March 2013
- Coordinate with the Youth Union of the Faculty of Management Science and the Faculty of Philosophy to organize activities with the theme "War Memories” (2015) with the theme “From battlefield to classroom” (2016) with guests being 8 veterans from the Faculty of Management Science and the Faculty of Philosophy
- Coordinate with the Faculty Union of Information and Library Faculty to organize thematic activities: "Digitize and archive documents"Reporter Mr. Le Ngoc Quang, Director of VIAMIN Software Joint Stock Company, May 2015.
2. Evaluation of the effectiveness of association and coordination activities in trade union activities
Through the practical implementation of association and coordination activities, the Faculty of Management Science union has seen the following results from these activities:
- Take advantage and use resources effectively:Linking and coordinating in trade union activities helps to effectively utilize and use resources, both human, financial, material and intellectual, of the organization. In the context of limited resources today, thorough cooperation both internally and externally is especially effective in trade union activities.
- Promoting the power of solidarity:When connecting and coordinating in activities, members of the organization have the opportunity to share and support each other, thereby connecting people and connecting departments within the same organization. The union is not a separate department from other departments in the organization such as the youth union, office, etc., but truly coordinates with each other for the common benefit of the collective.
- Spreading values:It is clear that linking and coordinating activities has the potential to spread values better than independently organizing union activities. For example, activities with the theme "From battlefield to classroom"The event, jointly organized by the Faculty of Management Science and the Faculty of Philosophy, has created a very good effect on the contemporary generation in their awareness and gratitude to their ancestors.
- Create opportunities for exchange and learning between departmental unions:For many reasons, it is not easy for more than 500 union members in the school to have many opportunities to share about expertise and other issues. The combination of departmental unions creates very good opportunities for exchange and learning, which has been demonstrated through the joint activities of the Faculty of Management Science union with the unions of the Faculty of Philosophy, Archival Science and Office Administration, Information - Library, etc.
3. Some lessons learned from experience in linking and coordinating in trade union activities
The association and coordination in trade union activities clearly creates many effects as presented, however, it is not simple to be able to arrange such common activities in practice, especially with the association and coordination activities between departmental trade unions.
Here are some lessons we would like to share to improve the quality of union activities through association and coordination:
- Linkage and coordination should be identified as a regular practice in union activities.. Currently, the number of departmental unions with which the Faculty of Management Science union has joint and coordinated activities is limited in scope, lacking in diversity in the forms of joint and coordinated activities. The current joint and coordinated activities are mainly professional and seasonal activities, not forming a network and regular connections.
- Need to be proactive in linking and coordinating between departmental unions.To do this, coordination plans need to be set out at the beginning of the period and clearly state the content of the linkage and coordination.
- Flexibility in organizing activities (form, time, location, etc.): Organizing union activities often encounters many difficulties because union members are responsible for many tasks and have limited time. On the other hand, the majority of union members are women, which will also be a big challenge in organizing union activities. This needs to be taken into account in association and coordination activities to create effectiveness.
Organize activities based on union members' needs:After all, all union activities, including association or coordination, are aimed at the interests of union members, for the common interests of the collective, therefore, activities need to originate from the needs and aspirations of union members. Only then will union activities truly attractinterest and participation of union members.
