Posts Tagged ‘strategic planning’
August 4 - Tips for a Successful Strategic Planning Process
By: Mary Bart in Academic Leadership
When you think about your school’s strategic plan, what words come to mind? Academic exercise? Waste of time? Dust collector? Paper weight?
May 10 - Successfully Implementing Your Strategic Plan
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
Many colleges and universities devote hours, weeks, and months to the participative planning process involved in drafting a strategic plan. Strategic planning is only as good as its implementation. Learn how to move a strategic plan from the drawing board to reality.
September 8 - Tips for Implementing Your Strategic Plan
By: Rob Kelly in Academic Leadership
When John Pyle was vice president at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, one of his goals was to focus the campus’s energy on implementing the operational plan. “There was a lot of energy once the strategic plan was developed, but we kind of lost steam in implementing the operational plan,” he says.
June 8 - Academic Leadership Development: Finding Correlations Between Teaching and Leading
By: Michael Harris, PhD, and Roxanne Cullen, PhD in Academic Leadership
The current conditions for leadership development in academe are less than optimal. More often than not, academic leaders come from faculty ranks having been asked to assume positions as department heads/chairs or even deans having had no previous administrative experience. The individual has opportunities for development, but not on any long-term or ongoing basis.
May 27 - Strategic Planning for the Academic Department: Q&A with Anne Massaro
By: Rob Kelly in Academic Leadership
When done correctly, a strategic plan provides an academic department with a definitive blueprint. When done incorrectly, it’s an unpopular waste of time. Dr. Anne Massaro of Ohio State University shares strategies for making strategic planning more relevant for faculty, and for ensuring that once the plan is complete, it doesn’t sit on a shelf collecting dust.
January 19 - Engaging Faculty in Departmental Strategic Planning
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
Strategic planning has a bit of an image problem among faculty. The general perception: Lots of meetings, lots of talk, lots of preparation … and no discernible results. But, when done right, strategic planning is extremely valuable at the departmental level, and it can be an empowering – even rewarding – experience for faculty.
Anne Massaro has a Ph.D. in Workforce Development and Education from The Ohio State University, a Master of Education from the University of Georgia, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the College of William and Mary. Anne has been employed at The Ohio State University as an organization development consultant since 1997. In this role, Anne has consulted and guided strategic planning efforts for departments, colleges, and the campus. Prior to becoming a Buckeye, Anne held human resources and student affairs positions at the University of North Texas, Xavier University, University of Tennessee, and Appalachian State University.