Institutional
Effectiveness Plan
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The Institutional Effectiveness Plan (IE Plan) was
formulated with the advice of the IE Advisory group
and with approval from the Planning Team and Cabinet
in Fall, 2006. The IE Plan provides the overview and
annual timeline for coordinating all elements of the
continuous quality improvement process. Goals are set
in alignment with the strategic initiatives, budget
is allocated based on priorities and available resources,
and progress is noted through the use of specific measures.
In December, 2005 the Planning Team recommended and the
Cabinet approved new Strategic initiatives for consideration
by units in the 2006/2007 academic year. Those initiatives
are Leadership and Accountability and Increased Giving
and Support. The focus on leadership and accountability
was related to the implementation of a University-wide
performance management system and the Presidential search
process. The focus on increased giving and support was
seen as the foundation for providing support for all other
initiatives.
Each program and department was charged to align all
2006/2007 budget requests related to capital expenses,
personnel requests and travel requests to specific strategic
initiatives and provide their rationale for consideration
by the Budget Committee. Priority was given to those
related to the primary initiatives chosen as a focus
for the new academic year. An analysis of the budget
requests was provided to the Budget Committee by the
Office of Institutional Effectiveness to help in assigning
priorities and making decisions.
After budget decisions and allocations were made, programs
and departments were assigned to create their specific
goals and action plans based on a common template. The
goals were to be fully established by the start of the
2006/2007 academic year. Budget managers were offered
support and feedback to complete their goals.
The Budget Committee agreed to meet periodically through
the year, once in October, 2006 and in January, 2007
to re-prioritize and re-allocate resources as they may
become available.
In future years, program and departments will be asked
to provide specific goals and rationales prior to the
Budget Committee meeting for establishing the budget
for the 2007/2008 academic year. This should help to
streamline the process further and give the budget committee
members more information.
Strategic Plan
Annual Planning and Budget Process
Department
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