The Way Forward Implementation, Actions and Initiatives

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The Way ForwardImplementation, Actions and
Initiatives

• Professor Jim McDonald
• Deputy Principal
• 3 May 2007

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Implementation Actions

• As the excellence agenda has been refined, it has
  been clear to the Senior Officers and Deans that
  the effective launch of our Strategic Plan is
  dependent on
• clarity of purpose, realistic targets, focused
  investment
• and resilience in pursuit of our goals
• It is essential that the pursuit of excellence
  and the implementation of our plans are owned and
  driven forward in our Faculties and CAS through
  our academic and administrative departments
• A collaborative, team-based approach to strategy
  development is key

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Change Management Process Implementation
Planning

• A Change Management Team (CMT) has been
  established to translate the excellence agenda
  into actions, initiate the process of change and
  ensure effective communication
• In order to actively engage with the University
  community at large and plan the implementation of
  our new strategy, four CMT sub groups have been
  established
• Delivering Excellence Group
• Systems Streamlining Group
• People Communications Group
• Finance Estate Regeneration Group

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Change Management Team Activities I

• Delivering Excellence Group
• conducted detailed consultation with all academic
  HoDs in February March to review departmental
  profiles, strategic objectives and
  national/international excellence benchmarks
• moving to support HoD teams in sharing good
  practice in Research, Education and Knowledge
  Exchange across the University.
• Systems Streamlining Group
• analysing key University processes to ensure the
  organisational fitness for purpose and focussing
  on delivering high quality service to Faculties
• acknowledging that excellence in the delivery of
  research, teaching and knowledge exchange depends
  on partnership with professional services which
  are excellent in every aspect
• interviewed all CAS HoDs in March April to
  review departmental activities, alignment with
  University plan and strategic development

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Change Management Team Activities II

• People Communications Group
• reviewing staff appointment and progression
  criteria to ensure alignment with our Strategic
  Plan (including selection of HoDs, Deans Senior
  Officers)
• ensuring that staff support and development
  structures are appropriate to the delivery of our
  institutional excellence agenda
• coordinating the communication of our new
  Strategic Plan, related consultation activities
  and the activities of the CMT sub-groups
• Finance Estate Regeneration Group
• reviewing budget setting methodology and resource
  allocation framework to improve incentivisation
  for activities well aligned to the Strategic Plan
  
• analysing approaches to the development and
  delivery of our ambitious Estates Development
  Framework to ensure an Estate that supports our
  excellence agenda
• supporting the design of a new, Strategy-led
  budget-setting process for 08/09

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Excellence Reviews

• As a result of the Academic and CAS HoD
  consultations, a number of departments have been
  selected for more detailed review in order to
  support their alignment with the new Strategic
  Plan and Excellence Agenda
• These Excellence Reviews will be carried out over
  the next 12 months
• 14 Excellence Reviews are planned and we are
  currently in the process of scoping and
  scheduling each Review
• Reviews will be Chaired by a Senior Officer and
  involve related Deans, HoD and academic staff
• Reviews will be supported by external academics,
  lay members of Court and other external
  professional staff as appropriate
• Resulting recommendations will address strategic
  priorities of the department, their fit to the
  University Plan and subsequent investment
  implications

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Early Initiatives

• Strategic Investment Group established
• e.g. SIPBS Building, Sports Facility Project
  tested for fit to Strategic Plan
• Budgetary Planning for new Strategic Investment
  Funds
• Research Excellence Fund
• Education Excellence Fund
• Knowledge Exchange Fund
• Strathclyde Networks to be established
• Knowledge sharing, lessons learned and good
  practice to support a collaborative approach to
  achieving excellence in research, teaching and
  knowledge exchange as well as in university
  administration and management
• Research Enhancement Group
• Research Leadership Training Programme
• Research Matters publication to celebrate
  successes and share information
• 1st Round of Research Enhancement Projects, 2nd
  Call imminent
• High Calibre Academic Appointments
• New SFC Research Pooling Investments
• John Anderson Research Lectureships