Implementing the Strategic Plan

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Implementing the Strategic Plan

• A guide to annual planning at MSU

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Why Plan?

• If you dont know where you are goingany road
  will get you there.
• Planning is essential to advancing the MSU
  Mission,
• Planning is a process to assure accountability,
• Planning helps us prepare for the future,
• Planning provides documentation of our efforts,
• Planning assists the university in coordinating
  our efforts and linking goals to resources.

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Who plans?

• Everyone!
• Whether you are participating in setting
  departmental annual goals, tracking the results
  of planning in your unit, or serving directly on
  the institutions Strategic Planning Council, we
  will achieve more if everyone takes
  responsibility for planning.
• The MSU Strategic Planning Council has
  representatives from across the institution,
  including faculty, staff, students, and
  administrators. A current list of representatives
  can be found on the Strategic Planning website.

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Institutional Goals

• The institutional goals are grouped into the
  following categories
• Goals related to Students and Student Enrollment
• Goals related to Academics
• Goals related to Faculty and Staff
• Goals related to External Relations
• Goals related to Needs and Uses
• Goals related to Institutional Planning
• A complete list of the Institutional Strategic
  Goals can be found on the Strategic Planning
  website.

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Implementation

• Goals are implemented through Action Steps in all
  the units across the institution. Action Steps
  are the actual and concrete actions undertaken in
  the unit to fulfill goals.

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Measuring Progress

• Evaluation of the success of the unit in
  acquiring a goal is measured by gathering
  information and evaluating that information
  against the units (and institutional) Key
  Performance Indicators (KPI).

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Progress and ImprovementClosing the Loop

• Planning leads to progress when the evaluation
  information is used to move the unit toward its
  goals, improve efficiency, and/ or make
  adjustments and improvements in programs,
  processes, and/or services.

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Connections
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The Work of the Strategic Planning Council A
Closer Look
MSU Mission and Values
Strategic Goals
Characteristics of a Murray Graduate
Assessed through Action Plans
Assessed through the QEP
Strategic Planning Council Reviews Student-Learni
ng Outcomes Assessment and Actions Plans
SPC Makes Recommendations to Strategic Planning
Executive Council Planning Units
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Closing the Loop

• Recommendations made by the SPC are used by
  planning units to make improvements in student
  learning and institutional effectiveness.
• Recommendations made by the SPC are used by the
  Strategic Planning Executive Committee to inform
  decision-making and establish budgetary
  priorities.

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Planning Documents

• The Unit Planning Worksheets and Reporting
  Documents are available on the Strategic Planning
  Website.
• Minutes of Strategic Planning Council meetings,
  an archive of Unit Goals, and updates on the QEP
  are available on the Strategic Planning Website.

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Planning Cycle in the Units

• Meet together in Spring
• The unit should discuss the goals and determine
  action steps and Key Performance Measures.
• Implement Action Steps in the Fall
• Take steps to implement the Action Steps and
  advance goals.
• Evaluate in the Spring
• Toward the end of the academic yearEvaluate to
  what degree you obtained the goals (using your
  KPI as performance measures), and what needs to
  be accomplished next.
• Report in May
• Complete the Reporting form outlining the
  progress youve made and send it to the office of
  Planning and Assessment.

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Planning CalendarWhen do we plan?

• Planning at MSU takes place on the academic
  calendar. The planning process begins in spring
  with the initial drafting of goals. Annual goals
  are finalized and submitted to the University
  Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) by May
  15th.
• Units receive feedback on their goals from the
  SPC and have time to revise their plans with
  final plans due on September 15th.
• All unit plans will be posted to the Strategic
  Planning website by October 1
• Unit reports are evaluated by the SPC and posted
  on the Strategic Planning Website in the fall of
  each academic year.

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Questions?

• Contact the Office of Planning and Assessment
  (Provost Office) _at_ 270-809-3027