Resource allocation is never an easy topic with minimally trained department Chairs and Program Directors. Presentation intends to open up Chairs' understanding of what resources they manage and to encourage them to collaborate on sharing resources.

1. 2017 AUGUST
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP FORUM
Resources:
Managing Beyond Budgets
Sandra Crenshaw, Associate Provost
August 21, 2017

2. THIS AFTERNOON’S FIRST ASSUMPTION…
All of the types of resources available are interconnected.

3. THIS AFTERNOON’S SECOND ASSUMPTION…
Thinking about people, space, money, and time as “resources” isn’t easy
sometimes.

4. THIS AFTERNOON’S SECOND ASSUMPTION…
Acting as a Manager…is a requirement of the position, but often
least liked by chairs.
-Walter Gmelch and Val Miskin, Department Chair Leadership Skills (2010)

5. TYPES OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO
PROGRAMS AND DEPARTMENTS:

6. TYPES OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO
PROGRAMS AND DEPARTMENTS:
• Human
• Physical
• Intellectual
• Financial

7. HUMAN RESOURCES:
• Use Skills and Talents
• Allocate Time Effectively
• Align Responsibilities
• Optimize Evaluations

8. HUMAN RESOURCES:
• Use Skills and Talents
• Allocate Time Effectively
• Align Responsibilities
• Optimize Evaluations
*Collaborative opportunities to
build professional development goals with faculty*

9. PHYSICAL RESOURCES:
• Optimize use of existing space
• Explore other spaces on campus
• Ask about what technology is available in
other Departments
*Collaborative opportunities to
develop cooperative teaching, learning and management*

10. INTELLECTUAL RESOURCES:
• Generate ideas through curricular reviews,
course offerings, etc.
• Revise curricula
• Incorporate new pedagogical approaches
*Collaborative opportunities to
create and explore new potentials for students and faculty*

11. FINANCIAL RESOURCES:
• Align budgets with current needs
*Collaborative opportunities to
develop support for growth across the University*

12. WHAT INTERNAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
DECISIONS HAS YOUR DEPARTMENT MADE IN THE
PAST?
HOW WAS ASSESSMENT PART OF THOSE DECISIONS?

13. HOW CAN YOU USE TABLEAU AND ASSESSMENTS TO
DEVELOP ALLOCATION STRATEGIES TO EFFICIENTLY
MANAGE YOUR RESOURCES?

14. WHAT POSITIVE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
POTENTIALS DO YOU SEE IN COLLABORATING WITH
OTHER DEPARTMENTS/UNITS?

15. THOUGHTFUL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
CREATES COLLABORATION
• to build professional development goals with faculty;
• to develop cooperative teaching, learning and management;
• to create and explore new potentials for students and faculty;
• to develop support for growth across the University.

16. THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS…
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