1. FEATURED PRESENTATIONS
LSU Transition Advisory Team Meeting
May 21, 2013

2. Donna Torres, Associate Vice Chancellor for Accounting and
Financial Services
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
SUB-COMMITTEE
SHARED SERVICES

3. Shared Services
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Institution Formal
Solicitati
ons
Profession
al Services
PRO
System
Facilities Property
Manage-
ment
Fin/Acct/
Payroll
Benefit
Admin
Lacarte
Card
LSU Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
LSU Alex N N Y N Y Y Y
LSU Eunice N N Y N Y Y Y
LSU Ag C Y* N Y Y/N*** Y Y Y
LSU Law C Y N Y N Y** Y Y
PBRC Y N Y N N Y Y
LSU
System
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
*LSU Ag creates own PO’s up to $25k and LSU does formal solicitations
**Reports to LPAA directly from Institution
***LSU maintains buildings located on campus

4. Administrative Services
Finance and Revenue Sub-Committee Task Force
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The Administrative Services Task Force will focus on improving
efficiency, identifying barriers, and adopting service structures
through analysis of internal university processes, external
regulatory impediments, insurance and risk
management, employee benefits, and the LA GRAD Act 2.0.

5. Administrative Services Task Force
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 Insurance and risk management – big
opportunities here
 Environmental Health and Safety
 Systems consolidations
 Legacy system, Accounting, ERP
 Professional services contracts
 Formed procurement task force – big opportunities
here
 GRAD Act extension to HSCS and HSCNO and
modifications of GRAD Act administration

6. Brian T. Nichols, CIO, LSU A&M
TECHNOLOGY TASK FORCE

7. Technology
Finance and Revenue Sub-Committee Task Force
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The Technology Task Force with look at the changing culture,
promoting efficiency, and encouraging innovation. Academic
research, administration, and leveraging data to drive
innovation will be reviewed.

8. Technology Task Force
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 Promoting efficiencies
 Consolidation of various administration systems
(email, telephone, etc.)
 Workflows and processes
 Developing and ascertaining needs for system wide
approach verses a completely decentralized
approach
 Review of higher education and industry best
practices

9. Cascading Direction:
Reserved Authorities
Business Unit Leader: Reserved Authorities
Board of Supervisors: Reserved Authorities
President: Reserved Authorities

10. Allocation of Authority
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President
Chancellor
 Hiring/Firing/Promotions
 Tenure and performance evaluations
 Budget authority and resource
allocation
 Purchases over X amount
 Unit policy changes
 Tuition and fee changes
 Program and curriculum decisions

11. Enterprise vs. Budget Units
 Funding allocated by
BOR/BOS/President
 Shared administrative
services
 Common curriculum
standards
 Collaborative research
and shared academic
excellence
 One brand
 Funding granted to unit;
self generated funds
retained in unit
 Several degrees by
institution
 Decentralized academic
decisions
 Services unique to
mission
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Enterprise Budget Units

12. Group Discussion
VISION AND TENETS FOR
LSU 2015

13. Proposed Vision for LSU 2015
LSU will be a statewide, integrated university, recognized
by peer institutions, faculty, students, and employers for
its high level of academic achievement, focused research
excellence, commitment to service, rich culture, and bold
enterprise.
 Describe academic excellence, culture, reputation
 Describe research and discovery in 2015
 Student experience by campus and target market
 Revenue sources and efficiencies
 Operational excellence
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14. Proposed Tenets for LSU 2015
 Build a faculty and learning environment that
inspires academic excellence
 Provide a student experience that supports
lifetimes of success and understanding
 Produce collaborative and cross-unit discoveries
that solve Louisiana’s and the world’s most
pressing challenges
 Fuel Louisiana’s economic development
 Build a cohesive, accountable, and sustainable
operating model for the 21st century
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15. PUBLIC COMMENT