In attendance: TC, ME, PL, CT.

Next meeting Tue: Mar 6, 01 – 3:30-4:30

ME and PL will work on web-site.

PowerPoint will be the method of the presentation

The presentation will be composed of the following components:

    1. Intro. Including review of charge (3min)
    2. Basic Definition of: (3 min.)
    1. Strategic planning process (4 min.)
    2. Formal statements coming from the process and identify library statements. (4 min.)
    3. Evaluation of statements: By itself and compared (3 min.)
    4. Findings (3 min.)
    5. Recommendations (10 min.)


Recommendation
 

  1. There should only be one recommendation – with options.
  2. Big Hairy Audacious Recommendation.
3 options

Status Quo:

Heightened awareness of strategic planning

Full Blown Process:

Down to performance evaluations

Involves everyone including staff

Has a direct impact on workflow

Formal statements and buy in from administration.
 

Middle Ground:

Fixing mission and strategy statements develop strategic challenges.

Full blown process in one dept.

Full blown process within a specific rank: AD, Dept. Heads.

Looks like a external strategic plan, but isn’t (involves limited buy in from organization).

Software approach.

Hire A consultant (ARL)
 

 Of these options the following were the top 5, in no particular order:
 

Status quo

Fixing mission and strategy statements develop strategic challenges (real but limited)

Strategic plan for external purposes only

Full blown process
 
 

Status Quo
 
Pro’s
Con’s
No additional effort

Leaves door for improvement, may increase interest

 No Benefit

Avoids the issue

Hard to argue

Current statements – don’t motivate…

 

External Strategic Plan
 
Pro’s
Con’s
Little additional investment

Will fulfill its purpose of attracting funding

 Not take seriously

No benefit

Band-Aid plan

Kills future opportunity for strategic planning

Fix mission, strategy and challenges
 
Pro’s
Con’s
Limited additional investment

Limited benefit

Staged approach 

 

 Limited difference between this and external

May kill interest

Difficult to get positive returns on resources

 

One Department Approach
 
Pro’s
Con’s
Limited additional investment

Fit’s LAM’s bottom- up

Staged approach

Hawthorne approach

 What department would do it?

 

 
 
Status Quo 2 2 4 1 9
External Plan 1 3 5 2 11
Fix Mission Statement 4 1 3 5 13
One Department 3 4 1 4 12
Full Blown 5 5 2 3 15