ARSSB Strategic Plan (2011-2015) Imperatives as discussed and voted on by the ARSSB faculty and Staff Note: Items below were articulated by strategic planning Task Forces comprised of ARSSB faculty and Staff. A draft was put to vote. The table below presents strategic imperatives derived from these deliberations. IMPERATIVE I: Students Recruit, retain, and graduate high quality undergraduate and graduate students. Goal 1.1 Increase the % of TAMIU admitted high quality undergraduate students that join the School of Business and the juniors that continue into their senior year. Identify high quality students Promote enrollment in the School of Business. By offering scholarships By offering college credits to high school students By active advertisement on web. Schedule academically /professionally qualified faculty to teach junior year course to improve student learning Establish partnership programs with local school districts Monitor GPA & SAT scores to ensure gradual improvement of 10-15 % over next 5 years. SSB s assessment reports. % increase over previous year. Increase optional courses offered for High- schoolers Internal SSB survey. Monitor junior year classes to ensure improvement in student learning outcomes by 10% over next 5 years (AIER reports/ AACSB AOL processes) Goal 1.2 Increase the number and quality of new masters students and retention of first year students into their second year. Develop and implement local and regional recruitment programs. Review and improve admission policies Develop and implement recruitment programs in the Mexican and Latin American markets. Develop online programs. (e.g. MBA) Review, revise and implement prerequisite requirements to ensure better student learning outcomes Implement advising by the Chairs or chosen mentor Hiring of recruiter Monitor GPA and/or GRE standards to ensure a 10-15% improvement over next 5 years Development of recruitment programs Market study and development of new programs Improve % of classes scheduled to be taught by full time academically/professionally qualified faculty 25
Goal 1.4 Increase the quality and number of new doctoral students. Develop and implement local, regional, and international recruitment programs subject to AACSB standards. Review and improve admission policies in regard to scholastic records and prerequisite Develop and implement recruitment programs in the Mexican and Latin American market. Development of new recruitment programs aimed at improvement of 10% in GRE/GMAT and CGPA scores over next 5 years. Offer additional scholarships Provide more support for research activities.. Goal 1.9 Increase the % of undergraduate, Masters, and Doctoral students graduating for a given cohort. Improve quality of teaching. Review and improve CASA support for undergraduate and master s courses. Improve quality of teaching use effective pedagogical tools to enhance student learning and success Revise and revamp doctoral student TA/RA policies and support for comprehensives and dissertations to ensure greater success Number of CASA tutors approved by SSB Faculty student evaluations. Revised doctoral student policies- compliance reports and student surveys IMPERATIVE II: Faculty and Staff Provide a collaborative educational environment that supports faculty and staff initiatives of the A.R. Sánchez, Jr. School of Business. Goal 2.1 Recruit and retain a diverse, well-prepared, and motivated faculty and staff. Attract and recruit well qualified diverse faculty by offering market competitive benefits and compensation. Promote, recognize, and reward research and teaching excellence of faculty through the creation of additional chairs, professorships, or other means of 26 AACSB Salary Survey Report. Number of summer research grants. Documentation of the completion of the process. Number of chairs, professorships, and other means of recognition.
recognition. Retain existing faculty by providing faculty salaries at market rates. adequate research support adequate teaching support effective merit evaluation and reward system. Definition of requirements for tenure and promotion. Provide staff market competitive benefits and compensation. Promote, recognize, and reward staff excellence in performance. Provide support for staff professional development. Dean s report on faculty. AACSB Salary Survey Report. Chair s report on faculty s teaching. Faculty satisfaction survey. Documentation on promotion and tenure. Immigration process documentation. Staff satisfaction survey. Number of staff rewards. Number of staff who went through professional development program. Goal 2.2 Support and enhance the professional development of faculty and staff. Provide resources for faculty to participate in professional development programs Provide resources for staff professional development programs. Number of faculty who have undergone professional development programs / attended professional conferences Number of staff who have undergone professional development programs. Goal 2.3 Develop effective faculty mentoring and peer review process to promote excellence in teaching. Develop a mentoring system that is mentee driven. Ensure that the Chair and the Dean have a mentoring role. Involve external and/or internal faculty in the peer review process including classroom observations, meetings, teaching workshops, research workshops and sharing of best teaching practices. Documentation of the mentoring system and ongoing implementation to ensure 100% of tenure track and adjuncts are assigned to mentors. Number of teaching workshops and research workshops attended by faculty 27
Goal 2.4 Encourage, recognize, and reward international contributions by faculty and staff. The College and the University should provide resources to support international contributions International contributions by the faculty and staff may be counted towards merit increase, promotion and tenure, and other forms of recognition.. Number of international contributions Documentation on promotion and tenure of faculty and staff Number of international contributions. By faculty and staff IMPERATIVE III: Teaching and Learning Enhance the educational environment by promoting excellence in teaching and learning. Goal 3.1 Faculty will define and establish an Assurance of Learning process for each business program as defined by AACSB and will engage in continuous assessment of learning in order to improve the quality of the programs. The Curriculum Sub-committees for the Undergraduate, Masters, and doctoral programs and the AACSB committee will propose learning outcomes and means of assessment for each program. Reports of at least two complete cycles of assessment for each program. Faculty will conduct a complete round of assessment for at least two learning outcomes per program each year program each year. Goal 3.2 Faculty will define and establish Assurance of Learning process for each business program as defined by SACS and will engage in continuous assessment of learning in order to improve the quality of the programs. The Curriculum Sub-committees for the Undergraduate, Masters, and Doctoral programs and the SACS committee will propose learning outcomes and means of assessment for each program. Complete rounds of assessment for two learning outcomes will be conducted on a yearly basis. Reports of at least two complete cycles of assessment for each program.. 28
Goal 3.3 The School will create an environment of student awareness about career choices and networking opportunities for employment. The school academic divisions with the support of the undergraduate and graduate counselors will establish a system of advice for career opportunities in the different business disciplines and information on available career and networking opportunities. Provide faculty networking opportunities with the business community. Provide faculty and student support to encourage greater student participation in SIFE. Provide faculty support to establish more chapters of Honor Business Societies. Increase the number of students that sign-up for advice on career opportunities through the academic divisions or counselors gradually over next 5 years Increase the number of students placed by 10% over the next 5 years. Increase in number of executives invited to our classes. Increase in number of projects developed and results at regional and national SIFE competitions. Increase the number of new chapters and students signed-up. Goal 3.4 ARSSB will increase student study-abroad awareness and participation at ARSSB. Designate/appoint appropriate faculty to work more closely with the Office of International Education in, developing and leading more study-abroad programs. providing student funding opportunities for study-abroad programs. designing a system of course and program equivalencies Number of students that sign-up for study-abroad courses. Goal 3.5 Improve/diversify/enhance the learning/teaching environment Encourage faculty to become current on use of technology in teaching / learning-more smart classrooms responding / implementing a diversity of teaching/learning approaches Increase the number of faculty members that sign-up for training seminars and training. IMPERATIVE IV: Research Strengthen and expand faculty research and scholarship to address regional, national, and global issues. 29
Goal 4.1 Encourage ARSSB faculty to publish in high quality journals in business and related areas, including interdisciplinary areas Encourage faculty publications in high quality journals in business and related areas including interdisciplinary areas Encourage research by faculty resulting in publication in refereed journals; participation in international, national, and regional conferences; publication in books, conference proceedings, and other academic outlets. Publications by faculty. Increase the overall publications by 10% over next 5 years. Goal 4.2 Establish the ARSSB as a leader in research and scholarship on international business Seek and obtain, through the SSB centers, external grants to fund faculty and student research and scholarship relating to the US-Mexico border and small businesses in this region Provide internal research grants to help faculty develop grant proposals for research on regional, national, international business issues utilizing resources and expertise of the SSB centers Increase the number of announcements sent out by SSB Centers and number of grant proposals submitted and funded by 10% in volume and value in dollars over next 5 years.. Increase the number of internal grants and grants proposals submitted and funded Goal 4.3 Strengthen and expand the involvement of the ARSSB faculty with the ARSSB centers in research activities... Identify research opportunities for ARSSB faculty involvement with the ARSSB centers, and develop mechanisms for implementing these opportunities. Improve the faculty engagement in research that utilizes the available resources and expertise of SSB centers. Develop a system that defines common research, centers-faculty research goals and objectives and continuously oversees the progress of the ARSSB research environment Increase the number of joint research projects gradually over the next 5 years Written definition for each center, listing databases, equipment, and service/abilities available from each center. Public availability of written procedures and mechanisms Availability of a permanent committee with defined procedures and mechanisms to assist internal and external users of these resources. 30
IMPERATIVE V: Service Improve the quality of life for citizens and residents of the South-West Texas region, the State of Texas, and the national and international community by providing service and outreach activities. Goal 5.1 Define service and educate the SSB community of the importance and the obligation to extend our work beyond the walls of our school. Recognize and promote provision of academic service by ARSSB faculty and staff to internal and external communities Emphasize and expand involvement by faculty, staff and students with local government, business other organizations. Identify service-learning opportunities within the community. Recognize faculty and staff in promotion, tenure, retention and performance appraisal who successfully incorporate academic service. Number of graduates with service-learning distinction. Number of faculty offering courses with servicelearning component. Goal 5.2 To inform and educate all people of the South-West Texas region on best business practices. Design and implement customized training programs and workshops to improve the quality of customer service in local business financial literacy and wellness local community members Use survey based tools, mystery shopper program to measure customer service. Use survey based tools to measure financial literacy Pre-test and post-test to provide a base line and proof of improvement. Goal 5.3 Establish strong interrelationships with the school districts in Laredo and surrounding areas To partner with area high schools in all practicable ways in order to support their role in accomplishing their mission. Enrollment studies using information collected by TAMIU recruitment offices. Number of students enrolled in TAMIU. Goal 5.4 Create a coalition of city and county-wide organizations to provide research and strategy objectives for city enhancement and growth. Contribute to formulating a plan towards a common goal for Laredo s future economic development. The plan should include: By measuring in the short, medium and long term Job creation Job retention 31
- Short term goals - Medium term goals - Long term goals - environmental issues and going green Business Starts Business Expansion Environmental awareness and increase in going green practices IMPERATIVE VI: Resources (Human, Financial, and Physical) Identify, obtain and develop, and retain human, financial and physical resources to promote growth and efficiencies. Goal 6.1 Recruit, Support and Retain Faculty. (Human) Take account of the current faculty in the ARSSB to assess the needs of the division. Facilitate international faculty s completion of necessary forms for retention. Reward faculty publication in academic journals consistent with journal s ranking and quality. Develop and practice policies that encourage increased publications for tenure and promotion Gradually improve salary levels of faculty to match market compensation rates Reduce international faculty turnover rate by improving availability of relevant information online and Faculty Satisfaction Survey regarding visa and residency issues.quality and quantity of faculty publications. Availability of internal and external research support. Classification and ranking according to quality. Well defined P & T policies and procedures Goal 6.4 Seek and replicate examples of successful business programs and their support structures to improve productivity in tasks specific to the ARSSB and its units (Human) Pinpoint successful strategies from those entities and adapt to SSB environment, particularly, from ACSB reference schools Support staff requirements for technology needs and training. Involve the Board in supporting accomplishing school mission and vision and for student internships Monitor educational innovations in comparable institutions. Count of internal and external training programs completed by staff. Regularly schedule meetings of the Board. Improve Advisory-Faculty interface. Goal 6.6 Utilize best business practices to ensure responsible stewardship of all financial resources and increase funding from programs, enrollments, and alumni. (Financial) Evaluate the accomplishment and reallocate the resources, if necessary. Identify, obtain, and retain financial support from a Demonstrate SSB compliance with Federal, State and University procedures. Review of financial and resources allocation 32
variety of sources to supplement State of Texas funding. Seek more funds for scholarships and endowed chair professorships. Develop online MBA and other programs to increase the SSB student enrollment. Develop and implement recruitment plans to promote international student enrollments to improve funding Systematically maintain contact with alumni and invite them to special events and raise funds within SSB. Monitor internal and external funding for the listed categories. Monitor the number of international students and the funds received to improve by 10% over next 5 years Establish current inventory of SSB alumni and keep regular contact with them to improve funding by 10-15% over next 5 years Goal 6.10 To review and revamp the technological resource set up of ARSSB and its centers to better accomplish its mission (Physical) Assess and acquire appropriate servers and software to support schools Information technology needs Replace all old and outdated IT resources both of hardware and software Identify current data holdings, review ownership or proprietary issues to analyze costs for maintaining data current. Acquisition of server, peripherals and the required software Data set analysis and reports Measure and monitor savings Develop and implement cost reduction policies and practices for consumables Goal 6.15 Update and expand ARSSB Building/office/classroom inventory as well as technology to support and enhance the teaching, research, and service missions of the ARSSB. (Physical) Design a plan of action to reconfigure current office spaces. Provide additional technology enhanced classrooms for the teaching of business courses like WHTC 103 and WHTC 104. Maintain and update the SSB website routinely. Inventory of units available for use. Regular monitoring of SSB web site information. Assignment of dedicated web manager. IMPERATIVE VII: Internationalization Provide high-quality professional and internationalized education to undergraduate, masters-level, and doctoral students. Develop teaching, research, and service programs to build and enhance the internationalization of the A.R. Sánchez, Jr. School of Business. 33
Goal 7.1 Provide students with the skills and knowledge to perform competently in the global environment Design and Develop academic programs that will produce graduates who are, inter-culturally competent well-informed on the latest social, legal, economic, political, and technological trends. Critical thinkers capable of identifying contributions, limitations, and problems of their perspectives. Include key stakeholders in developing and using, among others, case studies, simulations exercises, or internships 4 course releases per year to ensure better 4 course releases per year to ensure better learning outcomes. Student attendance at Keynote Speaker series Student participation in extra curricular activities on and off campus Goal 7.2 Enhance the international dimension of faculty development. Reward faculty in their international teaching, research, and service contributions. Seek professional development leave opportunities abroad as visiting scholars. Seek collaborative research efforts with business faculty and scholars worldwide Provide one award per division. Relevant reporting and documentation. 3 foreign travel trips per year. Host 2 conferences per year Goal 7.4 Build key international partnerships. Work with partner universities to help faculty and students establish and maintain working relationships with leading businesses in their particular region. Host Forums for exchanges of ideas among international organizations on issues like border security, international trade, logistics, immigration, and/or socio-economic development. Promotional and advertising material. 2 foreign travel trips to build key partnerships Host two forums per year either onsite or by virtual meeting. 34
Goal 7.5 Increase recruitment of international students, faculty, staff, and visiting scholars Target the student cohort available in the North Mexican border region, and selected parts of Latin America, China, and India. Promotional and advertising materials. Monitor annual enrollment numbers to ensure a growth of 10-15% over next 5 years Design and develop recruitment plans to attract students from selected areas around the world to promote ARSSB. Launch advertising campaign using internet resources, social networks, and other leading outlets and revamp international business student association. Ensure that admission, equivalences, and credential evaluation processes works effectively and efficiently in conjunction with the recruitment process and human resources recruitment process and human resources. 35