Strategic Visioning Process
Introduction
NEW! 2008-2009 Student Affairs Strategic Goals
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On February 11, 2008 Student Affairs launched its divisional Strategic
Visioning process using a strength-based approach known as Appreciative
Inquiry to achieve organizational effectiveness.
During an Appreciative Inquiry, the focus is to identify the elements that are in place when an organization is at its best. The objective is to learn from these successes and use that newly created knowledge to generate positive change and innovation. The merging of real life examples of high performance with images of the ideal student affairs division creates organization principles, which can be used as the basis for change and innovation.
Appreciative Inquiry operates from the following assumptions:
- In every organization, something works and can be valued
- What we focus on becomes the reality we create
- The language we use creates our reality
- People have more confidence about the future when they focus
on the best parts of the past
The Student Affairs Strategic Visioning process is comprised of four phases:
Phase I: Vision and Themes (Feb/Mar)
Phase II: Understanding
our Themes & Creating Strategic Goals (April/May)
- Questioning, researching and investigating each theme – understanding
how we capitalize on our strengths to create best-in-class
practice at UCSC. The teams were asked to create a
statement - or provocative proposition - that wove together
the best of our organization's attributes with an image of
what we might become.
- Developing SMART Goals for the Division – specific,
measurable, actionable, realistic and time-bound statements
around which each organization within the Division will create
priorities and plans for action. Each team was also asked to
draft 3 to 5 SMART goals that would enable us as an organization
to move toward fulfilling our vision.
- Results - Innovation
Themes, Provocative Propositions and Goals These
themes, provocative propositions and SMART goals were presented
at the Divisional Summit, on May 28, 2008.
Phase III: Communicating the Vision and Strategy
(May/June)
Phase IV: Developing action plans (Summer/Fall)
- Creating action plans for each organization using the SMART
Goals, and Vision.
- Student Affairs Leadership Team Retreat Goals
- This worksheet was used to collect SALT decisions about the priority and
status of goals that were developed as part of the Appreciative Inquiry
Strategic Visioning process. Updated/edited Divisional Strategic goals
include a reference back to this document. Index numbers are used to
cross reference the current goal statements to the goals as originally
developed by the innovation teams.
- Student Affairs Strategic Goals - The goals prioritized by SALT have been edited to reflect the decisions made regarding these goals by SALT at the leadership retreat. These goals, along with the provocative propositions should be used by unit managers during the Divisional call for unit goals as a reference to understanding the interconnection between local unit goals, and the Divisional strategic plan.
- 2008-2009 Student Affairs Strategic Goals
Phase V: Actualizing the Vision (Beginning Fall)
- Implementing the action plans developed in the Summer. AVC’s
manage organizational performance to plans of action
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Several "Innovation Themes" have been identified and "Innovation
Teams" have been formed to research and develop
these themes into actionable goals. Please see the Innovation
Team Charge Letter from Vice Chancellor
Felicia McGinty, the Innovation
Teams and Themes document, and
the Innovation Team Toolkit for
more information. |
