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STRATEGIC PLANNING

OVERVIEW BRIEFING

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APPROACH

As we chart our course in the coming years, we will favor initiatives that feature partnerships and interdisciplinary approaches to problem solving for the university, the Central Florida city-state and beyond. All the while, UCF will stay focused on the sustainability of its people, resources, and environment.

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  UCF has rich history of successful partnerships…

−  Center for Research and Education in Optics and

Lasers (CREOL)

−  Institute for Simulation and Training (IST)

−  Rosen College

−  Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA)

−  College of Medicine

 

PARTNERSHIPS

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INTERDISCIPLINARITY

  The purposeful focus of talent and enterprise across academic disciplines provides an advantageous organizational model for solving complex problems.

  Institutes, centers and academic units organized as teams

designed to collaboratively pursue solutions to significant issues, questions, and problems can best leverage our

far-reaching talent and confer competitive advantage to the Central Florida city-state.

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SUSTAINABILITY   Attract, develop, support, and retain the very best

students, faculty and staff members, and university alumni

  Efficiently steward available assets to achieve desired

outcomes and position for a successful future

  Fully leverage existing strengths and wisely pursue new

capabilities

  Purposely concentrate resources on key endeavors

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CONSTANCY OF PURPOSE   Sustain bedrock capabilities and continue to be

“the people’s university” (accessible and affordable)

  Champion and support a wide range of scholarship in the classic disciplines and selected emerging fields of study

  Pursue a rigorous, relevant portfolio of research activity

  Consistently strengthen commitment to diversity and inclusiveness, community service, excellence in every endeavor, and opportunity for all

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THE CHALLENGE

Be a leader in the central Florida city-state by being . . .

AWARE of opportunities,

RESPONSIVE to needs,

and EMPOWERED to act

in support of the university’s mission, goals, and values

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PLANNING PROCESS   University level “strategic” plan (rolling wave approach) −  Division level “operational” plan

•  Unit level “tactical” plan

  Each level of plan should include −  Mission, vision, SWOT analysis, goals, KPIs −  Plan specifics should tie to parent plan −  KPIs should allow measurable accountability

  Annual “action plans” tied to Institutional Effectiveness Assessment tools

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TOUGHEST ISSUES

 Determining “Fit”

  Prioritizing “Effort”

  Sequencing “Objectives”

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STRATEGIC PLAN

 Mission

 Vision

  Goals

  Values

http://www.ucf.edu/strategic_planning