Institutional Effectiveness (IE) is an emerging structural design in Colleges and Universities that is the antidote to its traditional loose-coupling where independence and autonomy lead to a lack of strategic intent.
The general approach to the series is to use strong research and disciplinary bases for the work and to also include a large number of current examples from different Institutional types..
The first-Future College Fieldbook: Mission, Vision, and Values in Higher Education (2016)-is being used in strategic planning sessions and retreats to help institutions with the difficult job of direction-setting.
This is the second book in a Fieldbook series.
An expanded "Resources" appendix is useful for those who need to explore the cross-functional nature of Institutional Effectiveness at their institutions.
Extensive case studies are used in each chapter as well as "Questions to Ask" sections.
Systems thinking, organizational design, and model building are the core chapters followed by an extensive chapter on challenges to the IE imperative.
The book begins with an explanation of IE and the environmental imperatives that suggest why it is critical to higher education.
The focus is on "Creating coherence" or developing an approach that leads to greater interdependency, greater coordination, and more information flow.
Institutional Effectiveness (IE) is an emerging structural design in Colleges and Universities that is the antidote to its traditional loose-coupling where independence and autonomy lead to a lack of strategic intent
