Strategic Thinking for CFRB. Bruce BareActing Dean, Forest Resources

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Outline of Remarks Share some thoughts about our

College Present plans and ideas for the

coming year Listen to your suggestions for

improving the College

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College Mission Statement The College of Forest

Resources is dedicated to generating and disseminating knowledge for the stewardship of natural and managed environments and the use of their products and services through teaching, research, and professional and public outreach

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College Vision Statement The College of Forest

Resources will be preeminent in teaching and advancing the frontiers of knowledge in integrated resource stewardship and utilization in natural and managed environments

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College Strategic Themes Sustainable forest enterprises Land and ecosystem

management in an urbanizing world

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Sustainability Is The Integrating Goal Sustainable forestry : Managed

and natural forests Plantations, parks, reserves

Sustainable urban environments Urban forestry, horticulture,

restoration ecology

Sustainable forest enterprises Paper mills, tourism, recycling,

wood products

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What Is Sustainability? To manage (including restoring

and preserving), and use the products and amenities of managed forests, natural wild lands, and urban and suburban environments so that they are maintained in a productive state over the long term

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What Is Sustainability? Rational and dynamic approach Guarantees continuation of a set

of activities, functions or processes over a long period of time

Uses interdisciplinary set of social, ecological and economic sciences

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Action Item Working with the CPC, by November

10, 2001 each center, cooperative and academic division within CFR is asked to complete a work plan

The work plan should clearly demonstrate how each of its activities supports the integrating vision of sustainability and the development goals (shown later).

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College-Wide Management Tasks Focus on -- Strategic

thinking, and Organizational culture

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Strategic Thinking All members of CFR community

are asked to participate Proposals regarding the future

programmatic direction of each work unit should embrace our common mission, vision, goals, and themes

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Action Item - Strategic Thinking Specific strategic thinking

activities underway College Planning Committee

examine our planning process help work units to complete

annual work plans refine College development

goals and new initiatives Help define CUH building

program

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Action Item - Strategic Thinking President’s Charting Directions

Committee CFR Advisory Committee

broader representation higher level participation

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Organizational Culture A change in our work place

culture is needed President McCormick has

also brought this to our attention

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Organizational Culture All members of CFR community

should embrace the personal characteristics of honesty, integrity, openness, fairness and inclusiveness in dealing with the College community

We need to improve our working environment so that all viewpoints are respected and tolerated

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Organizational Culture Professional diversity is a

strength of our College We can disagree on important

professional matters We can (must) debate these

issues vigorously But, we must do so in a civil

and respectful manner

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Organizational Culture Once decisions are made we all

need to join ranks and work towards common goals

Our future depends on changing our organizational culture

We can not achieve our strategic goals unless we simultaneously change our culture

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Organizational Culture Specific organizational culture

activities underway College Work Place Quality

Committee develop and implement programs

and processes to improve work environment and levels of trust

reward individuals whose actions are for the common good

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Organizational Culture Organizational Review Team

Report College staff are starting a

review and implementation of the recommendations contained in this report

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Action Item - Organizational Culture By November 30, 2001 each

work unit identified in the ORT Report will report its findings and actions

By November 30, 2001 the Work Place Quality Committee will recommend a series of programs and processes to improve work environment

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College Programmatic Initiatives We need to ensure that our

undergraduate programs relate to the key integrating theme of "sustainability”

A College-wide committee is being formed to design and implement a new BS program in Forest Environmental Science and Conservation (FESC)

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College Programmatic Initiatives FESC proposal will allow for two

options: 1) traditional four-year

program leading to a BSF (or a new BS) degree

2) an accelerated 4-1 program leading to a BS and an MS in Environmental Science

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College Programmatic Initiatives FESC will embrace both the

existing SRS and CWR programs

Additional College majors will be reviewed early next year to insure that they are contributing to our vision of sustainability

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College Programmatic Initiatives In light of the destruction and

rebuilding of Merrill Hall, we wish to re-examine the function of CUH

Provide a forum for a wide range of activities dealing with sustaining urban environments urban ecology, wildlife, fisheries, urban

forestry, gardens, horticulture, urban-rural interface issues, etc

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College Programmatic Initiatives Take steps to strengthen ties

between FEE, PFC and other units Broader College faculty involvement Increase graduate student ties to PFC Increase and broaden PFC support

base through development Strengthen the ecological component of

FEE

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College Development Plans The University is gearing up for

its capital campaign entitled, “Learning @ The Leading Edge“

The College’s development goals must be compatible with the themes of the University’s program

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University Development Plans Draft themes directly related to

our College: Preparing students for a

changing world Creating knowledge Expanding educational

opportunity Improving lives: Knowledge

in the service society

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College Development Goals We propose to focus on the

issue of sustainability of urban and wild land environments

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Specific College Development Goals Enhance student learning

opportunities Promote faculty research and

development activities Improve College facilities and

associated infrastructure New programmatic initiatives to

sustain urban and wild land environments

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Specific College Development Goals New programmatic initiatives will

focus on: sustaining and protecting forest

resources sustaining urban environments sustaining forest enterprises environmental and forest policy for

sustainable environments

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Rewards And Responsibilities Examine and improve systems

used for employee performance evaluations (both staff and faculty)

Want all work units to review how individual responsibilities are balanced with unit responsibilities

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Rewards And Responsibilities Want rewards to be based on

performance at both the individual as well as collective levels

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Conclusion This concludes our brief outline

of what lies before us over the next few months

We hope you all fully participate in each activity of interest or importance to you

We look forward to working with each of you towards this end