Action items are placed in appropriate areas of the Strategic Plan or in department Institutional Effectiveness Plans. Progress on these action plans are reviewed annually. This committee has greatly improved the understanding of the mission and purposes of the institution. The analysis of each purpose and the appropriate data to support each purpose was positive in and of itself. Employees more fully understand the mission and purposes of the college.
Departments can identify the part they play in support of the mission.
In effect, these plans in the support areas mirror the program student academic achievement plans. The department Institutional Effectiveness Plan includes administrative objectives, means of assessment with criteria for success, summary of results and use of results. The college has moved from a hierarchical to a more flattened organization structure and approach to management. It advocates decision making at a level that is close to the action. Organizational charts are updated annually and reveal the reporting structure.