It places renewed importance on nurturing the collaborative relationships and environment in which our major production systems can provide information that works properly together for decision support purposes. Of particular note is Dr Weber's emphasis on the process of developing and debating the measures which are chosen as reflecting SDSU values, a process which itself needs to be informed by an environment in which data exploration is straightforward. Meeting Contents Dr Weber discussed with the audience a broad range of issues relating to the central institutional research and decision support information theme. Because this was an interactive discussion which ranged freely over many issues, my resulting notes are in a sequence that is not very sensible to present in writing. Any comments of my own are marked as such.
Institution has to lead itself.
Make this a place where people like to work, give them an indication of what we are trying to accomplish. We need to put a premium on entrepreneurial activities, but for entrepreneurs to direct their efforts meaningfully, we have to get the important issues onto the radar screen. The indices would generally be openly available to all, to invite exploration and understanding. The indices would be selected and refined in such a way as to reflect the values of the university. Devising the mechanism to deliver and support the calculation of the indices, and the further exploration of data.