The teams will submit their final report at the December 15 Council meeting. The text of the ad was discussed. The question was raised as to whether the Mission Statement is considered outdated. It was noted that faculty, staff, students and members of the external community have different perceptions of what a university should value. A copy of the Student Affairs mission statement was reviewed.
Values only make sense when one is faced with difficult decisions.
The issue of wanting to run small classes is a legitimate issue. There may be stated values of the organization as a whole that do not match the values of key individuals or segments of the organization. There are different types of values internal, external, bureaucratic. A suggestion was made to develop a short list of high-priority values, noting that those values which aren t listed are NOT unimportant. A list of core values from some major corporations was read.