RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Johnson & Wales University will continue to make a multifaceted investment in its structural, fiscal and human assets to support the achievement of FOCUS 2011.

To accomplish this aspiration, the university will achieve these goals:

GOAL Develop governance mechanisms and structures to ensure the University has the organizational capacity to fulfill the strategic plan by

  1. Creating a campus-based structure that provides a reasonable degree of autonomy enabling efficient operational decision-making and execution of policy;
  2. Establishing a universitywide system of accountability in areas that must be consistent to ensure the integrity and credibility of a single institution.

GOAL Assure sufficient fiscal and physical resources to support the achievement of the strategic plan by

  1. Undertaking renewed advancement efforts;
  2. Reallocating resources;
  3. Protecting the endowment, assuring that it exceeds debt;
  4. Acquiring the equivalent of an investment grade bond rating;
  5. Aligning the information technology and physical resources to fulfill the strategic plan.

GOAL Expand and enhance our human resource capabilities to create a strategic advantage through excellent organizational performance by

  1. Developing and implementing a training institute to build competencies, knowledge and desired behaviors among faculty and staff across the institution
  2. Engineering succession-planning opportunities for employees with demonstrated high potential;
  3. Utilizing external expertise when appropriate, beneficial and cost effective for program development and delivery to address changing workforce and organizational needs;
  4. Creating specific programs to augment the personal and professional lives of employees.

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