Workshop to explore excellence in challenging times
Tools available to help UW–Madison staff make budget decisions and handle strategic planning during these tight budget times will be explored as part of Showcase 2003: Excellence in Challenging Times: Improving Work, Learning and Climate, 7:45 a.m.-noon, Monday, April 14, at the Fluno Center.
Darrell Bazzell, vice chancellor for administration, is a featured speaker.
The state budget situation is prompting the campus to explore creative ways to sustain traditional excellence, says organizer Dean Pribbenow of the Office of Quality Improvement.
The fourth annual showcase highlights what departments, offices, schools and colleges are doing to improve work, learning and campus climate. These ideas include:
- restructuring roles and services,
- improving climate,
- improving processes, and
- enhancing learning.
Ted Marchese, managing director, Academic Search Consultation Service, Washington, D.C., and former vice president of the American Association for Higher Education and executive editor of Change, is also a featured speaker.
In addition to the addresses and the opportunities to share ideas, participants are invited to attend concurrent sessions on topics such as:
- how to improve climate from where one is right now,
- strategic budgeting,
- use of appreciative inquiry every day,
- online support for administrative processes,
- how to nurture human resources in uncertain times, and
- how to improve academic and administrative processes quickly.
The Office of Quality Improvement and the Office of Human Resource Development are sponsoring Showcase 2003 with support from the School of Business and Fluno Center, Division of Information Technology, Office of the Provost, University Communications and WISCAPE. To register for this free event: http://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/showcase.