Support for Departmental Improvement Projects

ODL programs have helped departments throughout the university to achieve their organizational improvement goals:

Assessment

Assisting departments in self-assessment, and in identifying and building faculty and staff consensus on current organizational strengths and improvement priorities.

Departments with which we have recently worked:

Assisting departments in assessing service satisfaction and program awareness, and gaining input into important university initiatives.

Departments with which we have recently worked:

Planning

Building upon self-assessments, external reviews, self-studies or accreditation reports to assist in the development of future-oriented strategic and action plans that translate recommendations into meaningful improvements.

Departments with which we have recently worked:

Work Process Improvement

Helping departments identify, analyze, and refine -- or completely revise -- procedures and processes that support their mission and improvement plans.

Departments with which we have recently worked:

Faculty, Staff and Workplace Climate

Providing tools for assessing and enhancing the workplace climate and culture of departments.

Departments with which we have recently worked:

Excellence Measurement

Supporting departments in their efforts to identify and develop appropriate criteria for measuring their achievements and outcomes, and in using this information to document accomplishments, guide improvements, and enhance communication.

Departments with which we have recently worked:

Organizational Research Services

Providing research support services in the areas of interviewing, focus groups, and survey construction and analysis to assist academic units in gathering information from students, colleagues, or other internal and external constituencies for which programs or services are provided.

Departments with which we have worked:

Information on these and a number of other ODL specialized programs, services and activities are available at http://www.odl.rutgers.edu/core_progs. Should you desire assistance with your organizational change initiatives, or further information on any ODL activities, contact ODL at center@odl.rutgers.edu