| Vision - Human Resources will be recognized as a leader managing diverse talents and high performance in a dynamic educational environment. |
Mission Statement
Human Resources initiates and fosters collaborative partnerships that enrich the work and learning environment for our faculty, staff, and students and seeks solutions in support of strategic initiatives through leadership, engagement, and innovation. In addition, the roles of Human Resources are: to manage the philosophies, policies, processes, and procedures relative to the hiring, training, maintaining, and appropriately compensating effective talent of administrators, faculty, staff and student employees at the University that works to accomplish the institutional mission. Human Resources creates value by maximizing individual abilities to achieve higher levels of performance and enhances organizational capabilities by standardizing and streamlining essential processes and communication.
Strategic Objective #1:
Create value by maximizing individual abilities to achieve higher levels of performance (Links to Strategic Direction #'s 1, 4, 5, and 6)
Strategic Initiatives:
- Implement performance-management changes to drive organizational results and to better recognize high performance among employees
- Provide market-competitive compensation and benefit programs to attract, retain, and promote the right talent and to reward high performance
- Implement systems for employee development, leadership development, and succession planning
- Continue culture change efforts to move organization to university status
- Sponsor targeted initiatives to improve employee engagement
- Implement workforce planning and build a talent pipeline
- Implement strategies for enhancing workplace diversity
- Expand opportunities to enhance leadership capabilities
Strategic Objective #2:
Enhance organizational capabilities by standardizing and streamlining essential processes and communication (Links to Strategic Direction #'s 1, 4, and 6)
Strategic Initiatives:
- Incorporate innovative use of resources to enhance internal and external processes
- Refine policies to enhance overall organizational effectiveness/efficiencies
- Follow through on process improvements and continuous improvement efforts
- Update (continually) content, look, and navigation of HR website
- Create an environment that is conducive to hassle-free service
- Create consistent and reliable communication methods and materials
Strategic Objective #3:
Develop and maintain collaborative partnerships that further organizational strategic directions (Links to Strategic Direction #'s 1, 4, and 6)
Strategic Initiatives:
- Use cross-functional teams to enhance organization decision making
- Form internal relationships that foster working together across boundaries
- Form external relationships that benefit organizational needs
- Encourage organizational alignment and accountability
- Sponsor strategic initiatives that promote a consistent, positive image, and awareness of the institution
- Maintain an ethical environment that promotes trust and confidentiality
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