Measuring The Consortium’s Success Project Proposal September 20, 2013
Justification of Project Opportunity Access to IUP-ALS graduate student for 2 yrs Need Need to examine MSC’s vision/mission/strategic goals Need to examine MSC structure Timing Organizational effectiveness of MSC has not been assessed since its inception
Purpose of the Project To ‘Practice what we Preach’ To address 3 key questions: Who are we? What do we want to do? IDENTITY How are we organized? STRUCTURE What are we actually doing? FUNCTION
What is the desired impact? Increased clarity regarding MSC’s strategic goals and structure so that all MSC members recognize their unique roles within MSC and the ways MSC participation can benefit them as individuals and collaborators.
What are the benefits to MSC? Development of measurement tools which can be made available to others Success of MSC will be measured Opportunities for involvement/growth of MSC members Increased collaboration within MSC Discovery of the best Consortium structure to maximize collaboration
What we need Approval Collaboration QUESTIONS?