Professor Robert Allison Vice-Chancellor & President, Loughborough University
Understanding the management role in improving performance
Who manages the University
External policy environment o Polarisation of the system o Concentration of research funding o Uncertainty around PGT and PGR o Research Excellence Framework o BIS Innovation and Research Strategy all results in:
Paradoxes: external influences on management framework o Internal professionalorExternal amateur o GrowthorContraction o DeregulationorControl o Blue skies researchorBusiness driver o Top down managementorAcademic freedom
Understanding the management role in improving performance What is the best management style
Ten management benchmarks o Proactive vs. reactive institutions o Clarity of mission o Know limits of possibility o Financial headroom and investment o Income diversity
Ten management benchmarks o Pipeline o Workforce o High performance culture o Responsiveness, agility, flexibility o Writing the institutional strategy’s the easy bit
Improving performance: management framework o Vision o Size, shape, quality, distinctiveness o Institution strategic plan o Priorities o Evidence base o Deliverables o Implementation pathways
Improving performance: management implementation o Right people in the right roles o Responsibility o Management cascade o Operational accountability o Training and development o Implementation support
The future challenge o Challenge: winds of change o Challenge: declining public sector funding o Challenge: staff and student response to government intervention o Challenge: external view of sector o Challenge……………….. Is around leadership and management
Understanding the management role in improving performance Any questions?