1. Professor Robert Allison Vice-Chancellor & President, Loughborough University

2. Understanding the management role in improving performance

3. Who manages the University

4. 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:

5. Paradoxes: external influences on management framework o Internal professionalorExternal amateur o GrowthorContraction o DeregulationorControl o Blue skies researchorBusiness driver o Top down managementorAcademic freedom

6. Understanding the management role in improving performance What is the best management style

7. 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

8. Ten management benchmarks o Pipeline o Workforce o High performance culture o Responsiveness, agility, flexibility o Writing the institutional strategy’s the easy bit

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Understanding the management role in improving performance Any questions?