University Process Improvement

Project Scope:
Conduct a systematic review of the Department’s policy and procedure handbook; develop recommendations for possible revisions with the goal of increasing effectiveness and advancing the Department’s goals.

PROPOSED TIMELINE: December 2013 - February 2014

Project Outcomes:

• Team met and reviewed the English Departments Policy and Procedures Handbook.  Recommendations carried forward and approved:

• All committees to be comprised of an odd number of voting members
• Directors to be elected by the voting Faculty
• Term limits defined
• Elections/polling to be conducted electronically - web-based. Eliminates need for absentee voting process. Votes/input can be cast from anywhere/anytime. System captures input and displays aggregated data in various formats. Results electronically archived. Ballots easily and more efficiently prepared and distributed. More anonymous and secure than current paper-based process. 

Project Team:

• Ann Harbor, Project Facilitator 
• Brad McAdon, English, Associate Professor 
• Deborah Tollefsen, Philosophy, Professor
• Gene Plunka, English, Professor
• Reginald Martin, English, Professor
• Sonja Livingston,English, Assistant Professor
• Teresa Dalle, English, Associate Professor
• Stephen Tabachnick, English, Professor
• Colette Williams, Process Improvement - Project Manager 

 
Phone: 901.678.2213  |   E-mail: processimprovement@memphis.edu