Higher Education for Development
Knowledge, Partnership, Results
Annual Workplan
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Year 2 of 3: Creating and Managing Change
Timeframe
April 2008
Planned Activity
Anticipated Development
Outputs
• The Partnership Co-Director and Senior Personnel travel to
Lagos to meet with USAID/Nigeria, UNILAG senior
leadership, the FBA DCS faculty, the Change Management
Team, the four workgroups, the Career Specialist, and the LBS
consultant; to co-lead two faculty workshops on innovative
pedagogies; to prepare to offer Faculty Development and
Faculty Incentive Grants; to assist in the conduct of the
inaugural Business Advisory Council meeting; and to co-lead
the first career skills-building workshops for students.
• Re-commitment to project
goals by stakeholders, UNILAG
leadership and all project
personnel.
• A sense of satisfaction among
UNILAG faculty about the past
year’s work and a sense of
anticipation for the second
year’s work.
The Change Management Team
April 2008
• With the Partnership Co-Director in attendance, the first
meeting of the second project year is held to clarify workgroup
activities and timelines and to make project modifications
needed to better facilitate change.
• Established timelines for
workgroup activities.
May 2008
• Four UNILAG Program leaders (3 FBA and 1 DCS) will
attend the Hampton University Executive Leadership Summit
and Post-Conference Seminar on “Developing an Entrepreneurial Culture” led by President William Harvey; Travel to
K-State to discuss implications of this training and how the
information will be shared; to look at the technology
infrastructure; to meet with faculty; etc.
• A new vision of executive
leadership.
June through August
2008
• Discuss and share President Harvey’s 10 Leadership Principles
and the need to develop an entrepreneurial culture as part of
the strategic revisioning of the UNILAG business management
undergraduate and graduate programs.
• Increased understanding of
executive leadership among a
critical mass of FBA and DCS
faculty and administrators.
• A new entrepreneurial spirit
introduced to UNILAG FBA
DCS faculty.
June through
September 2008
• Continue oversight of the developing technology infrastructure, technology student learning outcomes, computer skills
training needs, and improving access to technology for
students and for classroom instruction.
• Development of an assessment
plan for both graduate and
under-graduate business
programs.
• The assessment of student
training needs and the refinement of technology student
learning outcomes.
• A status report on technology
goals and plans, including the CS
curriculum for the FBA.
• Collaboration of visiting
scholars with KSU faculty in
teaching and research.
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Timeframe
Planned Activity
Anticipated Development
Outputs
September 2008
• A status report on technology infrastructure and the revised
computer science curriculum for the FBA is written.
• A Status Report on Technology
for Undergraduate and Graduate
Business Programs.
October 2008
• The Partnership Co-Director and the curriculum consultant
for technology travel to Lagos to review the status report on
technology goals and plans.
• The Partnership Co-Director makes a presentation on the
business case for diversity and the need for hiring procedures
that optimize the possibility of diverse hiring outcomes.
• Improved understanding of the
business case for diversity.
• Improved understanding of the
value of diversifying the faculty.
October through
November 2008
• The review of hiring projections and procedures to encourage
greater diversity in faculty hiring takes place.
• Review of hiring practices.
October 2008
through February
2009
• Oversight of the developing technology infrastructure and CS
Curriculum for the FBA continues.
• Revised CS courses are piloted.
• The emphasis on improved
computer science education for
the FBA continues.
January through
February 2009
• The review of graduate and undergraduate admissions
standards and procedures for the FBA takes place.
• Continuous improvement of
FBA admissions standards
and procedures.
April 2008 through
February 2009
• Monthly meetings are held to hear from and support the
workgroups and the Career Specialist. These meetings are also
held to advance the Change Management Team’s overall work
on the strategic revisioning of the UNILAG Business
Management programs. The LBS consultant facilitates these
meetings.
March 2009
• Drafts of revised hiring policies and updated admissions
policies and procedures are prepared.
• Annual workgroup reports are submitted to the Change
Management Team.
• A year-end report which reflects the major accomplishments
in all program components is written and submitted to the
Partnership Co-Directors who submit the report to
HED/USAID.
• Revised hiring practices based
on merit and a diversified
faculty base.
• Revised UNILAG Business
program admissions standards
and procedures.
The Curriculum/Assurance of Learning Workgroup
April – June 2008
• Requests for Proposals for Faculty Incentive Grants (FIGs)
and Information Technology Incentive Grants (ITIGs) are
released and awarded for graduate and undergraduate business
courses.
• FBA course re-design and
development is incentivized/
rewarded.
All potential awardees must have completed the templates for
FBA faculty data and self-assessments.
June through
September 2008
• FBA faculty work on course revisions and new course
development based on standards, private sector expectations,
and priority criteria.
•The workgroup will be developing the new curriculum and the
assessment plan.
September 2008
•The first drafts of the revised curriculum and the assessment
plan for academic quality assurance in undergraduate and
graduate business management education will be completed
with an emphasis on information technology competence.
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• Progress on aligning graduate
and undergraduate courses with
standards, employer expectations, and priority criteria.
• Progress on planning for the
assessment of student learning.
•The draft of the revised FBA
undergraduate and graduate
curriculum.
•The draft of the revised FBA
undergraduate and graduate
assessment plan.
Timeframe
September 2008
Planned Activity
Anticipated Development
Outputs
• Three people from this workgroup attend the AACSB Seminar
on Assessment; Travel to K-State to process seminar implications, receive more training on assessment, to review
College of Business assessment plans, and to meet with the
two K-State curriculum consultants and the assessment
consultant.
• A clearer understanding of how
to assess student learning.
• Strengthening course redesigns,
curriculum development, and
the assessment of student
learning.
Participants to the AACSB assessment seminar are expected to
use this time to revise and refine the drafts of the new FBA
curriculum and the assessment plan.
October through
November 2008
• The revised FBA curriculum and the assessment plan are
packaged for faculty review and the formal approval process.
December 2008
through March 2009
• The revised FBA curriculum and the assessment plans
undergo the review and approval process.
• A new and better aligned
business management
curriculum.
• The first FBA assessment plan
for academic quality assurance.
April 2008 through
February 2009
• The workgroup leader meets monthly with the Change
Management Team to report progress and plans.
March 2009
• The workgroup submits its annual report to the Change
Management Team.
The Innovative Pedagogies Workgroup
April 2008
• The Partnership Co-Director co-leads workshops on “Ways to
Help All Students Learn” and “50 Classroom Assessment
Techniques.”
May 2008
• The workgroup presents the two workshops for faculty.
June 2008
• The Lagos Business School (LBS) Site Consultant conducts a
workshop on “Case Teaching Methods.”
July through October
2008
• Workgroup members consult with recipients of Faculty
Incentive Grants to infuse active learning methods into
courses as they are revised.
• The workgroup compiles, reviews, and selects business case
studies from Lagos Business School, the Global Business
Schools Network (GBSN), and Harvard for faculty
consideration.
October 2008
• The Partnership Co-Director reviews cases selected and helps
with the presentation of them at a faculty meeting.
• The Partnership Co-Director leads a workshop on how to use
AXIO to support classroom instruction.
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• Increased capacity of FBA
DCS faculty to infuse innovative pedagogies to improve
teaching effectiveness.
• Strengthening teaching
effectiveness.
• More business cases to be used
in enhancing teaching
effectiveness.
• Knowledge of use of AXIO
classroom technology.
Timeframe
Planned Activity
November 2008
through February
2009
April 2008 through
February 2009
• The workgroup facilitates tutorials for faculty on the use of
AXIO to support classroom instruction.
March 2009
• The workgroup submits its annual report to the Change
Management Team.
Anticipated Development
Outputs
• The workgroup leader meets monthly with the Change
Management Team to report progress and plans.
The Faculty Enhancement Workgroup
April 2008
• Using the Faculty Development Plan, the Partnership CoDirector assists the workgroup in preparing to offer round 1
of the Faculty Development Grants (FDG’S).
April through May
2008
• The RFP for FDG’s is released for FBA and selected DCS
faculty.
June 2008
• The FDG’s are received and awardees are selected.
July 2008 through
January 2009
January 2009
• Faculty development activities occur.
• Faculty development is
supported.
• Faculty excellence is enhanced.
• FBA and selected DCS faculty report on professional
development activities.
• FBA and selected DCS faculty submit updated professional
development goals and plans.
• Embedding the concept of
continuous faculty improvement
into the Business Management
and DCS program cultures.
February 2009
• The Partnership Co-Director assists the workgroup in
reviewing faculty development plans.
• The Partnership Co-Director attends a symposium featuring
outstanding faculty development activities from Round 1 of
the FDG’s.
• Recognition for outstanding
faculty development efforts.
April 2008 through
February 2009
• Collaborative applied research is conducted between
UNILAG and K-State faculty.
• The workgroup leader meets monthly with the Change
Management Team to report progress and plans.
• Work that will lead to enhancing the international
reputations of UNILAG
faculty.
March 2009
• An updated Faculty Development Plan is written and
submitted to the Change Management Team.
• The workgroup submits its annual report to the Change
Management Team.
• An updated Faculty Development Plan.
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Timeframe
Planned Activity
Anticipated Development
Outputs
The Private Sector Engagement Workgroup
April 2008
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• The inaugural meeting of the UNILAG School of Business
Advisory Council (BAC) occurs.
• Senior Personnel, College of Business Dean Yar Ebadi
provides professional orientation and training for the BAC.
• The BAC chairperson is named and the Technology,
Internship, and Curriculum subcommittees are established.
• UNILAG Business Advisory
Council and subcommittees
established.
• High-level functioning of
the BAC from the start.
April through May
2008
May through
September 2009
• Special employer and alumni programs are planned.
• BAC subcommittees interact with each other, relevant
workgroups, and the Change Management Team.
• Engagement of the private
sector in UNILAG Business
Management programs.
June through August
2008
• Alumni Seminars are held for the benefit of FBA and DCS
faculty and students.
• Private sector linkages
strengthened.
• Alumni engagement.
• Real-world exposure for
UNILAG business and
computer science students.
October 2008
• The Partnership Co-Director attends the Distinguished
Executive Lecture and the Business Advisory Council
meeting.
• Private sector engagement.
November 2008
through March 2009
• BAC subcommittees interact with each other, relevant
workgroups, and the Change Management Team.
• Private sector engagement.
February 2009
• The Partnership Co-Director attends the program for the
Distinguished Alumni Award.
• Private sector engagement.
April 2008 through
February 2009
• The workgroup leader meets monthly with the Change
Management Team to report progress and plans.
April 2008 through
February 2009
• UNILAG business alumni are identified and entered into a
database.
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• The workgroup submits its annual report to the Change
Management Team.
• An expanding alumni database.
Career Services
April 2008
• The Partnership Co-Director assists in offering the first skillsbuilding workshops for students in FBA and DCS.
• Capacity-building at
UNILAG for career skillsbuilding workshops.
April 2008 through
September 2008
• The Career Specialist conducts skills-building workshops for
FBA and DCS students.
• Working with the Private Sector Engagement Workgroup, the
Career Specialist creates and maintains employer linkages to
identify alumni, internships, externships, MIS solutions
projects and participants for the career fairs.
• Two career fairs are planned, one for the graduate program
and one for the undergraduate program.
• Enhanced job search skills for
UNILAG FBA and DCS
students.
• Expanding network of
employers and alumni.
• Plan for the first career fairs.
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Timeframe
Planned Activity
Anticipated Development
Outputs
April 2008 through
March 2009
• Two graduate assistants support the work of the Career
Specialist and manage the P.L.A.N. program.
• More relevant job training
experiences for undergraduates
in FBA and DCS.
June 2008 through
September 2008
• The processes for tracking job placement data and for
assessing employer satisfaction are piloted.
October 2008
• The Partnership Co-Director attends the career fairs and
reviews the process for tracking business job placements.
• The career fairs are evaluated.
• Identification of needed refinements to the process or the
instruments.
• First career fairs organized
for the UNILAG Business and
CS programs.
November 2008
• The evaluation data for the career fairs are analyzed
and reports are written.
• Evaluation data for use in
improving future career fairs.
April 2008 through
March 2009
• Internships and externships are identified and placements are
coordinated.
• Improved internship and
externship opportunities for
business and computer science
students.
April 2008 through
February 2009
• The Career Specialist meets monthly with the Change
Management Team to report progress and plans.
March 2009
• The Career Specialist submits an annual report on career
services to the Change Management Team.
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