Department of
Operations and Management (OM)
Bylaws
Adopted: November, 2009
Revised: April 21, 2014
Articles
Article I:
Article II:
Article III:
Article IV:
Article V:
Article VI:
Article VII:
Article VIII:
Mission Statement
Department Functions
Department Chair
Department Committees
Voting Members
Amendments to By Laws
Teaching, Research and Service
Renewal, Promotion, and Tenure of Probationary Members
Article I: Mission Statement
1. 0
Through faculty initiatives in instruction, research, and service, the mission of The
Department of Operations and Management is to prepare graduates to excel in,
operations, management, and technology-oriented disciplines by constantly improving
and developing programs/curricula and by enhancing theoretical instruction through
extensive classroom and laboratory-based experiences. This mission encompasses
the following:
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Operations Management
Organizational Leadership
Project Management
Quality Risk Control/Safety
Training and Human Resource Development
Article II: Department Functions
2.0
The primary functions of the department are to provide the following:
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Teaching
Curriculum and program development
Coordination of course offerings
Academic advisement
Leadership in programs
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6. Participation in the governance process at the department, college, and university
level
7. Research/scholarly activities in the various disciplines related to the department’s,
college’s, and university’s mission
8. Leadership to student organizations
Article III: Department Chair
3.0
The Department Chair will be elected every three years prior to the second week of
March in which the term of the present chair will end. The term will begin on the first
day of the next academic year. Every effort will be made to elect a faculty member
from the department. The Personnel Committee is charged with conducting
Department Chair elections. The department’s senior faculty member (not running for
chair) will facilitate the election. The winner of the election will be recommended to the
Dean for confirmation and appointment. The Department Chair may serve unlimited
terms.
3.1
The voting members of the department will cast written ballots with a simple majority
needed for election. Absentee ballots may be requested from the Personnel
Committee and must be returned to the Personnel Committee by an established
deadline. If there is no majority, a second round of voting will be held. Absentee
ballots will be included. If there is no simple majority, the tied candidates will be
forwarded to the Dean who will make a recommendation on who shall be Department
Chair.
3.1.1 When a vacancy in the Department Chair position occurs before the current
term of the Chair expires, the department voting members will, within one
semester, elect a new Department Chair following the procedures outlined in
3.1, with the exception that the vote does not have to occur in March.
3.2
3.1.1.1
The department may choose to elect a Chair to fill out the remainder
of the academic year, or;
3.1.1.2
The department may choose to elect a Chair for the remainder of the
present chair’s term, or;
3.1.1.3
The department may choose to elect a Chair to fill out the remainder
of the academic year plus an additional three-year term.
A Department Chair may be removed by a no confidence vote. The vote will be
conducted by the Personnel Committee. Removal of a Department Chair will require a
two-thirds majority of voting members of the department. Absentee ballots will be
available.
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3.3
The Department Chair will conduct annual performance evaluation of faculty,
academic staff, and classified staff as specified in FASLA III.
3.4
The duties of Department Chair require making staff assignments. Every effort will be
made to assign staff to courses based on student demand, department need,
expertise, and interest, FASLA III, and current university policies.
3.4.1 Department Chair will make all faculty/academic staff teaching assignments
with input from program directors, minor
advisors/concentration/specialization/certificate coordinators, and faculty. The
Department Chair will make the final decision on all teaching assignments.
3.4.2 WinTerm and Summer assignments will made on the basis of student demand,
department need, expertise, and interest. Assignments will be distributed as
equitably as possible by the Department Chair.
3.5
The Department Chair is responsible for maintaining the departmental budget. Faculty
members should provide input into the process. Budget allocations and other
budgetary information will be available to the faculty. It is the responsibility of the
Department Chair to monitor the budget and keep department members informed of its
status for potential expenditure approvals.
3.6
The Department Chair will work with program directors, minor/concentration/
specialization/certificate advisor/coordinators to develop course schedules. The
Department Chair will make all final decisions.
Article IV: Committees
4.0
The Personnel Committee is made up of all tenured faculty of the department. It is
responsible for the various personnel functions within the department. Its primary
responsibility is to facilitate department chair elections, and provide input to
renewal/non-renewal decisions, performance evaluations, promotion, tenure and posttenure review. The full Personnel Committee is responsible for reviewing tenure
documents and making recommendations. There are two subcommittees of the
Personnel Committee: the Full Professor Promotion Committee and the Performance
Evaluation Committee.
4.0.1 The Full Professor Promotion Committee is made up of three full professors
from the Personnel Committee. Membership is elected on an annual basis
starting at the beginning of the contractual year. In accordance with Chapter III
of the UW-Stout Faculty/Academic Staff Limited Appointees Handbook, only full
professors will review and make promotion recommendations for candidates
seeking promotion to full professor.
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4.0.1.1
The chair of the Departmental Promotion Committee will be the
representative of the department on the College level Promotion
Committee.
4.0.2 The Performance Evaluation Committee is made up of five members from the
Personnel Committee. Membership is elected on an annual basis starting at
the beginning of the contractual year.
4.0.2.1
Full and Associate professors will review and make promotion
recommendations for candidates seeking promotion to associate
professor.
4.0.2.2
In accordance with Chapter III of the UW-Stout Faculty/Academic Staff
Limited Appointees Handbook, the Performance Evaluation
Committee will review probationary/non-tenured faculty performance
in teaching, research and service and offer recommendations to the
full personnel committee and the Department Chair for consideration
in:
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4.0.2.3
Annual performance evaluations for renewal/nonrenewal of
probationary faculty
Other performance evaluations as requested by Department Chair
Promotion
Tenure
Post tenure review
The chair of the Performance Evaluation Committee will be the
representative of the department on the College level Promotion
Committee.
4.0.3 Promotion applications will be processed according to the promotion guidelines
and timelines established annually by the faculty senate. Recommendations of
the Full Professor Promotion Committee and Performance Evaluation
Committee will be forwarded to the full Personnel Committee for final approval
and forwarding to the College level Promotion Committee.
4.1
Search and screen committees will be created for each department position opening.
Committee make-up will be diverse and include department faculty and may include
representation from college, university and outside public. All University search and
screen guidelines will be followed. The committee will be responsible for coordinating
the search process. Members of each search and screen committee will select a
chairperson. The search and screen committee chairperson is responsible for
scheduling a department meeting to select the candidate. The chairperson will
propose a recommendation and a departmental faculty majority vote is required.
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4.2
Ad Hoc committees will be formed on an as needed basis. These committees will be
dissolved when their charge has been accomplished.
4.3
The department will elect Faculty Senate Representatives during the fall semester per
the Faculty Senate guidelines. All faculty members are eligible to serve.
Article V: Voting Members
5.0
Voting rights are determined in accordance with UW-Stout Faculty/Academic Staff
Handbook.
5.1
Voting members of the department will vote on all matters concerning the department
except where other provisions are specified in the bylaws.
5.2
Voting members are all faculty holding at least a half-time assignment.
5.3
Voting members can be other department members who will be approved annually by
the tenured members of the department.
5.4
Administrators serving as Assistant or Associate Deans or above (regardless of
percentage of appointment as Administrator) may not serve on departmental, college
or university-level committees that review faculty performance, promotion, or tenure.
5.5
Voting members may vote in writing by absentee ballot.
5.6
Final decisions for voting rights and the voting process resides with tenured faculty.
Article VI: Amendments to Bylaws
6.0
Bylaws may be amended whenever a two-thirds majority of all voting members vote to
do so. This process may occur at any time. A review of the bylaws will occur, at a
minimum annually, and be initiated by any voting member of the department.
6.1
All department members must be notified not less than one week before the meeting is
held to vote on the changes.
Article VII: Teaching, Research and Service (UW-Stout 85-40)
7.0
OM faculty are evaluated for renewal, promotion and tenure based on their
performance in the areas of teaching, research and service. All OM personnel
committees use these criteria when making recommendations. The definitions of
Teaching, Research and Service follow. As stated in UW-Stout 3.06 “The relative
importance of these functions in the evaluation process shall be decided by the
department, school, college and instructional faculties in accordance with the
mission and needs of the institution.”
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7.1
The Department considers teaching as our primary responsibility. The OM definition
of teaching is consistent with The UW-Stout Faculty/Academic Staff/Limited
Appointees Handbook in that it includes instruction, evaluation academic advising,
academic program planning and curriculum development.
7.1.1 Probationary/non-tenured faculty are required to complete course evaluations
in all sections taught in the academic year. The approved Departmental
process is be used.
7.1.2 Tenured faculty are required to complete one course evaluation during the
academic year. The approved Departmental process is be used
7.1.3 Tenured faculty teaching an overload are required to follow the departmental
Overload Policy and the University Overload policy regarding course
evaluations. (Refer to the approved departmental policy, guideline 5.)
7.1.4 Adademic Staff/Adjunct Staff are required to perform course evaluations in all
classes taught in the academic year. The approved Departmental process is
be used.
7.2
OM faculty are expected to participate in Research and Scholarly activities as
defined in the UW-Stout Faculty/Academic Staff/Limited Appointees Handbook.
Additionally, in accordance with the Handbook, “Each department must establish
their own definition of research that will guide faculty through promotion and the pre
and post tenured-processes.” The OM definition of research follows.
The OM Department values five types of research and therefore encourages
participation in such diverse scholarly activities for the purpose of providing guidance
in making promotion and tenure-based decisions. The research definitions apply to all
tenured faculty and probationary/non-tenured faculty and shall include all research
regardless of job assignment. It is recognized that these definitions are not discrete,
since some overlap may exist across the types of research listed. In addition, the
definitions are not to be considered to be exhaustive of all possible types of significant
research which can be conducted by members of the OM Department.
7.2.1 Applied Research includes activities that relate knowledge in academic
disciplines to real problems. Applications may include:
o The development of case studies and teaching notes based on research
performed in organizations.
o Hands-on research, planning, analysis, design or implementation to
problems of businesses, governments, agencies, non-profits or other
appropriate entities. This may take the form of consulting, advising,
practicing in an area of expertise or other applicable manner.
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o Planning, developing, implementing, or operating solutions to problems
through use of existing discipline-based knowledge, proven methodologies,
best practices, or innovative approaches.
o Making information and/or ideas accessible to the public or private sector.
7.2.2 Research of Teaching and Learning includes activities that are directly
related to improving pedagogical practices. This type of scholarship is oriented
to discovery, evaluation, and communication of information about the teaching
and learning process.
7.2.3 Discovery Research includes all activities that extend knowledge through the
discovery or collection of new information. The scholarship of discovery
includes, but is not limited to, what is typically called basic or pure research
7.2.4 Integrative Research includes activities that are primarily interdisciplinary and
interpretive, seeking better understanding of existing knowledge through
integration across disciplines and original synthesis to bring new meanings and
insights.
7.2.5 Artistic Endeavor includes activities related to innovation and the creative
process.
The OM Department encourages the dissemination of the above research-based
information and activities:
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To scholarly audiences, professional audiences,
To private business, non-profits, governments,
To students, faculty, or other applicable audiences
Such dissemination may include journal articles, conference proceedings, operational
analysis, reports, financial plans, strategic plans, process designs, organization
designs, technology designs, implementation plans, role-playing, exhibitions, oral
presentations, or the application of innovations either on or off campus. The
Operations and Management Department acknowledges that in many cases, the
applied research may be proprietary and cannot be communicated beyond the
stakeholders for whom it was created. Despite the lack of public dissemination,
however, such activities shall be considered valuable from a research standpoint.
7.3
OM faculty are expected to participate in professional and public service and make
contributions to the institution through utilization of special skills or expertise in the
resolution of problems or application to specific needs. OM definitions of professional
and public service and contribution to the institution are consistent with those
described in The UW-Stout Faculty/Academic Staff/Limited Appointees Handbook.
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Article VIII: Renewal, Tenure, and Promotion of Probationary Department Members
8.0
The Performance Evaluation Committee is responsible for making all renewal,
promotion, and tenure recommendations. The committee will make
recommendations using its mutually agreed upon procedures.
8.0.1 The committee chair is elected from the committee members at the first
department meeting at the start of a contractual year.
8.0.2 Tenure and promotion criteria will be the same as that used for renewal
decisions and be in accordance with the UW-Stout Faculty/Academic
Staff/Limited Appointees Handbook III. Research, teaching or service that
probationary/non-tenured faculty members perform regardless of job
assignment will be considered toward renewal, tenure, and promotion.
8.0.3 Recommendations for contract renewal are based on performance evaluation
and/or programmatic needs. The decision making process is initiated by the
Department Chair, recommendation made by the Performance Evaluation
Committee, and voted on by the Personnel Committee.
8.0.4 After the Personnel Committee has made a contract renewal/non-renewal
decision, the department member will be informed in writing by the Provost.
8.0.5 In those cases where contract renewal would assure tenure, the Performance
Evaluation Committee will bring a recommendation to the Personnel
Committee (tenured faculty of the department), who will approve or deny the
recommendation.
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