Faculty of Management
Consortia
Generic Model and Strategic Issues for
Initiatives
May, 2003
Bockenholt and Graham
Overview
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Purpose of consortia
The process of development
Success metrics
Scope, risks, recommendations
McGill Health Initiative
McGill Innovation Consortium
Purpose
Research
Teaching
Intellectual community,
Communities of Practice, Funding,
Infrastructure, Visibility
Knowledge Transfer
PROCESS (INTERNAL)
• Identify Existing Base (Audit and integrate
related ideas)
• Establish regular related faculty
interactions (Roundtable, conference
planning, workshops, guest speakers)
• Articulate Intellectual Focus
• Form Alliances
• Undertake Doable Projects
PROCESS (External)
• Outreach: Identify Key Constituencies
• Rest of the University (E.g. Med School,
Center for Canada, M.S.E.)
• Other Universities
• Student Organizations (Net Impact, MBW)
• Related Organizations (NGO’s)
• Alumni – present and future
• Work with Funding Sources
Research
Research – long-term
usable
tools, techniques
• Interdisciplinary Focus
• Infrastructure
– Lab or field contacts
– Staff
– Financial support for projects
• Visitors
• Responding to Interests of Disciplines,
Practitioners (Continuum)
Teaching
• Development
– New (joint) courses
– Formal degrees
– Internships, Apprenticeships, Post-docs, Fellowships
– Visitors
– Seminars
OUTPUTS
_Seminar Papers, Cases, Position Papers
_Students with a distinctive (McGill) perspective
Knowledge Sharing
• Annual Conference Program
• Workshops, Case Studies and Teaching Modules, Monograph
Series, Web Published Notes, Position Papers
• Translational Research (bench-trench gap)
– by putting science into practice:
• research into evidence-based intervention (RTIPS: Research-tested
intervention programs)
• disseminating research into everyday practice
– by informing science about practice
• Regular contacts with
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Industry
Other faculties, other research centers
General public
Alumni in government, NGO or business jobs
Success Metrics
• Number of members/ participants (or critical
mass)
• Research productivity (multi-authored or
different for individual)
• Funding -- # donors
• Visibility – news coverage
• Impact (Hits on Website – Downloads of Papers)
• Recognition/Yield (number of students or
contacts who return, recycle)
• Alumni regularly involved
Visibility
• Academic:
– Website
– Speaker series
– Ongoing research projects
– Publications of research results
– Contact person
• Industry
– Board of industry members
– Advisory Council – cross-sectoral
Maintenance and Growth
• Leadership and Coordination
– Research
– Teaching
– Staffing
– Knowledge Transfer
• Funding support
• Transition to Research Center Status?
ISSUES
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Leadership and Motivation
Integration vs. differentiation of related areas
Incentives for participation
Student involvement
Funding and development (university priorities
and control)
• Focused alumni contact (vs. Martlet House)
• Barriers: Need for designs for dissemination (no
results on effectiveness – taste/usability testing);
compartmentalization of scientific endeavors;
signal-to-”noise” ratio)
The McGill Health Initiative
• Strategic alliance between the Faculties of
Management and Medicine, founded in 2000.
• Objective: Make contributions to theory and
practice of health management
– Education: programs for clinicians, health service
managers and formal degree programs (MD-MBA and
proposed IMHL)
– Research
– Knowledge Transfer: Bridging the research–practice
gap through Challenge program, Case Studies and
Monograph Series, and independent study projects
Priorities and Actions 2002-2005
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Annual Health Challenge
Current External (SSHRC, CIHR) Funding on
Comprehensive Research Training Program in Psychosocial Oncology
Media As a Core Element of Social and Cultural Environments: The
Roles of Media In Structuring Normative Influences On Population
Health
Age differences in emotional reactions to threat and in responsiveness
to persuasive appeals to promote prevention behaviors.
Building a Science to Support E-Integration in Chronic Disease
Management: The Creation of Team of Management and Health Scholars
McGill-wide bid for e-learning initiatives in health to the ValorisationRecherche Québec (VRQ)
Interpersonal mistreatment in hospitals
Proposal for Research Center in Integrative e-Health Management
Theme 3:
e-Integration into
Work Processes
and Organization
Management
Theme 4:
e-Surveillance
of Population
Health and
Management
Effectiveness
Law and
Ethics
Finance
and
Economics
Strategic
Management
Organizational
Behavior and
HR Management
Operations
Management
RESEARCH CENTER
IN INTEGRATIVE
e-HEALTH MANAGEMENT
Information
Technology
and Systems
Consumer
Psychology
And Marketing
Epidemiology
and
Biostatistics
Rehabilitation
Sciences
Nursing
Family
Medicine
Theme 2:
e-Integration into
Professional
Practices
Medicine
Specialties
Theme 1:
e-Integration into
Self Management
(Consumer/Patient/
Caregiver)
McGill Innovation Consortium:
24-month Report
• Year One: Internal Integration Objective to
create awareness, cross disciplines, identify
common interests. Seed money for Speakers,
Program Development, Research Extension,
Roundtable, Entrepreneurship Program Year
Two: Outreach Focus in three key areas
(“action stations”), work through
McGill/McConnell Office, Roundtable,
speakers, publicity, seek funding prospects
McGill Innovation Consortium –
“The Enterprising Community”
Social & Technological
Entrepreneurship
Innovation for
Social Purposes
St. Lawrence Valley
World Bank
Global Sustainable
Innovation
Economic Policy Management Consortium
: “Action Stations” for Research, Teaching, Applied Dissemination
MODUS OPERANDI: Year Two
• Grass Roots Activity and Awareness Leads to
External Recognition
• Find Synergies among Existing Efforts
(McGill/DuPont – Dobson)
• Faculty and Student Requests/ Involvement
• Alumni Visits/Interviews
• Seed money support
• Leverage McGill Communications
Outputs and Outreach
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Press Coverage – Canada and France
Speaker Series and Joint Seminars with CSSO
Bensoudan Internships Proposal
Beyond Grey Pinstripes Survey
Independent Studies with Relevance
Canadian Innovation Strategy Seminar Papers –
leading to Invitation to Comment
• Participation in Case Competition
• McGill Case Module – Plan B, inaugural case
• St. Lawrence Valley Project
Outlook: Years Three-Four
• Website or sites for Innovation and Social
Innovation Linked to FOM Website
• New version of McGill-McConnell Program
for Environment
• Full-time (or serious part-time) leadership
• St. Lawrence Valley Program of Research,
Teaching, and Outreach – regions and
innovation