SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Strategic Planning | |
| The department will engage in strategic planning. Associated Goals: Department Strategic Plan |
| Indicator | Planning Process The department will meet and continue to refine its strategic plan. |
| Criteria | Strategic Plan Completion Progress will be made on the strategic plan by August 2008. |
| Finding | Strategic Planning Update Committees continued work on the strategic plan. The annual planning retreat was held on May 9, 2008. |
| Action | Continuous Planning The strategic planning process will continue indefinitely. |
| Objective | Faculty Composition | |
| The composition of the department’s faculty will reflect the mission of the college and department and be sufficient to maintain AACSB International accreditation. Associated Goals: Mission Driven Faculty |
| Indicator | Academically Qualified And Professionally Qualified Faculty The percent of classes taught by Academically Qualified and by both Academically Qualified and Professionally Qualified faculty. |
| Criteria | Academically Qualified Faculty Fifty percent of all classes must be taught by Academically Qualified faculty. |
| Finding | AQ Faculty In the Fall of 2007 and Spring of 2008, 76.9% of classes were taught by faculty that were Academically Qualified. |
| Criteria | Academically or Professionally Qualified Faculty Ninety percent of all classes must be taught by Academically Qualified or Professionally Qualified faculty. |
| Finding | AQ or PQ Faculty In the Fall of 2007 and Spring of 2008, 88.5%of classes were taught by faculty who were Academically Qualified or Professionally Qualified. |
| Action | AQ Faculty Percentages The Department was able to fill three tenure track positions with Academically Qualified faculty which allowed for a 24.4% increase in the percentage of Academically Qualified faculty. Two vacant positions were filled by Academically Qualified individuals for 2008-09. This will maintain the percentage of classes taught by Academically Qualified faculty for the next academic year. |
| Action | AQ or PQ Percentages Even though the Department experienced a 35% increased in the percentage of faculty which are Academically or Professionally Qualified, we fell just short of the established target. The Department employs adjunct faculty which are neither Academically or Professionally Qualified. Efforts will be made to have these individuals become Professionally Qualified. |
| Objective | Teaching, Research, And Service Expectations | |
| Faculty will meet or exceed Departmental expectations related to teaching, research, and service. Associated Goals: Mission Driven Faculty |
| Indicator | Effective Researcher The percentage of faculty who meet or exceed acceptable scores on FES 3. |
| Criteria | Research Each faculty member will publish at least once per year in a refereed journal or a conference proceedings. |
| Finding | Effective Researcher Percentages The Department fell short of the target. Seventy-eight of the faculty published at least one refereed journal article or a conference proceedings. However, 94% of the tenure track faculty had at least one publication. Those individuals who did not publish were individuals with terminal contracts or adjunct faculty. |
| Indicator | Effective Service Provider The percentage of faculty meeting or exceeding acceptable scores on FES4. |
| Criteria | Service Each member of the department faculty will be a member of a University, College, or Department committee. In addition, each faculty member will hold membership in a professional organization related to his/her teaching field. |
| Finding | Effective Service Percentages One hundred percent of the faculty were a member of a committee and held membership in a professional organization. |
| Indicator | Effective Teacher The percentage of faculty meeting or exceeding acceptable scores on the IDEA teaching evaluation instrument. |
| Criteria | Teaching Each faculty member will have a Discipline Adjusted Weighted Average score above "45" for the IDEA Diagnostic Form Report “Summary Evaluation. In addition, at least 75% of the departmental faculty will have a Discipline Adjusted Weighted Average score above "50" for the IDEA Diagnostic Form Report "Summary Evaluation". |
| Finding | Effective Teaching Percentages Ninety two percent of the faculty scored above a "45" on the IDEA teaching evaluation system. Sixty percent of the faculty scored above a "50" on the IDEA teaching evaluation system. |
| Action | Researcher Percentages Adjuncts will be encouraged and given assistance in order to publish. This will also move them toward becoming Professionally Qualified. |
| Action | Service Percentages The faculty met the target for being an effective service provider to both the University and their professional organizations. |
| Action | Teaching Percentages Two faculty members have not met the target of achieving a "45" on the IDEA evaluation system. These faculty members are working with members of the Department to improve their teaching performance. |
| Objective | Relevant Curriculum | |
| The Department of Management and Marketing will provide a relevant curriculum for its students in the various degree programs. Associated Goals: Quality Academic Programs |
| Indicator | Curriculum Review The Department of Management and Marketing will regularly review the curriculum of the degree programs. |
| Criteria | Annual Review An annual review of degree programs will be conducted by the faculty who teach in those programs. |
| Finding | Review Conducted A review of the curriculum was conducted in the spring semester of 2008. The review resulted in recommendations to add two new courses and renumber courses in the Marketing program. See attached supporting files. |
| Action | Curriculum Changes Approved curriculum changes. The recommendation to add two new undergraduate courses was approved by the committee. The Form Bs have been completed and will be presented to the University curriculum Committee this Fall.The committee also approved the renumbering of six Marketing courses. |