OATdb Archive - Sam Houston State University

OATdb Archive

2008 - 2009

General Business And Finance, Department Of

Goal

Service

Every faculty member will provide superior service to both the university and the department for General Business and Finance.

Goal

Maintain A Quality Faculty

The primary resource for an academic unit is the strength of its faculty. The Department of General Business and Finance embraces the traditional tripod of expections: Teaching, Research, and Service. The department is committed to recruit and retaining a faculty capable of leading the department's efforts to meet its mission.

Objective

Teaching, Research, And Service Expectations

Faculty will meet or exceed Departmental expectations related to teaching, research, and service.

Indicator

Effective Researchers

The department's faculty will continue to publish articles in peer-reviewed journals and strive to increase the number of publications each year. For the 2008-09AY, the department will have 16 referred journal articles , which represents an average of slightly less than publications per tenure/tenure-track faculty member.

Criterion

Research

Each faculty member will publish at least once per year in a refereed journal or a conference proceeding.

Finding

Publications

25 journal articles published

Indicator

Effective Teachers

The department, college, and university utilize the IDEA System as part of its evaluation of classroom performance. The IDEA System, developed by the IDEA Center at Kansas State University, is a nationally normed, validated and reliable measure of classroom performance based on the top 12 learning objectives. The IDEA scores are a major portion of the department's Faculty Evaluation System (FES) as it relates to classroom performance.

Criterion

Teaching

Seventy-five percent (75%) of all faculty in the department will meet or surpass the departmentally set minimum IDEA score of 45 on the Discipline Weighted Average in at least one course taught.

Finding

Percentage Of Faculty Exceeding Minimum IDEA Score

During the 2008 year, 100% of the faculty in the Department of General Business and Finance exceeded the minimum IDEA score of 45 on the Discipline Weighted Average in at least one course taught. In an effort to continue to increase teaching performance standards the goal will be increased for the 09-10 year.

Indicator

Effective Service Provider

The Department of General Business and Finance uses the Faculty Evaluation System (FES) Form 4 to document service activities of the faculty. The percentage of effective service providers defined and measured using FES 4 will provide data concerning the service activities of the faculty.

Criterion

Acceptable FES 4 Score

Ninety-percent (90%) of all tenure/tenure-track faculty in the department will meet or surpass the departmentally set minimum score of 4 on FES 4.

Finding

Percentage Of Faculty Meeting Or Exceeding The Minimum FES 4 Score

During 2008, 85% of the tenure/tenure-track faculty in the Department of General Business and Finance met or exceeded the minimum score of 4.0 for FES 4. After calculating the finding data the department analyzed the results to understand why the department fell below the stated criterion. After review it was determined the shortage was the result of two new faculty members who only had half a year to accumulate the required points. The points earned by each faculty member are then used to calculate the FES 4 score.

Action

Research And Teaching Improvement

The department will implement a mentoring program for faculty that need assistance in meeting their publication goals. In addition, the department will provide the funding for new faculty to participate in one conference in which they are not presenting. This will enable the faculty member to create new networks for publication.

Update to previous cycle's plan for continuous improvement

Plan for continuous improvement The recently completed assessment cycle for the Department of General Business and Finance revealed that while publication and teaching goals were met there is still improvement that can occur. To ensure continued success in this area, the department is implementing a mentoring program that will pair a tenure-track faculty members with a tenured faculty to assist the junior faculty member with publication goals. In addition, the department will increase the expectations of this measure to meeting or exceeding the national norm in at least 50% of classes taught. To help the faculty achieve this higher standard, the Department of General Business and Finance will have at least two faculty training sessions per year that address instructor effectiveness and classroom management. Furthermore, faculty will be encouraged to participate in teaching effectiveness programs offered by the university's newly created Professional and Academic Center for Excellence (PACE).

The assessment cycle also revealed that the department did not meet their service goals. The department attributes the failure to meet its service goals due to new faculty members that only had half a year in which to earn points on the department's Faculty Evaluation System. The department will meet or exceed its service goals next year.