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- Ability to capitalize on process and policy changes; must convert into budget $.
- Allows for economies of scale in all aspects of business functions.
- Pro-active, on site, daily management of resources.
- Flexibility to shift resources quickly to priority or urgent projects.
- On-the-job training and cross-training of staff.
- Continuous learning and improvement by hearing, watching and doing.
- Teamwork, resulting in better decisions and service.
- Consistency of service, decisions and advice.
- Efficient filing of all source documents in one location.
- Ability to meet increasing or decreasing demands without under or over utilization of staff, or reorganizing.
- Ability to meet cyclical peaks and valleys in demands.
- Allows leveraging of highly qualified talent.
- Provides more efficient use of computing, fax, copier, equipment, etc.
- Allows staff to concentrate on delivery of business services.
- Provides staff with clearer career path opportunities.
- Creates stronger management of finances and regulatory compliance.
- Enables effective delegation of tasks and responsibilities.
- Provides clear, consistent one-stop shopping for all faculty users.
- One-stop shopping reduces number of people and steps in process, thereby improving timeliness of service, and reducing need for multiple copies, files, logs & "shadow systems."
- Physical consolidations require fewer CUFS and HRS users, therefore fewer computers, and fewer central training and support resources.
- Removes stress of individual users caused by fragmentation of job duties, and lack of
communication, knowledge and peer support.
- Standardizes and simplifies management reporting; removes redundancies.
- May enable academic year appointments of some staff.
- Allows for superior coverage of phone and walk-ins.
- Allows for areas of specialization (e.g. management reporting, 1032, JVS, purchasing, etc.)
- Allows unit to be well positioned to handle future growth, additional responsibilities,
complex regulatory requirements.
- Provides for financial management succession planning in each major Area.
| Note: This preliminary list of "Forces For" was compiled by the UASP Team in a brainstorming session; it reflects comments we've heard from the campus community to date. (See also: "Forces Against") |
Last Revised: 23-Sep-1999 Email with comments