Assess and Improve Staffing Structure

Study the organizational structure of relevant offices, gather job descriptions, identify potential duplication and barriers to efficiency,
and evaluate resource needs to achieve strategic priorities:

Map the organizational landscape of relevant offices

• Ask stakeholders for input about which offices to include. Places to begin include each of the academic colleges, the Division of Community and Global Partnerships, efactory, JVIC, the Academic Advising and Transfer Center, the Career Center, the Office of Citizenship and service-learning (CASL), the Office of Education Abroad, Office of Public Affairs Support, the Center for Community Engagement, the Ozarks Public Health Institute, Environmental Management, Ozarks
  Environmental and Water Resources Institute, the Missouri State University Foundation, etc.:
  • Gather job descriptions of positions.
  • Identify potential duplication of efforts and possible barriers to efficiency.

Evaluate resources needed to achieve strategic priorities

• Evaluate whether personnel should be moved or reassigned to meet increased work demands associated with the strategic plan initiatives.