Scenario
Not unlike many universities today,
Apex State University is experiencing a serious decline in student enrollment—m
ore specifically, in the number of students transferring to Apex. The decline
in transfer student enrollment is having a serious impact on overall tuition
revenue. A review of system wide data has convinced the president that the
issue deserves further scrutiny. She has asked you, the director of enrollment
management, to prepare a position paper detailing transfer policies and
procedures. The president is seeking a better understanding of how the process
works, who the stakeholders are, where they are within the institution
(positions, departments), to whom do they answer, and what kind of resistance
can be expected. She has asked you for recommendations on how the people
involved in the process can work together to achieve mutually agreeable
solutions.
Power Analysis
In Part I, you identified the interests
of stakeholders in the transfer enrollment process. This week, you will explore
the loyalties of those stakeholders. In other words, if the parking coordinator
is one of the stakeholders, who has the most power over his or her decisions?
What is the chain of authority? In military terms, what is the
command-and-control structure?
For this assignment, perform a power
analysis of the Provost, the enrollment manger and the faculty as stakeholders.
Explain your rationale by citing concepts discussed in Weeks 1–4.
Assignment length: 2–3 pages, APA
Format
Resources
Bergquist, W. H., & Pawlak, K.
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Jossey-Bass.
Tierney, W. G. (2008). The impact of
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education. Sterling, VA: Stylus.
Birnbaum, R. (1988). How colleges work:
The cybernetics of academic organization and leadership. San Francisco, CA:
Jossey-Bass.
Kezar, A. J. (2001). Understanding and
facilitating organizational change in the 21st century: Recent research and
conceptualizations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
