Conversations with Bill Massy:
Academic Productivity at the School and Faculty Level 2010
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Cost, quality, productivity, and coping with financial adversity have always been important for universities, but the juxtaposition of technology, globalisation, and the current economic climate make them crucially important now. This one-day executive seminar will explore these issues in depth using examples from participants as well as from Massy’s recent work.
Designed for
This seminar is designed for senior executives including Pro-Vice Chancellors, Deputy Vice-Chancellors, Chief Financial Officers, Deans, Head of Schools and Executive Directors.
Delivery mode
A highly interactive one day seminar.
Program Content
Among the specific topics to be considered are:
- A comprehensive schema for thinking about finance and productivity in the context of mission and market
- What to do and not do when facing financial adversity
- Academic quality work as a way to boost learning productivity
- A model for departmental teaching productivity, which can be implemented in stages by any institution
- Activity-based costing (ABC) for current and proposed teaching methodologies including non-traditional applications of technology
- A model for systematically balancing the academic returns from budget proposals with their costs and/or revenues
- Design approaches for institutional enterprise modelling
The workshop will consider both principles and practical applications. Takeaways include particular improvements that can be implemented during the next budget cycle and a comprehensive understanding of the economic and behavioural forces that drive productivity and financial outcomes in tertiary institutions.
Seminar Leader
William F. Massy
Professor Emeritus of Education and Business Administration, Stanford University
Professor Massy’s contributions in these areas are well known. His Planning Models for Colleges and Universities, Resource Allocation in Higher Education, Honoring the Trust: Quality and Cost Containment in Higher Education, and Academic Quality Work: A Handbook for Improvement have become standards in their respective fields, and his many papers in these areas are highly regarded. In a recent development, he has been appointed to the U. S. National Academy of Sciences’ panel on “Measuring Higher Education Productivity.”
Formerly Vice-President for Business and Finance and Vice-Provost, Research at Stamford, Dr. Massy holds a Ph.D. in economics and MS in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a BS from Yale University. He was also a member of the Hong Kong University Grants Committee for twelve years and is an experienced auditor with the Australian Universities Quality Agency, including conducting institutional audits for ANU, Bond University, RMIT University and the University of Melbourne.
Dates and locations
11 May 2010, Melbourne, 9:30am – 4.30pm (registration 9:00am)
14 May 2010, Sydney, 9:30am – 4.30pm (registration 9:00am)
Cost
$1,090 ($1,199 inc GST)
Fee includes all materials, lunch and refreshments.
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Please note that numbers are limited to a maximum of 20 participants.
If you would like more information on this program please contact Anna Steer or call +61 3 8344 3157.