Goal 4: Objective 4.2 | Penn State College of Health and Human Development

Goal 4: Improving college operations and resources

Objective 4.2: Develop, or refine, and codify a set of college-level operational guidelines that provide information when college-level specifics are necessary, or when university-level policies and guidelines require amplification or clarification, that are easily accessible to faculty and staff.

Action Item 4.2.1

Systematically review, revise, and/or develop college-specific guidelines and procedures pertaining to the following operational areas - human resources; faculty affairs; development; research administration; facilities, space allocation and planning, unit budgeting and accounting, strategic communication; and information systems support.

Implementation Tasks

College leadership, with input from academic and operational units, faculty, and staff will discuss, decide and prioritize operation area processes for guidelines and procedure development.
Template for guideline and procedures will be developed
Lead in each operation area will address their assigned guideline and procedure tasks on pre-established timelines.
Augment existing repository sites for guidelines (https://hhd.psu.edu/guidelines) and for procedures https://guru.psu.edu/procedure-landing)
Appoint a single individual who will be responsible for managing the guideline and procedures updating process (actual changes remain the responsibility of originating units)

Responsible Party: Deans Office will coordinate initiative (operational unit leads will coordinate guideline and procedure creation)

Metrics: Repository with area specific guidelines populated.

Start Date: Jan 2021- January 2023

Key Performance Indicators

Faculty and staff have access to a full range of guidelines and procedures documentation that are regularly updated. Guidelines are used by multiple constituencies.