Strategies
Short-Term Plan: 2009
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OBJECTIVES |
STRATEGIES |
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To build the research and development capabilities of the University. |
We shall: - Deliver training programs to enhance and increase awareness of staff research skills. - Establish a more comprehensive reward system that motivates research practice. - Enhance research infrastructure that are relevant to each faculty. - Establish critical mass of researchers by creating research groups, by attracting post grads students, and by establishing more postgraduate fellowship schemes. - Develop and implement staff recruitment strategies to support capacity building in research. - Improve internal procedures of managing and accessing research grants. - Communicate R& D issues to staff on a regular basis.
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To establish an effective and efficient document and records management system. |
We shall: - Design and implement specialized systems for managing documents and records. - Create university-wide policies and standards related to document and records management. - Assign responsibilities and authorities within the document and records management systems. - Establish and promulgate procedures and guidelines related to document and records management. - Train and promote document and records management university-wide.
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Establish and develop methods to enable measures of capabilities, outcomes and best practices across projects, programs and portfolios |
We shall: - Research, benchmark and train on methods to measure. - Develop implementation plan based on assessment. - Execute the implementation plan and start collecting data. |
Mid-Term Plan: 2010 – 2012
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Build a good reputation for the quality of scientific research. |
We shall: - Maintain a fixed annual rate for postgraduate students (Masters and Doctorate by way of research) during the period of 2010-2012. - Establish key research positions. - Publish a research bulletin for staff and students on a quarterly basis from January 2012. - Establish and promote a collaborative and interdisciplinary research culture. - Attract internal and external funding. - Promote national and international networking.
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Obtain additional quality management certifications for the University. |
We shall: - Identify appropriate opportunities for the University to achieve additional quality management certifications. - Prepare plan to attain said certifications. |
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Assess and define the improvement plan of administrative activities. |
We shall: - Prepare for the assessment. - Implement the assessment. - Define the improvement plan. |
Long-Term Plan: 2013-2015
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Identify and develop commercialisation plan for relevant research projects. |
We shall: - Undertake commercialisation needs and opportunities assessment for all research projects. - Develop commercialisation strategies agreements. - Continue to introduce new market driven conventional courses. |
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Ensure effective technology transfer. |
We shall: - Produce and regularly update ‘Packages of Information’ to support technology transfer.
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To reduce redundancy and automate manual steps for processes University-wide and to be a fully paperless University. |
We shall: - Evaluate and thoroughly analyze all business processes and standard operating procedures to identify unnecessary redundancies, etc. - Work closely with related departments to streamline and automate all processes and procedure. - Prepare a business case. - Prepare a project plan for the approved solution.
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Assess, define and implement a revenue generating plan. |
We shall: - Prepare for the assessment. - Implement the assessment. - Implement the improvement plan. - Implement the revenue generating plan. |



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