When done properly, a strategic plan or vision statement, delivers tremendous value and can serve as a definitive roadmap that takes a department where it wants to go.
Vision Statements as Empowerment Tools
Do the words “vision statement” make you wince? Us too! They make all of us wince when they are developed “on high” and “checked off” the to-do list without another thought. But . . . and it seems that in higher education there is always a “but” . . .