Goal 4: Strengthen Organizational Infrastructure to Promote Optimum Efficiency and Operational Output with Attention to Sustainability

Objective 4.1: Support a work environment that empowers its members by providing training and opportunities for professional development that increase productivity by improving accountability. Introduce a reward system that encourages merit and outstanding performance.

• Align Faculty and staff's performance evaluations systems with the University's goals and objectives set forth in this Strategic Plan.
• Design professional development plans based on the results of evaluations to support employees' advancement and to provide career improvement opportunities.
• Allocate a University merit compensation pool for outstanding performance to be distributed for achievement of unit goals and objectives tied to this Strategic Plan.

Objective 4.2: Develop a flexible and accountable management plan to increase the University's transparency and shared governance.

• Align the KSU Facilities Master Plan with the University Strategic Plan.
• Create a sustainability plan for the KSU campus to reduce energy use (electrical power, water, gas, and coal) by using environmentally sustainable methods.
• Improve customer service for admissions, registration, financial services, and student services.
• Implement efficiency measures to strengthen business processes and internal controls.
• Improve faculty, staff, and student health and wellness.

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