Title:
Bureaucracy
Convener:
Maggie Cullop
Participants:
Raul Monreal
Stella Napoles
Cher Whittum
Andy Helman
Elizabeth Sendejas
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Discussion:
- Sharing a Learning Formula
- What is the problem/concern?
- Who is causing it?
- Who is affected?
- What needs to be done in order to see results?
- What are the rewards /resolutions?
- Bureaucracy at District is dictated to colleges
- Restrictions/Prerequisites differences - funding creates bureaucracy
- A lot of rules
- How money rules your need to learn
- Need some rules that encourage learning
- People make rules to create bureaucracy
- Territorial
- Protecting territory
- Curriculum needs to be open
- Traditional learning - you learn by rules
- How to eliminate/reduce/deal/work with/ live with some bureaucracy
- Create some responsibility
- Create some accountability
- Authority [empower the people]
- Delegate authority
- How do we know if bureaucracy is reduced?
- Survey students, faculty, and staff
- Concrete examples at PVCC to reduce bureaucracy
- Tradition needs to change, too
- We work for PVCC!
- Clear, concise, simple, understandable communication from all players
- Everybody needs to agree to communicate by not leaving questionable concerns unanswered
- Respect
- Communication is un-ranked once the majority agreed and you need to support - If everybody had input and was listened to
- Cross observational provides valuable input
- How does this change add or improve learning at PVCC?
- Internally more respect for each other
- Students are served by facing fewer obstacles
- Everybody contributes to the whole institution mission
- Addresses conflict, frustrations, makes job more enjoyable
- We have fun!
Open Space Forum - 10.29.98 - Paradise Valley Community College
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