91ΑΤΖζ

People, Processes and Culture

  • People, Processes and Culture
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At Texas Woman's, we strive to improve our efficiency and effectiveness as changemakers in our communities. We will develop a culture of receptive engagement dedicated to positive responsiveness and innovation.

With those values in mind, this initiative promotes streamlining processes and employing transparent, respectful, and collaborative communication practices. This β€œculture of yes” will lead to more innovation, more collaboration, and more belonging within the Texas Woman's system for our stakeholders, students, staff, faculty, and administration.

Strategies

  • Incorporate a bottom-up feedback loop through an information hub to foster new and enhanced programs and to improve recruitment and retention strategies.
  • Customize research and pedagogical opportunities to improve participation, collaboration, and production among faculty, staff, students, and off-campus partnerships
  • Address fair and robust compensation for all full-time and part-time employees to ensure we move towards designation as a R2 institution

Success Measures

  • Conduct an assessment of compensation and develop strategies for ensuring fair and robust compensation for all full-time and part-time employees as we move towards designation as a R2 institution
  • Host annual collaborative, intra- and inter-campus research gatherings to support innovative research grant applications
  • Create guidelines to improve the efficiency of search and hiring processes and assess the efficacy of search outcomes
  • Develop innovative and flexible hiring packages for new faculty, staff, and administrators

The Team

  • Ashley Bender, PhD
    Associate Professor of English, and Program Coordinator and Coordinator of First Year Experience
  • William R. Benner, PhD
    Associate Professor of Spanish. Coordinator minors in Spanish
  • Amy Williams Hall, SHRM-SCP, SPHR
    Executive Director of Human Resources
  • Christian L. Hart, PhD
    Professor of Psychology, Director of the Psychological Science Program and Director of the Human Deception Laboratory
  • Jason R. Lambert, PhD
    Associate Professor of Management
  • Noralyn Pickens, PhD
    Associate Dean for Interprofessional Education and Strategic Initiatives, College of Health Sciences and College of Nursing and Professor, Occupational Therapy
  • John Terrizzi, PhD
    Associate Professor of Psychology