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Book: "The Strategic Attitude" (link to order) Essay: "Budget Systems Development" (review & download) Board development
Publication history (click to download) The Strategic Attitude: Integrating Strategic Planning into Daily University Worklife Nathan Dickmeyer (From the NACUBO, 2004 Publications Catalog): Chief financial officers in today's universities are so busy with the challenges of day-to-day management that strategic thinking often takes a back seat. And yet planning for strategic change can go a long way toward streamlining the very daily tasks that obscure the "big picture." Learning how to integrate strategic thinking into day-to-day management can transform an institution into a strategic organization that operates with an effective understanding of environment, mission, and values. Nathan Dickmeyer brings his many years as a consultant, chief financial officer, member of accreditation teams, and higher education researcher and writer to this insightful discussion of strategic thinking from the CFO's point of view. He shares lessons learned from hundreds of experiences and pinpoints common problems and common-sense solutions in planning and management. Chief financial officers, planning officers, presidents, and other administrative staff involved in the strategic planning process will benefit from Dickmeyer's integrative approach. Fictional vignettes, based on hundreds of one-on-one experiences in a variety of university settings, illustrate the problems of the classic approach to planning and show how "on the job" strategic thinking works.(171 pages, Softcover, NC3047) New Papers for Download Budget System Design: Choosing Among RCB, ZBB and Incremental Why choose Responsibility Center Budgeting, Zero-based Budgeting or Incremental Budgeting? This paper outlines the institutional characteristics, strategies, intentions, and conditions that lead to a particular budget system design that fits.
Questions for Excellence: A Board Guide to College and University Plans A series of essays to guide college and university board members through plans and policies. Each essay reframes common business questions into the language of higher education. College and university administrators will want to refer to these essays to understand better the kinds of business questions trustees bring to plan presentations. Each essay concentrates on a plan from the strategic plan to the leadership plan. Introduction download in pdf
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