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Planning, Policy and Effectiveness
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ASU's "Bull's-Eye" Concept

At ASU, the strategic planning process focuses on the primacy of the institution's mission as enacted through its academic programs. Strategic planning further serves as a platform for the allocation of resources based on an ongoing evaluation of progress toward institutional goals.

The "bull's eye" concept best illustrates the interrelatedness of mission, academic programs, strategic planning, resource allocation, and institutional effectiveness.

Strategy Bullseye Mission, Vision & Value Statements Learning Goals Academic Planning Strategic Planning Resource Allocation Institutional Effectiveness
1. Establish core components of ASU’s identity.
2. Identify the dispositions and skills needed to achieve, on an individual basis, mission, vision, values.
3. Outlines how academic programs provide the type of education needed to achieve learning goals.
4. Creates (with associated Master Goals) an institutional framework in support of ASU’s academic programs.
5. Provides, through data-informed decision-making, the support necessary for ASU to achieve its mission, vision, and value statements.
6. Sets measurable goals of progress that are analyzed in an ongoing fashion to assure that resources and institutional goals are in continual alignment.