Not unlike many universities today, Apex State University i

Scenario

Not unlike many universities today, Apex State University is experiencing a serious decline in student enrollment—m ore specifically, in the number of students transferring to Apex. The decline in transfer student enrollment is having a serious impact on overall tuition revenue. A review of system wide data has convinced the president that the issue deserves further scrutiny. She has asked you, the director of enrollment management, to prepare a position paper detailing transfer policies and procedures. The president is seeking a better understanding of how the process works, who the stakeholders are, where they are within the institution (positions, departments), to whom do they answer, and what kind of resistance can be expected. She has asked you for recommendations on how the people involved in the process can work together to achieve mutually agreeable solutions.

Power Analysis

In Part I, you identified the interests of stakeholders in the transfer enrollment process. This week, you will explore the loyalties of those stakeholders. In other words, if the parking coordinator is one of the stakeholders, who has the most power over his or her decisions? What is the chain of authority? In military terms, what is the command-and-control structure?

For this assignment, perform a power analysis of the Provost, the enrollment manger and the faculty as stakeholders. Explain your rationale by citing concepts discussed in Weeks 1–4.

Assignment length: 2–3 pages, APA Format

Resources

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Tierney, W. G. (2008). The impact of culture on organizational decision making: Theory and practice in higher education. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Birnbaum, R. (1988). How colleges work: The cybernetics of academic organization and leadership. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Kezar, A. J. (2001). Understanding and facilitating organizational change in the 21st century: Recent research and conceptualizations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.