The UFES Strategic Plan Model

In this section we present the university’s strategic plan model. The plan starts with the university mission and vision, shown in Figure 36.

Figure 36 - UFES Mission and Vision

26 Due to the university nature, university departments are autonomous in its management administration, in which departments are not obliged to support university goals. Departments, however, are obliged to comply to all university regulations.

Be recognized as an institution of excellence in education,

research and extension, integrated to society and committed to innovation and

sustainable growth.

Generate scientific, technological, educational, cultural and social advances through education, research and extension, creating and transferring

innovations and knowledge that contributes to society and sustainable

growth regionally, nationally and internationally.

As described in Section 7.4.2, the plan is divided in 5 strategic areas. In this case study, we focus on the Research area.

The Research Strategic Area

At UFES, each strategic area has an overarching goal with regards to that specific area. The research strategic area’s overarching goal is “To consolidate and expand, with excellence, research committed to innovation, sustainable development and improvement of society living conditions, integrated with university education and extension areas”. Figure 37 shows the research overarching goal and the strategy related to it, refined in a number of (sub)goals.

Figure 37 – UFES Research Mission and Strategies View

We now focus on the strategy to achieve the goal to ‘Consolidate and extend university research groups’ (upper left corner in Figure 37), which is depicted in Figure 38.

To consolidate and expand research of excellence committed with innovation,

sustainable growth and society life improvement, integrating it with university extension and education

Strategy to consolidate and expand research of excellence committed with innovation, sustainable growth and society life improvement, integrating it with university extension and education

Consolidate and extend research

groups

Perform research integrated to actual

society demands

Create mechanisms to

advertise and increase university

research visibility

Expand research publication space

at Ufes

To consolidate post-graduation programs To promote

integration between consolidated and non-consolidated post-graduation

programs

To create conditions to expand university internationalization

To recognize human rights and

education in human rights as

study areas

Increase research at graduation level

Increase multiuser research infrastructure

Improve support for new researchers

Encourage scientific and technological development

Guarantee quality basic infrastructure Expand integration

between university, public

government, private companies, schools and social

movements

Increase partnerships with

high-quality national and international institutions

Improve graduation and post-graduation scores in national

evaluation

Figure 38 – Strategy to Consolidate and expand university research groups

This strategy encompasses a number of goals, which have a number of relations with the operational aspects of the enterprise architecture. Some of these goals refer to changes in the enterprise’s behavior in order to perform new projects or tasks (“implement actions planned in the Propos program”). Some other goals refer to changes in the enterprise’s structure, such as creating an organizational unit (“create a sector to apply for government research funding programs”). The goals in this strategy also refer to enterprises resources and capabilities, as they include human resources with advanced capabilities, as required to “create new doctorate programs”. The personnel capabilities also play a key role in the “integrate lecturers, assistant and associate professors to post- graduation programs” goal and in the “expand and improve teaching personnel qualification towards achieving teaching personnel with Ph.D. diploma” goal.

The university strategic plan is detailed until this level. The strategic plan, then, is further sent to the university departments.

UFES Strategic Plan Model Follow up in a Department

The strategic planning effort has a follow up at the level of departments. This is performed using the whole UFES strategic plan as a starting point. The department assess to which general objectives they are willing to commit to.

Figure 39 reveals the Physics Department follow up for the university objective to “consolidate post-graduation programs”.

Strategy to consolidate post-graduation programs Implement actions

planned in the Propos program

Integrate lecturers, assistant and associate

professors to post- graduation programs

Create a sector to apply for government research funding

programs

Create new doctorate programs

Expand and improve teaching personnel qualification towards achieving teaching personnel with Ph.D. diploma To consolidate

post-graduation programs

Figure 39 –Physics Department follow up at university objective to consolidate post-graduation programs

The Physics department has committed to support the achievement of the university goal to “consolidate post-graduation programs”, refining the university strategy to achieve the goal, also defining sector objectives to the university objective “integrate lecturers, assistant and associate professors to post- graduation programs”, with targets for these objectives. Figure 39 also reveals that the Physics department has defined the university’s human resource department PROGEP as responsible for the achievement of these two sector objectives.

The Physics department also commits to pursuing the university’s “Perform research integrated to society demands” objective (upper left corner in Figure 37), with the strategic depicted in Figure 40.

To consolidate post- graduation programs

Strategy to consolidate post-graduation

programs Integrate lecturers,

assistant and associate professors to post-

graduation programs

Increase researchers at

the post- graduation program by 15%

at each 3 years

Strategy to integrate lecturers, assistant

and associate professors to post- graduation programs

Hire new researchers for the

Physics Post- graduation

program

Hire research personnel at a lecturer vacancy

Strategy to hire new researchers for the

Physics Post- graduation program

Increase external participation at the Physics Post-

graduation program

Have at least 3 external professors visiting the post-

graduation program per year PROGEP

PROGEP

Figure 40 – Physics Department strategy to Perform research integrated to society demands