Strategic Goals and UM Alignment
The HR strategic goals articulate the focus of the HR community, outcomes to be achieved and the roles and competencies needed. They create clarity for planning and resource allocation and assure that our actions are aligned with U-M strategy.
1. Develop leading practices in the recruitment, retention and development of outstanding faculty and staff.
UM Strategic Alignment:
- Maintaining and increasing the excellence of the faculty and staff
- Ensuring faculty, staff and student diversity
- Recruiting or developing, through career development, successors for leadership and mission critical roles
- Attracting the best people
- Sustaining academic excellence
2. Build human resources skills, competencies and expertise to advance University goals.
UM Strategic Alignment:
- Developing HR competence and capability to contribute to moving Michigan to a new level of excellence building on academic strengths.
3. Increase HR contribution to the success of the University of Michigan through business intelligence.
UM Strategic Alignment
- Improving access to information
- Reducing the University’s overall exposure to business and catastrophic risks
4. Support and promote the health and well-being of the University of Michigan community so individuals and the organization thrive.
UM Strategic Alignment
- Enhancing the University’s contribution to better and more affordable health care
5. Foster and maintain a work and learning environment that is inclusive, welcoming and supportive, and is free from discrimination.
UM Strategic Alignment
- Ensuring faculty, staff and student diversity
- Fostering and enabling collaboration across the University
- Maintaining and increasing the excellence of the faculty and staff
- Assuring high ethical standards are maintained
- Fostering active engagement
6. Improve HR processes, systems and infrastructure to provide high levels of efficiency, quality and cost-effectiveness.
UM Strategic Alignment
- Enhancing shared administrative processes and technology infrastructure
- Reducing the University’s overall exposure to business and catastrophic risks
