Read the Gail Palmer Ashton case in the Harvard course pack.
Write a one-two page memo to Dean Watkins with considerations and recommendations to support the Task Force’s success, including:
What are the hallmark features of the Ashton school as explicitly noted or inferred in Watkins’ conversation with Martino and as embedded in the four strategic goals? What is missing that you might find characteristic of other school’s goals?
What are some of NYU Wagner’s goals, as a benchmarking example?
A set of performance metrics that you develop for two of Ashton’s goals, to be recommended to the Dean. Indicate the source of data for each metric.
A paragraph reflecting on what was easy, difficult, and surprising about developing performance metrics.
The example structure:
TO:
FROM:
ACTION RECOMMENDATION OR SUMMARY
CONTEXT OR BACKGROUND
OPTIONS FOR ACTION
ADIITIONAL CONSIDERATION OR RISKS AND MITIGATION ON MEASURES
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