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Discerning the Context

Discerning the Context. Education IPB (Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield)

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Discerning the Context

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  1. Discerning the Context Education IPB (Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield) This is your frame of reference on how the planning process is affected by world in which you must plan. You can’t plan a big expensive program if you’re working with a limited budget on a continuing education program. You can’t successfully plan a program if the power figure won’t support it.

  2. Discerning the Context • The People • Organization One • Organization Two

  3. Discerning the Context • The Organization • Structural Factors • SOPs • Organizational decision-making • Political Factors • Coalition building • Power relations • Cultural Factors • History and traditions • Organizational symbols

  4. Discerning the Context • The Wider Environment • Common Issues with Contextual Knowledge • Power is Central • Willingness and Ability to Negotiate is Essential • Ethical Practice is Foundational • Obtaining Information About the Planning Context

  5. Techno U. • You have been asked to lead a program planning team at a small liberal arts university. The program is putting together an associate of arts degree focused on adult students. Your team has envisioned a very basic program that can be afforded by the learners you are targeting. The Vice President of Educational Technology has a representative on your team and she is adamant that the program must use a new set of technology, much of which is unnecessary for your program. It is obvious that your learners are being used to fund this purchase of new equipment. She also insists on including program objectives on the ability to use technology.

  6. Techno U. • You have spoken to the Dean of the college you’re representing and he does not feel he can openly confront the VP, as he needs additional equipment for the traditional programs. He asks you to deal with the problem. Other members of the team have seen the same thing and are unhappy with the power play. Two other team members are faculty content experts from the history and english departments, who need nothing more in their classroom than an overhead projector. They are ready to go to the Faculty Senate to air their issues with the planning team. Last year, the VP had a knockdown fight with the Faculty Senate over the mandatory creation of faculty webpages. He was publicly reprimanded by the President, who came from the history department, for creating an unnecessary interdepartmental fight.

  7. What is the Context? • Where is the power in your planning team? • Is there an ethical dilemma? • How might you negotiate this problem away? • Is there a political out in such a situation? • Could such a situation really exist?

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