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Community

Community. Definition: (co-located) group organized around common interests, beliefs and values and distinct from other groups Types: Business Community Academic Community Organizational Community Virtual Community Neighborhood Community. Levels of Community .

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Community

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  1. Community • Definition: (co-located) group organized around common interests, beliefs and values and distinct from other groups • Types: • Business Community • Academic Community • Organizational Community • Virtual Community • Neighborhood Community

  2. Levels of Community

  3. Characteristics Describing An Individual’s Involvement with a Community me Marshall Marshall me me Marshall me Marshall • Degree of identification: The extent to which your sense of self is tied to the the community. Who am I? • I am a professor in the marketing department • I am a Marshall faculty member • I am a USC professor

  4. How strong is your identification with Marshall? • Extremely weak • Somewhat weak • Neither weak nor strong • Somewhat strong • Very strong

  5. Characteristics Describing an Individual’s Involvement with the Community • Commitment: The extent to which you want to remain a part of the organization and wish to invest personal resources (time, emotional energy) to support it. Marshall Me

  6. How would you describe your commitment Marshall • Very weak • Weak • Neither weak nor strong • Somewhat strong • Very strong

  7. Community Development and Sustainment Process Accomplishment Virtue for self and group Need fulfillment Enthusiasm (self and group) Sense of belonging Desire to Get along Trust Security to share Pride (Self and group) Learning Commitment Accomplishment

  8. How well does this model describe community development and sustainment at Marshall? • Doesn’t describe well at all • Describes somewhat • Describes very well

  9. Characteristics of Communities • Cohesiveness: The extent to which members of the community know one another, are interconnected, and stick together. Given your own personal experiences as a faculty member at Marshall, how cohesive do you think the Marshall faculty community is?

  10. How would you characterize the cohesiveness of Marshall’s Community • Not at all cohesive • Somewhat cohesive • Very cohesive

  11. Marshall efforts that might foster community • Weekly coffee hours • Friday all faculty receptions • Bi-annual faculty meetings • Marshall Awards ceremony • Research@Marshall newsletter • Cross-departmental seminars • Commencement exercises How effective are these efforts?

  12. Weekly Coffee Hours • Not effective at all • Somewhat effective • Extremely effective

  13. Friday All Faculty Receptions • Not at all effective • Somewhat effective • Very effective

  14. Bi-Annual Faculty Meetings • Not at all effective • Somewhat effective • Very effective

  15. End of Year Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony • Not at all effective • Somewhat effective • Very effective

  16. Research@Marshall Newsletter • Not at all effective • Somewhat effective • Very effective

  17. Cross-Departmental Seminars • Not at all effective • Somewhat effective • Very effective

  18. Commencement Ceremonies • Not at all effective • Somewhat effective • Very effective

  19. How? • Potential community building activities • Reallocating faculty space based on research interests • Eliminating departments • Creating more school-wide research seminars • Creating more school-wide events • Having a school-wide faculty research fair • Rewarding organizational contributions more heavily in APR • Holding more frequent all school faculty meetings devoted to brainstorming, decision making, voting • Holding a once a year all faculty-staff meeting where faculty/staff points of intersection can be discussed How effective would these activities be at building community at Marshall?

  20. Reallocating faculty space based on common research interests • Not at all effective • Somewhat effective • Very effective

  21. Eliminating Departments • Not at all effective • Somewhat effective • Very effective

  22. Creating more school wide research seminars • Not at all effective • Somewhat effective • Very effective

  23. Creating more school wide events • Not at all effective • Somewhat effective • Very effective

  24. Holding a school wide research fair • Not at all effective • Somewhat effective • Very effective

  25. Rewarding organizational contributions more heavily in APR • Not at all effective • Somewhat effective • Very effective

  26. Having more school-wide faculty meetings devoted to brainstorming, discussion, and decision making • Not at all effective • Somewhat effective • Very effective

  27. Holding a once a year all faculty-staff meeting where points of intersection are discussed • Not at all effective • Somewhat effective • Very effective

  28. Your ideas • What other activities are we currently engaged in that build community? • What else can we do to build community? • Small group discussion • Each table has 1 or 2 a team leaders • Discuss ideas and write them down • Hand them in • Wiki and solicitation of feedback

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