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From Andy Miller (Asbury University) to Everyone: (11:58 AM)
Hav you al thought about presenting this as a case study? that might help.
Thanks!


Announcements - Itana News, Working Group Report out

New to EA Working Group:  Sessions have started and the group is meeting

API Working Group: No Update

Business Architecture Working Group:  jeff kennedy's 03/01/19 presentation about using the higher education business reference model was well attended and generated enough interest and questions to have another working group session dedicated to addressing the questions.  Jim Phelps is interested in having jeff present the same material to the larger Itana

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group at a time slot that is during the working week in Auckland, New Zealand.

The working group session on 03/15/19 will feature a presentation by Dana Miller where Deming's ideas associated with systems will be viewed as a lens to look at Enterprise/Business Architecture

EA Maturity Model:  Reminder for Itana attendees to complete their institution's maturity assessment including this note taker's institutio

Topic: “A Career in Organized Anarchy, Building Interpersonal Relationships in Higher Education” - Matt House

Highlights of Matt's Presentation

• Matt's presentation covered his academic career which led to his current role as Enterprise Architect at Washington University.  A research interest of Matt's is higher education since he has a masters degree in the subject
  
  
• Relationships work when no process or resources are available

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• to get to a decision
  
  
• Review of the Carnegie Classification System

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• A method to understand an institution is to understand their revenue sources by looking at the public available consolidated financial statements
   
• Washington University can viewed as an Organized Anarchy which has the following characteristics
  
  
  • Loosely coupled system
  • Semiautonomous units
  • "streams" of

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• • problems looking for solutions which leads to "Garbage Can Decision Making" which is a type consensus building
  • Low interest or salience in problems
  • High inertia
  • Doctoral or R1 institution
• Other methods to understand institutional behavior
• Following the money.  WashUR1:  645 mill UW UM 1 BB Flowing into investigators
  Looking at revenues.  Look at tuition.  small.  

Role of leaders.  
Power and Influence
Power in Universities-viewed negatively, comes from academic free.  collegial environment.  
Six Bases of Power:

Expert Power:  

Key to successful leadership is influence not power.

Influence tactics. Proactive
Grouping Influence Tactics
Architects-Rational persuasion-go to but may not 
Consultation and Inspiration are more effective  Compliance: Commitment not mutually exclusive 

Garbage can decision making.  Everybody brings their own problems looking for a solution.  
Piet:  Whoever brings the most handouts wins.

Relitigation in the field. 

Facilitate Opposition Participation:  moderates

Overload the system to many problems or solutions.

University:  Hight impact small actions.  

Weak information base.  

Relationships are the foundational tools to getting things done.
Avenues for building a power/influence network.   Connections in and out of the networks.  Easily move between.

Matt
Strategic Relationship Building:  

 Be curious
Be Genuine
Be Transparent....asking for help
Spend time
Maintain Integrity
Share information

What kinds of institutions support architecture 

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