Faculty Development Plan

Dr. Pat Cantrell, Dean

Adopted: Fall 2010

Revised; 3.7.2011
Revised: 9.20.2011
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
COB Vision, Mission and Core Values Statement ...............................................................1

AACSB Accreditation Considerations ................................................................................. 2

Faculty Plan and Report ...................................................................................................... 4

Support ................................................................................................................................ 4

Promotion & Tenure............................................................................................................ 9

Faculty Evaluation Plan ...................................................................................................... 9

Methodology ....................................................................................................................... 11

Administration of Evaluation Process ............................................................................... 15

Revision of Annual Plan ..................................................................................................... 15

Appendices
Appendix A – Faculty Planning Form .............................................................................. 16
Appendix B – Summary Evaluation Form for Faculty ..................................................... 19
Appendix C – Professional Portfolio................................................................................. 22
Appendix D – UCA Grant Opportunities .......................................................................... 25
Appendix E – Publication Plan ......................................................................................... 26
Appendix F – COB Research Classification Guidelines ................................................... 29
Appendix G – UCA COB Travel Policy .............................................................................. 32
 COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Faculty development is a crucial component of the College of Business. The Faculty
Development Plan includes the mission statement, an explanation of support
services, promotion and tenure guidelines, and guidelines for AACSB accreditation
standards.

This document will guide faculty in their developmental activities. Additional

information may be obtained from the department chair or the dean.

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
VISION, MISSION, AND CORE VALUES STATEMENT
COB Vision
Our vision is to be the leading regional public business college in Arkansas, with
national recognition in selected fields or areas.

COB Statement of Mission and Core Values

Our mission is to provide high quality business education to our undergraduate and
graduate students through the delivery of a current and responsive curriculum that
promotes intellectual and professional development. We promote excellence through
our scholarly endeavors and service to our stakeholders through strong engagement
with the regional and global business community. In carrying out this mission, the
College of Business is guided by the following core values:

1. Intellectual Excellence.
1.1. Educate students: We promote intellectual and professional development
of students by emphasizing communication, critical and analytical thinking,
collaboration, information management and a broad exposure to key
business disciplines.
1.2. Scholarship: We believe that faculty and students should engage in
professional development and scholarly endeavors that promote the
application and creation of knowledge in business practice and education.
1.3. Cultural competence: We maintain and develop current and responsive
curriculum that prepares students for the global business environment
through broad exposure to key business disciplines.
1.4. Physical learning environment: We strive to provide a physical
infrastructure with appropriate technology that provides an environment in
which our students and faculty can thrive professionally and intellectually.
2. Community.
2.1. Collegiality: We encourage transparency in our decision making practice
through a process of shared governance based on interactions among
faculty, staff, and students.

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 2.2. Service: We pursue collaborative partnerships between our internal and
external stakeholders to promote life-long and experiential learning,
research, service, and community interaction.
3. Diversity.
3.1. We value the opportunity to work, learn, and develop in a community that
embraces the diversity of individuals and ideas.
4. Integrity.
4.1. Ethics: We are committed to ethical and responsible behavior in our own
actions and to developing the same commitment in our students by
promoting the awareness of professional ethical responsibilities.
4.2. Responsibility: We commit to being responsible and accountable in our
operations at all levels, including assessment and continuous improvement
of our academic programs and transparency in our fiscal and operational
proceedings.

AACSB ACCREDITATION CONSIDERATIONS

The College of Business at the University of Central Arkansas is an AACSB accredited
institution. As such there are certain standards faculty in the College must meet in
order to demonstrate expertise and maintain currency in their respective fields.
Standard 10 of AACSB’s Accreditation Guidelines addresses maintaining faculty
expertise by requiring that 90% of faculty resources are either academically qualified
(AQ) or professionally qualified (PQ).

Each university develops their own AQ and PQ faculty criteria subject to AACSB
guidelines that is consistent with the school’s mission. UCA’s College of Business has
developed the following requirements to earn initial appointment as AQ or PQ and to
maintain AQ and PQ status.

Academically Qualified (AQ)

To be considered academically qualified (AQ) faculty must:

 hold a doctorate in, or related to, the faculty member’s teaching field from an
institution whose business programs are AACSB accredited, and
 meet the intellectual contribution guidelines of a minimum of three peer
reviewed journal (PRJ) publications in the most recent five-year period.

AQ status may be satisfied if the faculty member holding a doctorate not related to
the field of business has additional academic preparation.

Additionally, by AACSB definitions there are several other ways a faculty member
can be considered AQ. Using the standards as a basis for determination:

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  A faculty member that is teaching in their area of academic preparation, is
ABD, and working on a dissertation is considered AQ for a period of three
years.
 New doctorates are considered AQ for a period of five years after completion
of their degree without supporting ICs.
 A faculty member holds a JD degree and is teaching business law or legal
environment of business courses. The same continuing intellectual
contribution requirements apply to faculty falling in this category.
 A faculty member with substantial current internal administrative
responsibilities at the dean’s level or higher is considered AQ without meeting
the PRJ requirements.

Professionally Qualified (PQ)

To be considered professionally qualified (PQ), faculty should hold a graduate degree
in their primary teaching field and have recent relevant professional experience
within the last five years. In addition, there are a number of ways faculty can achieve
PQ status:

 A faculty member may conduct research in field, or participate in educational

conferences and seminars deemed appropriate to their teaching assignment.
 Other activities that may contribute to the PQ status of a faculty member are:
o Consulting activities in the area of teaching or serving on advisory
boards.
o Obtaining or maintaining a relevant professional certification or
license.
o Community or professional service that requires professional expertise
related to the faculty member’s teaching.
o The creation of pedagogical materials or participation in pedagogical
activities as a professional for an academic textbook company.
 Faculty members with previous work experience deemed to be substantial
enough in terms of responsibility and duration may be considered PQ
without having earned a graduate degree. Only rarely will an exceptional
faculty member with outstanding industry/business/government experience
at a high level be considered PQ without a graduate degree. The burden of
proof for determining PQ status of individuals in both categories rests with
the department chair through consultation with the dean.

Satisfying AQ or PQ status does not automatically ensure that a faculty member

would be granted tenure or a promotion. Faculty members may lose AQ or PQ status
if they do not provide sufficient evidence of research and/or professional activity
within the most recent five year period. Each year the Associate Dean of the College
of Business will evaluate every AQ faculty member during the period of July 1
through August 15 for any change in status. The Associate Dean will notify all faculty
members in writing of their current status. Faculty losing AQ or PQ status will be
asked to develop a plan to regain their previous highest level status.

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 FACULTY PLAN AND REPORT
To support our mission each faculty member is expected to develop an annual plan
designed to enhance excellence in teaching, intellectual contributions and service.
The plan, made in conjunction with and approved by the department chair, will be
reviewed and kept on file in the Dean’s Office. The annual planning form will be
provided by the department chair or copies can be obtained from the Dean’s office. A
sample copy of the annual planning form is included in Appendix A. This form is due
to the department chair by January 15 each year.

The plan should include a research agenda which includes target conferences and
publications. Faculty Annual Report and Performance Summary forms which are
distributed each year during February are to be completed each Spring. A sample
copy of the Faculty Annual Report Form is included in Appendix B. It is important
that each faculty member develop realistic research goals consistent with the mission
of the University and the College. Appendix C contains examples of the types of
information that are relevant when determining teaching, research, and service
excellence. Faculty members will be responsible for documenting evidence of
accomplishments in teaching, research, and service and also for continually updating
this information.

The College of Business has adopted Sedona as our database management system.
All faculty have the ability to log on to https://sedonaweb.com/ and update their
annual information at any time. Faculty are encouraged to update Sedona as soon as
new information becomes available and are required to update by January 15 every
year. An administrative feature enables the department chairs, the associate dean
and dean to generate up-to-date faculty activity reports to aid in assessing progress
toward annual goals. Immediately prior to the annual evaluation period, chairs will
print each faculty member’s Faculty Annual Report and Performance Summary.

SUPPORT
In order to achieve the goals of the College of Business, the University and the
College provides the following:

 Opportunity for Sabbatical Leave

 Reassigned Time for Research
 Reassigned Time for Academic Outreach
 University Research Grants
 University Summer Reassigned Time for Research
 University Professional Development Grants
 Small Business Advancement National Center
 Personal Computing
 Graduate Research Assistants
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  Travel Funds on a Limited Basis
 University Torreyson Library
 College of Business Technology Services
 College of Business Publication Plan
 Instructional Development Committee Resources
 Annual Merit and Equity Pool
 Funds for Journal Submission
 Funds for Continuing Education
 Funds to Pay Certification Examination Fees
 Assistance with External Grant Writing
 Cabell’s Publishing Directory Online
 Sedona Systems database
 Standard and Poor’s Research Insight (Compustat)

Sabbatical Leave
The Sabbatical Leave program is available for those faculty members who have given
seven or more years of full-time service to the University. The sabbatical leave may
involve a summer, one semester, or a full academic year depending on the faculty
member’s plans and wishes and the needs of the college and the university. More
information is found in the University Faculty Handbook.

Reassigned Time
The standard teaching load at UCA is twelve hours per semester. However, faculty
who are involved in research, graduate teaching, and outreach activities may eligible
for reassignment to work on these projects. Departments may adjust class schedules
to accommodate reassignments whenever possible. In general, an individual faculty
will receive no more than three hours in reassigned time during any one semester.

a) Research reassignment – The College of Business recognizes the value of

research and may grant reassignment for research activities. A reassignment
for research should initially be requested through department chairs prior to
the scheduling of a semester in accord with University deadlines.
b) Academic outreach activities reassignment - The College of Business
recognizes the value of community service and outreach and may grant
reassignment for these activities. Reassignment may be granted for working
with the internship program, serving as assessment director, various
fundraising activities, program development, sponsorship of national student
competitions for organizations such as SIFE, Phi Beta Lamda, and others,
working with students developing business plans for the Arkansas Governor’s
Cup Competition, and other exceptional community activities.

University Research Grants

University funds are available to support faculty research. These grants are used to
defray clerical, supplies, publication costs, postage, equipment and other common
expenses. Research which results in refereed presentations may also have travel
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expenses covered. Grants are awarded by the University Research Committee after
recommendation by the College Research Committee. The COB Research Committee
chair typically works with interested faculty to help them develop acceptable
proposals and may ask faculty to present their research to other COB faculty.

Grant applications are accepted throughout the course of the academic year, however
faculty are encouraged to submit applications to the department chair prior to any
UCA mandated deadlines. A number of travel grants are also available for faculty to
travel to present research funded by a URC grant. See Appendix D for a list of grant
opportunities and contact information regarding each grant.

University Summer Reassignment Time for Research

Summer research stipends are available at the University level. Proposals should be
submitted first to the department chair. Proposals are routed through the college
research committee and the Dean. The University research committee makes final
determinations.

University Professional Development Grants

Faculty may apply for a development grant to attend conferences, workshops and
seminars consistent with the faculty development plan. These grants may come from
internal or external sources. See Appendix D for additional information on various
grant opportunities.

Small Business Advancement National Center

The Small Business Advancement National Center (SBANC) is a multifaceted
entrepreneurial and small business counseling and electronic resource information
center. Instant, timely electronic business information is provided through the Small
Business Advancement Electronic Resource. This connection serves as an extensive
electronic link among small business owners, entrepreneurs, foundations,
educational institutions, associations, international partners and local, state and
federal government entities. SBANC maintains an extensive archive of small
business and entrepreneurial related research. New research on modern business
practices, up-to-date technologies, and the latest business related topics are added to
the archive on a regular basis from many small business organizations worldwide.
SBANC’s website, posted below, contains additional information on their services
and data.

http://www.sbaer.uca.edu

Personal Computing
One personal computer is made available to each full-time faculty member with the
appropriate software. The Office of University Information Technology supports
research and instructional computer applications. A wireless cloud enables wireless
Internet access from anywhere on the UCA campus.

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Graduate Research Assistants
Graduate research assistants are available to faculty in each department in the
College or, in some instances, graduate assistants may be assigned to individual
faculty members. Research assistants are utilized primarily for research purposes to
provide them with professional experience.

Travel Funds
Limited travel funds may be available to faculty for the purpose of attending
meetings to present refereed papers or to provide professional and/or pedagogical
development. Requests are initiated with the department chair. The COB travel
policy is attached in Appendix G.

University Torreyson Library

The University Torreyson Library and staff provide faculty with resources and
expertise, including data bases, assistance on on-line and library searches and
instruction for faculty and staff on doing searches.

College of Business Technology Services

COB Technology Services provides support for the instructional, research, and
technological needs of the faculty, staff, and students in the College of Business. The
office maintains three networked computer labs for instructional and student use.
Visit the COB website at http://www.uca.edu/business to view a listing of other
services and facilities that are available in the college.

College of Business Publication Plan

The College of Business maintains a publication plan designed to encourage and
reward faculty research leading to publication. The typical annual research incentive
fund contains between $15,000 and $20,000 to be divided among eligible faculty.
The annual award recipients are determined by the COB Research Committee that
allocates awards according to the Publication Plan included in Appendix E.

The Research Committee is also charged with reviewing publication incentive

guidelines each year and recommending to the College Executive Committee changes
designed to reflect increases in standards and/or reinforce quality improvement in
faculty research. The COB Research Committee also conducts an annual audit of
publication classification per AACSB standards to ensure faculty appropriately
classify their intellectual contributions as either learning and pedagogical research,
contributions to practice, or discipline-based scholarship. Guidelines for intellectual
contribution classification are included in Appendix F.

Instructional Development Committee resources

The University of Central Arkansas provides significant resources through the
Instructional Development Center (IDC). The purpose of the IDC is to provide “a
central facility to assist faculty in their continued improvement of teaching and
learning.” The following web address links to this site:

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 http://www.uca.edu/divisions/academic/idc/

IDC resources are available to provide or supplement travel funds to enhance

teaching, provide laptop computers, and various other training functions.

Funds for Journal Submission

Many disciplines require submission fees when research papers are submitted for
blind peer review. In most cases, department chairs have been able to provide
submission fee reimbursement or obtain a university check in advance of
submission. Additionally, certain journals have page fees to defray printing costs of
accepted papers. Many departments pay some of these submission and page fees
when funds are available with reference to the quality and prestige of the journal.
The availability of these funds is at the sole discretion of the department chair.

Funds for Continuing Education

Faculty in some disciplines, in particular the accounting and insurance and risk
management faculty, need continuing professional education (CPEs) hours to retain
active licensure. Department funds may be used to pay for these CPEs in order to
keep faculty qualified in their respective areas of expertise. The availability of these
funds is at the sole discretion of the department chair.

Funds to Pay Certification Examination Fees

College funds may be allocated to pay certification fees in areas that are consistent
with the mission of the college and the financial priorities outlined in the strategic
plan. The availability of these funds is at the sole discretion of the department chair.

Assistance with External Grant Writing

The University of Central Arkansas provides a dedicated site, the Office of Academic
Research and Sponsored Programs, designed to help faculty seek external funding
for research projects. The following website outlines the resources available to
faculty via Sponsored Programs.

http://www.uca.edu/sponsoredprograms/

Cabell’s Publishing Directory online

The UCA College of Business has an online subscription to Cabell’s Publishing
Directory that enables faculty to access this resource on campus by logging on to the
following website:

http://www.cabells.com

The “members only” section will provide access to this extensive list of information
on business journals.

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Sedona Systems database
College of Business faculty utilize Sedona Systems database for reporting and
recordkeeping of all relevant activities related to teaching, research and service.

Standard and Poor’s Research Insight Database (Compustat)

The College of Business subscribes to Standard and Poor’s Research InsightTM. This
database provides thousands of financial statement data points for more than
20,000 active and inactive companies.

PROMOTION & TENURE

The UCA Faculty Handbook provides descriptive statements about the University’s
governance and administrative structure, the responsibilities, assignments and
reports appropriate to the faculty, and policy statements, guidelines and procedures
on matters which are of significance to the faculty.

The criteria for decisions concerning tenure and promotion are provided in the
Faculty Handbook.

Statements presented here for the College of Business are meant to clarify, not to
supersede, University guidelines and procedures. In Fall 2005, the college adopted a
Faculty Evaluation Plan that was approved by the Vice President for Academic
Affairs. That evaluation plan follows.

FACULTY EVALUATION PLAN

This document establishes performance standards and measures for the diverse
contributions of College of Business faculty to support and fulfill the missions of the
university, the college and the departments. The Faculty Evaluation Plan encourages
and rewards faculty quality, diversity, innovation and other contributions to the
mission that have been developed by the faculty and administration of the college.

The plan incorporates three sets of activities: teaching, intellectual contributions and
service. Teaching is the effective delivery of instruction, demonstrated in course
material and the teacher’s currency in his or her instructional field(s). Intellectual
contributions consist of learning and pedagogical research, contributions to practice,
and discipline based scholarship publications that are available for public scrutiny.
Learning and pedagogical research are creative activities that enhance the
educational value of instructional efforts of the institution or discipline.
Contributions to practice encompass research that focuses on the application,
transfer, and interpretation of knowledge to improve management practice in the
various disciplines (e.g. economics, accounting, management, finance). Discipline-
based scholarship is research that involves the creation of new knowledge in a
particular discipline.
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Service consists of professional contributions to the university, college, department,
profession, and the community in support of the mission of the college.

Teaching, intellectual contributions and service by each faculty member are viewed
as a portfolio supporting the college’s mission. The proportional emphasis among
the three activities has been established based on the mission of the college.

Premises of Evaluation
Through consultation and deliberation, the faculty have agreed to a proportional
emphasis of these three primary activities as follows: teaching (55-75%); intellectual
contributions (20-35%); and service (5-25%). Furthermore, as an institution with an
emphasis on undergraduate education, the college emphasizes applied scholarship
and instructional development.

The plan recognizes the diverse, legitimate contributions of faculty to the university,
college and departmental missions. It is impossible to anticipate all legitimate
activities that contribute to the missions of the college and university as faculty
continuously seek ways to enhance teaching, expand intellectual contributions, and
focus on high visibility service activities.

The portfolio approach to faculty development integrates performance into mission

and objectives of the college. The faculty portfolio may be described as a collection of
the personal intellectual assets of the faculty member that are used to contribute to
the missions of the college and university. The portfolio approach allows the faculty
members, department chair, and the college dean to plan for the accomplishment of
the mission and to evaluate whether the mission has been accomplished. All
portfolio components (teaching, intellectual contributions, and service) contribute to
the accomplishment of the university and college missions but in diverse ways.

Implementation of Faculty Evaluation

Annual implementation of this plan requires two steps. First, the faculty member
plans his or her contributions to each evaluation criterion. Second, the faculty
member identifies and evaluates contributions for each criterion to be made by the
faculty member, subject to review, possible revision and final confirmation by the
department chair and the college dean. Each faculty member is responsible for
inputting these contributions to the COB database. Rewards cannot be expected for
activities not listed and described on this database.

The general structure, examples, and guidelines in Appendix C guide the faculty
member in setting up the plan. At the end of the evaluation period, the faculty
member develops a comprehensive self-report summary of his or her performance.
This summary will be used as a basis for consultations during the annual review and
planning process and, as appropriate, for pay, promotion, tenure and retention
decisions. Descriptions of the evaluation process for representative and required
judgmental criteria are provided in this document.
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The following description of the evaluation process explains the plan’s application,
identifies the procedures to be used to administer the plan, defines a process for
possible revision of the plan, and provides a recommendation for the plan’s
implementation.

METHODOLOGY
Teaching
The University of Central Arkansas is committed to excellence in instruction for its
students. Effectiveness in teaching is, therefore, of primary importance in evaluating
faculty members for both tenure and promotion. Although no definition of effective
teaching can be completely adequate, the University expects its faculty to bring
knowledge, scholarship, dedication, and energy to the classroom and to present the
various disciplines offered by the university in a manner which assists students to
understand, to develop intellectual discipline, and to develop as thinking human
beings.

An important means of assessing teaching effectiveness is the teaching portfolio. The

emphasis is on achieving positive student learning outcomes. The purpose of the
teaching portfolio is to encourage broad, diverse attention to currency of the content,
pedagogical innovation, and continuous improvement in the teaching activity. The
teaching portfolio must include (1) student evaluations of teaching effectiveness for
all fall and spring classes; (2) course syllabi, tests, and samples of student work; and
(3) a statement of the faculty members’ teaching philosophy, efforts to improve
teaching, and future directions for teaching;

A teaching portfolio may also include additional components such as evidence of

effective student advising and a peer review or chair review of classroom materials
and procedures, including a descriptive report based on a class visit. Peer reviews, if
used, must include at least one visit to a class period, a review of the course syllabus
and assignments, and a description of the primary mode of teaching, based on a
conversation with the faculty member being visited. The peer review is intended to
be a constructive, diagnostic description rather than an evaluation of the faculty
member’s teaching style. Faculty members may request peer or chair review at any
time. The development and inclusion of additional, optional components of the
teaching portfolio will be determined by each faculty member in consultation with
his or her chair.

Four general categories of evidence of instructional effectiveness are listed next,

along with representative activities. Classroom management evidence may
include measures of student pre- and post-test performance, video records of
classroom teaching, and statements from students and alumni and professional
recognition(s) for classroom teaching, and statements from students and alumni and
professional recognition(s) for classroom teaching effectiveness. Evidence of
instructional growth includes successful completion of appropriate postgraduate
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education, completion of professionally-related seminars, and evidence of important
teaching improvements. Instructional supervision evidence includes
documentation of mentoring activities, successful direction of honors work, graduate
studies, independent study, and internships. Other factors include teaching
weekend and other extra class demands, effective participation in team teaching, a
semester schedule of three or more preparations, and special responsibilities or
requirements.

NOTE: Faculty need prior approval from the Dean of the College of Business before
accepting teaching assignments outside of the College.

Intellectual Contributions
Although teaching is the primary function of the University, neither good teaching
nor the general health of the institution can be maintained without a faculty which
continually seeks deeper understanding, higher levels of scholarship, greater
professional distinction, and the addition of intellectual capital to one’s discipline.
Faculty members, therefore, are expected to demonstrate significant achievement in
scholarship, research and other important forms of professional activity appropriate
to a given discipline. Although it is impossible to define the nature and limits of
professional activity in general, published scholarship and research, grantsmanship
and papers given at professional meetings serve as examples of such activity.

Intellectual contributions to a research portfolio are categorized under eight primary

areas, and are listed below with their representative activities. Evaluation and
planning are not limited to the identified activities. Examples of specific
contributions and their relative importance are found in Appendix C.

Research, includes scholarship published in refereed journals, proceedings articles,

non-refereed professional publications, trade journals, publicly available
monographs, research-based book chapters or cases. Instructional development
is demonstrated by publications in pedagogical journals; publication of a study
guide, text or text support materials, or case notes; significant, publicly available
curriculum or program developments; a competitive, pedagogical development
grant; and other enhancements of the educational value of instructional efforts.
Grant proposals written and submitted for federal, state, university, college, and
private funds. Editing activities include editorial responsibilities and
accomplishments with international, national, regional or other research journals,
proceedings, research texts and/or research casebooks. Presentations include
presentation at international, national, regional or other refereed or non-refereed
conferences. Consulting in area of expertise is encouraged to provide interaction
and develop relationships with the business community. The practice of consulting
also encourages faculty to develop currency in their field and disseminate this
knowledge to practitioners. The College also recognizes that leading and teaching
workshops and seminars for professional organizations extends the knowledge base
in a manner consistent with applied scholarship. Reviewing for business journals
and conferences is regarded as evidence of expertise and currency in one’s field and
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can also be listed as a professional service activity. Growth is demonstrated by
earning an appropriate advanced degree; completing comprehensive oral
examinations, earning appropriate graduate credit hours, completing professionally-
related courses, obtaining professional certifications and attending professionally-
related workshops/seminars.

Beginning July 1, 2005 faculty will be expected to show the following minimum
productivity for promotion. To associate professor: nine intellectual contributions,
including five in peer reviewed journals. To full professor: since the last promotion,
ten intellectual contributions, including six in peer reviewed journals.

For faculty to be granted tenure, the minimum research expectations are 8

intellectual contributions, including four in peer reviewed journals. Tenure-track
faculty hired under previous guidelines will be subject to the guidelines in effect at
the time of initial employment with regard to the tenure decision. Decisions
involving promotion will fall under the guidelines prescribed in the most recent
faculty development plan. Meeting the minimum research expectations does not
guarantee promotion or tenure. Other factors, including the quality of the
intellectual contribution, will be considered.

Post-tenure review expectations are also three peer reviewed journals in the most-
recent five-year period. For faculty to remain in good standing, the minimum level of
research productivity is 3 peer reviewed journal publications in the most recent five-
year period in order to maintain AQ status and, in some cases, PQ status.

UCA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Promotion category Minimum number of Cumulative total
intellectual contributions (ICs)
required since last promotion
or in previous 5-year period.

Tenure 8 total ICs of which 4 must be 8 total ICs of which 4 must be

in peer reviewed journals in peer reviewed journals
(PRJs) (PRJs)
Associate Professor 9 total ICs of which 5 must be 9 total ICs of which 5 must be
in peer reviewed journals in peer reviewed journals
(PRJs) (PRJs)
Full Professor 10 total ICs of which 6 must be 19 total ICs of which 11 must
in peer reviewed journals be in peer reviewed journals
(PRJs) (PRJs)
Post-tenure review 3 PRJs in previous five years

Faculty members are encouraged to develop a two-tiered approach to their research

agendas. The first tier involves research that eventually gets published in lower
acceptance rate journals. However, given the fact that research targeted toward
lower acceptance rate journals in certain disciplines takes extensive time to create
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and get accepted for publication, faculty are encouraged to develop and submit
research to outlets with more rapid turnaround. The College of Business recognizes
that research published in any refereed outlet creates academic currency for the
faculty and enhances their teaching effectiveness. For these reasons faculty are
encouraged to develop a research agenda that includes research from both tiers.

Service
The university is itself a community and is a part of a larger community. For the
university to be a community and serve the larger community, every faculty member
must serve as an effective organizational and societal citizen. Service on
departmental, college and university committees and other service to the university
calls for faculty contributions beyond teaching and intellectual contributions; these
service contributions are expected and are to be considered in the evaluation of
faculty. Faculty are expected to serve the community outside the university by
contributing their professional skills and expertise. Such service should involve
intellectual, academic, or professional qualities or abilities appropriate to and
characteristic of a professional academician.

Service to the university reflects a faculty member’s contributions in institutional

governance and academic support. Institutional governance is furthered by a faculty
member’s accepting responsibilities such as committee assignments and Faculty
Senate membership/leadership positions. Academic support involves service
through activities such as assisting colleagues in their teaching and research
activities, student recruiting, attending university functions, ceremonies and
recognition events, public speaking to support the academic mission of the college
and university, and mentoring and sponsorship of student professional
organizations.

Service to the community considers factors such as providing community

organizations with professionally-related expertise through joining or leading
community organizations, developing and/ or providing professionally-related
information/ training for community groups and organizations. Such activities
include presentations, workshops, seminars, conferences, or courses and developing
and/ or providing professionally-related information, advice, or assistance to
community organizations. Consulting activities are encouraged from both a research
standpoint and a service standpoint since this type of activity creates valuable
relationships with business stakeholders. Consulting activities can be initiated by the
individual faculty member or via contact with Academic Outreach.

Additional information on Academic Outreach can be found on the Internet at the

following address:

http://www.uca.edu/outreach/

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 ADMINISTRATION OF EVALUATION PROCESS
Each member of the college faculty will be provided with a copy of the departmental
and college evaluation plans. If a faculty member performs important activities not
proposed on the yearly plan, he/she is to notify the department chair. Upon
notification, the department chair and the faculty member will agree on the inclusion
and placement of the activity and that activity will be recorded in the faculty
member’s annual report and performance summary. Performance folders will be
maintained by faculty. When the department chair is made aware of an activity by a
faculty member from someone other than the faculty member, the department chair
will consult with the faculty member and reach agreement on whether to include the
information in the performance folder. Data in faculty performance folders will be
discussed in depth with the faculty member during the annual performance review
and planning sessions. Significant deviations should be discussed at the end of the
semester where the deviation occurs. If a faculty member’s performance relies too
heavily on factors which do not support the mission of the department, college, or
university, the department chair has the responsibility to inform the faculty member
that the situation could adversely affect evaluation.

REVISION OF ANNUAL PLAN

Modifications to the faculty member’s plan may be made during an annual review of
the plan to be held each January or during the year by request of the faculty member
or department chair. Modifications may include but are not limited to addition or
deletion of activities, weighted importance of various activities, and judgment
criteria of activities. Any type of modification by the chair will be subject to
discussion with and agreement by the faculty member.

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 APPENDIX A
2010 FACULTY PLANNING FORM
BASED ON FACULTY EVALUATION PLAN
Adopted Fall 2005

Name:

Department/Field:

After consultation with my department chair and subject to final approval by the
Dean, my professional plans and commitments for the calendar year for teaching,
intellectual contributions, and service are as follows:

Teaching (55%-75%)

Teaching responsibilities:
Spring 2010 Summer 2010 Fall 2010
1
2
3
4

Plans for Enhancing Teaching Effectiveness in 2004: Anything new you plan to do
regarding your course content and teaching methods, including curriculum
development, new preps, website development, supplemental exercises, innovations
of a pedagogical nature, and anything dealing with assessment.

Description of Activities to Enhance Teaching Effectiveness in 2010

1
2
3
4

Criteria for judgment: Materials for Mid-Tenure Review and Tenure

including:(1) Student evaluations; (2) syllabi, tests, and samples of student work;
(3) teaching philosophy, efforts to improve, and future directions; (4) and student
advising. Optional peer reviews may be included. Materials for Annual Review
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including: (1) Student evaluations; (2) efforts to improve and future directions, and
(3) annual Performance Summary.

Service (5%-25%)

Planned Service to the University:

Description of Planned University Service Activities
1
2
3

Planned Service to the College:

Description of Planned College Service Activities
1
2
3

Planned Service to the Community/Profession (workshops, consulting, civic

organizational activity, etc):
Description of Community/Profession Activities
1
2
3

Intellectual Contributions (20%-35%)

Primary areas: Peer reviewed journal articles, peer reviewed proceedings, other
intellectual contributions including papers to be presented at academic or
professional meetings, publicly available research working papers, papers presented
a faculty research seminars, papers to be submitted to trade journals, publications to
be submitted to in-house journals, planned book reviews, plans to write cases with
instructional materials, plans to develop instructional software, and any other plans
to develop publicly available materials describing the design and implementation of
new curricula or courses.

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Topics & Targets: (Research in Progress)….add boxes as needed!
Name of Targeted Journal or
Conference Proceedings or
other description of
Intellectual Contribution
Acceptance Rate (% if
applicable)
Lead Author
Co-authors
Title of Manuscript or other
relevant description
Status
Projected submission date
Type of Research (basic,
applied, pedagogical) or other
relevant description

Other Targeted Activity (Grants, textbooks, and other intellectual contributions):

Description of Planned University Service Activities
1
2
3

___________________ ___________________ ___________________

Faculty Chair Dean

___________________ ___________________ ___________________

Date Date Date

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 APPENDIX B
SUMMARY EVALUATION FORM FOR FACULTY

Faculty Member:

Academic Rank:

Status: (tenured/tenure-track/nontenure-track)

Department:

Calendar Year:

Teaching: Summary Highlights of Teaching Efforts



Intellectual contributions: Summary Highlights of Intellectual Contribution

Efforts


Service: Summary Highlights of Service Efforts



Summary: Summary Comments of Faculty Members Efforts



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 SUMMARY EVALUATION FORM FOR FACULTY (2)
FACULTY EVALUATION BY DISTRIBUTION OF EFFORT

Area of Effort Distribution of Effort Evaluation

Teaching 55% to 75%: After ___ far exceeds minimum
consultation with your requirements
department chair please ___ exceeds minimum
indicate: requirements
___ meets minimum
requirements
___ needs to improve
performance to meet
minimum requirements
Intellectual 20% to 35%: After ___ far exceeds minimum
Contributions consultation with your requirements
department chair please ___ exceeds minimum
indicate: requirements
___ meets minimum
requirements
___ needs to improve
performance to meet
minimum requirements
___ NOT APPLICABLE
Service 5% to 25%: After ___ far exceeds minimum
consultation with your requirements
department chair please ___ exceeds minimum
indicate: requirements
___ meets minimum
requirements
___ needs to improve
performance to meet
minimum requirements

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Area of Effort Distribution of Effort Evaluation
Overall Evaluation Distribution of Effort must ___ far exceeds minimum
equal 100%! requirements
___ exceeds minimum
requirements
___ meets minimum
requirements
___ needs to improve
performance to meet
minimum requirements

IF APPLICABLE:
___ making adequate
progress toward tenure
___ not making progress
toward tenure
___ making adequate
progress toward
promotion
___ not making progress
toward promotion

Not Applicable (NA) for

tenured full professors, or
nontenure-track faculty

Date of Evaluation: _______________

_____________________________ _____________________________
Department Chair Faculty Member

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 APPENDIX C
PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO
TEACHING, INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTION AND SERVICE
RELATIVE WEIGHTS, EXPECTATIONS AND EXAMPLES

Teaching (55% to 75%)

Aspiration: Teach four courses (12 hours) per semester

Required for judgment

 Student evaluations of teaching
 Copies of course syllabi, tests, and samples of student work
 Self-report of teaching philosophy, efforts to improve teaching, and future
directions for teaching.
 Evidence of effective student advising

Optional for judgment

 Videotapes of teaching performance
 Records of curriculum development activities, including the development of
new courses or programs of instruction.
 Professional recognition of teaching excellence or contributions.
 Measures of student learning outcomes, including comparisons of pre-course,
and post-course skills and knowledge.
 Solicited and unsolicited letters and statements from students, alumni, and
other beneficiaries of teaching effectiveness.
 Evidence of instructional growth, instructional supervision, and other
teaching factors.
 Peer review of classroom materials and procedures, including a descriptive
report based on a class visit (at least every two years).

Intellectual Contributions: Learning and pedagogical research,

contributions to practice, and discipline-based scholarship (20% to 35%)

Aspiration: The following list of outcomes and activities are provided solely as
examples. They do not constitute an exhaustive list. They are intended to provide
guidance in the planning process.

 Articles published in refereed journals (PRJs).

 Published research monographs.
 Publication of scholarly or research-based books.
 Awarded competitive, peer-reviewed grants.

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  Articles published in the refereed proceedings of national or regional
meetings.
 Articles published in pedagogical publications.
 Chapters published in books.
 Publicly available applied research study or cases.
 Articles published in unrefereed journals.
 Textbooks.
 Publicly available and distributed novel instructional software.
 Presentation of invited or refereed papers to conferences.
 Refereed presentation professional meetings.
 Article published in trade or professional journal (may be PRJs).
 Presentation of applied research study or cases.
 Submission of an external, competitive, peer-reviewed grant proposal.
 Publication of book review.
 Publicly available documentation of a significant creative pedagogical
development.
 Publicly available study guide, text support materials, or case notes.
 Publicly available research working paper.
 Presentation at faculty research seminars.
 Presentation at professional development seminars.

Service (5% to 25%)

To the Institution
 Serve as editor of a trade or professional journal, national proceedings or
research casebook.
 Service as chair of college or university committee.
 Represent university or college as an elected or appointed official of national
professional or academic organization.
 Organization and presentation of significant peer workshop.
 Significant contribution to accreditation and continuous improvement
activities.
 Delivery of a speech or presentation to major/national professional
organization or government body.
 Serve as a sponsor or advisor of student professional organization.
 Serve as member of college or university committee.
 Serve as a reviewer for journals and/or conferences.
 Perform requested college service activity, e.g. serve on task force, ad hoc
team.
 Assist in significant recruiting and/or retention efforts by the university.
 Attendance at university academic functions, including commencements,
honor and recognition events.

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To the Community
 Use professional expertise to serve as elected or appointed official of
professional community service organizations.
 Provide training to state, regional, or community organizations.
 Non-compensated and university approved compensated consulting services
to state, regional, or community organizations and companies.
 On-going membership of a professional nature in community service or
professional organization.
 Significant application or professional skill to assist community organization.

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 APPENDIX D
UCA GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

Faculty Faculty University UCA

Development Enhancement Research Foundation
Grants Grants Council Grants
Budget Fixed amount Varies annually; Fixed amount Fixed amount
annually; awards awards $1000 to annually; annually;
matching funds one faculty award awards up to
averaging $300- member per amount $3000
$1000 college varies
Purpose of To support To augment other To support To encourage
grant improvement of funding and research and creative
teaching and reward creative programs and
curriculum outstanding activities provide seed
development projects not money for
funded elsewhere future programs
Reviewing Faculty Faculty University UCA
Body Development Development Research Foundation
Committee Committee Council Grants
Committee
Normally Travel to Travel; Equipment, Faculty projects;
funds workshops to equipment; faculty travel, conferences;
improve teaching research; student summer speakers;
research or travel stipends publication
startups
Does not Equipment; faculty Faculty salary, Normal Equipment;
fund salaries; travel to stipends or teaching and faculty salaries;
present research; reassigned time curriculum faculty travel
normal department remunerations development
travel activities
Committee Monthly; proposals Varies Nov., Feb. & Oct. & March
meets due 3rd Monday of April
the month
Special Hands-on Seed money Coordination
considerati workshops and for long-term with multiple
on to active participation projects using units and
projects outside outreach to the
involving money community
Contact Margaret Morgan Margaret Morgan Elaine Kathy Carroll
450-5110 450-5110 McNiece 450-5288
450-5064
Website http://uca.edu/idc http://uca.edu/idc http://uca.ed http://www.uca.
/grants/ /grants/ u/urc/ edu/foundation
/facultygrants.p
hp

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 APPENDIX E
PUBLICATION PLAN
REVISED OCTOBER 2010

The Publication Plan is designed to foster quality faculty research by providing

monetary bonuses each year (assuming the availability of funds). All faculty
members, including tenure-track, non-tenure track, part-time and adjunct are
eligible. The plan provides incentives (monetary bonuses) to faculty that publish in
academic journals. The basic guidelines follow.

1. Articles published must contain a minimum of 1200 words (approximately 4

pages). Research may include any business or pedagogical theme. To be
counted under this plan, an article must be either published or accepted for
publication. Articles must be published (or accepted for publication) from
journals that are either peer-reviewed or editor-reviewed. Articles that are not
reviewed will not be considered. Conference papers, including conference
proceedings, will not be considered.

2. Faculty are awarded “shares”, based on journal quality and number of authors
(see below). The number of shares an author (faculty member) receives in a
particular year determines the monetary award. Each article will count for
three consecutive years (again assuming funds are available). This is a change
from previous years. Thus a faculty member who gets an article published will
receive the same number of shares for three consecutive years. What this
means is that the number of shares for the entire business faculty in any given
year will (approximately) triple, meaning the value for each share will be
decreased by (approximately) a third. This will even or smooth out awards
over a three year period, using a rolling average. In addition, there will no
longer be a “cap” for monetary awards, which was done to limit those who had
larger numbers of publications.

3. The Research Committee will glean all article information from Sedona. If
an article is not in Sedona, it will NOT COUNT for the current year. Faculty
members will be reminded that Sedona vitas will be printed for this purpose
early enough to ensure Sedona is updated. This usually occurs in early April of
each year. The only documentation required from faculty members is proof
that an article has been accepted (if already published, this is not required).

HOW SHARES ARE FIGURED

Shares in any given year depend on the quality of the journal and the number of
authors. There are three tiers, A, B, and C, with tier A journals being a highest
quality. Tiers are determined by published acceptance rates, which are gotten from

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Cabells. If a range is listed in Cabells (such as 21%-30% acceptance rate), then the
midpoint between the two ranges becomes the acceptance rate used (in the above
example, 21 + 30 / 2 = 25.5%). Should the journal NOT be listed in Cabells, then a
petition must be initiated to the Associate Dean to obtain the official acceptance rate.
There is a procedure in Sedona that starts this process. The Associate Dean will be
the sole arbitrator of acceptance rates, including those not listed in Cabells. This
process takes time, so faculty should ensure that the Associate Dean has the
acceptance rate in sufficient time to be counted for a particular year. Here is how
shares are calculated:

For Peer-Reviewed Journals

Tier A: 30% or less acceptance rate 4 shares per author; max 12 shares
Tier B: 31-50% acceptance rate 2 shares per author; max 6 shares
Tier C: All others 1 share per author; max 3 shares

For Editor-Reviewed Journals

There will be a penalty if the journal is not peer-reviewed, which is a change in that
this program did not used to accept editor-reviewed journals. The penalty will be to
drop one Tier (for Tiers A and B). That is, all Tier A articles will drop to Tier B, all
Tier B articles will drop to Tier C. Tier C articles will remain the same (in Tier C).

Notes about shares:

1. Solo authored article: counts double shares (for Tier A, that means 8 shares,
for Tier B, 4 shares, for Tier C, 2 shares).

2. Because there is a maximum, it means that to get the maximum shares, there
must be 3 authors or less. For example, if it is a Tier B publication, with three
authors, each author gets 2 shares, which is the maximum number available
(6 total). But if there are four authors (or more), then the number of shares is
less. For example, a Tier A publication, with 4 authors, each author gets only 3
shares (because 4 authors * 3 shares = the max 12).

Here are share amounts per number of authors (up to 7):

Tier 3 authors 4 authors 5 authors 6 authors 7 authors

A 4 3 2.4 2 1.7
B 2 1.5 1.2 1 .9
C 1 .75 .6 .5 .4

PUBLICATION PLAN PROCESS

The process to determine shares is relatively simple. Sometime in the spring
semester (usually early April), an email will be sent to all faculty members reminding
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them of updating Sedona and providing the necessary documentation. The Research
Committee will then print out each faculty member’s vita (usually obtained from the
Dean’s office) and insert all new articles into a spreadsheet. The committee member
will check Cabells for acceptance rate. The Associate Dean will provide acceptance
rates for all articles not in Cabells. Based on the Tier and number of authors, each
faculty member will be assigned shares for each article. The shares for the new year
will be added to the shares for the previous two years to obtain total shares. The
number of shares across all COB faculty will then be divided into the award amount
to determine how much each share is worth. Faculty members must do the following
for articles to be considered:

 Ensure Sedona is updated and correct

 Provide documentation proof of acceptance for any article not yet published
 Ensure the Associate Dean has the information to determine acceptance rate
should the journal not be listed in Cabells.

FINAL NOTES
1. According to our accreditation standards, the minimum number of articles
required of faculty members to be “Academically Qualified” is three referred
journal articles in five years (typically new faculty members are Academically
Qualified for the first five years after receiving their terminal degree). In order
to receive any publication bonus, a faculty member must be Academically
Qualified.
2. Changes to this document may be recommended by any faculty member,
through the Research Committee.
3. The use of any remaining funds in the incentive award fund will be
determined at the end of the year. (Possibilities include: a reward for
outstanding journal acceptances or divided among previous recipients).
4. Share value varies from year to year but typically fall between $125 and $250
per share, depending on the total productivity of the College of Business and
the amount of the incentive award fund.

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 APPENDIX F
COB RESEARCH CLASSIFICATION GUIDELINES

CHOOSING THE APPROPRIATE CATEGORY OF RESEARCH

1. Faculty in the College of Business (COB) in general conduct three types of
research, learning and pedagogical, contributions to practice, and discipline-
based. These categorizations of research are recognized by AACSB and delineated
in Sedona, the college’s online database for faculty research. The selection of a
particular category for an article (or any intellectual contribution) occurs when
submitting the article in Sedona.

2. Research of any kind conducted by faculty is important and contributes to the

growing body of human knowledge. As such, there are no rules placed on this
faculty that would prevent one from conducting appropriate research in any of
the three categories. However, as a whole, the type of research conducted by
faculty at the COB should reflect the mission of both UCA and the COB. Given
that this is a teaching institution, especially at the undergraduate level, one of the
goals of the research program is to emphasize applied scholarship. As such, that
means research involving contributions to practice in particular and pedagogy
secondarily, are of particular importance.

3. The differences between the three types of research are noted below (taken
directly from Standard 2 of AACSB Eligibility Procedures and Accreditation
Standards for Business Accreditation):

Learning and pedagogical research contributions influence the teaching-

learning activities of the school. Preparation of new materials for use in courses,
creation of teaching aids, and research on pedagogy all qualify as Learning and
pedagogical research contributions.

Contributions to practice (often referred to as applied research) influence

professional practice in the faculty member’s field. Articles in practice-oriented
journals, creation and delivery of executive education courses, development of
discipline-based practice tools, and published reports on consulting all qualify as
Contributions to practice.

Discipline-based scholarship (often referred to as basic research)

contributions add to the theory or knowledge base of the faculty member’s field.
Published research results and theoretical innovation qualify as Discipline-based
scholarship contributions.

4. While the above descriptions add some insight to the distinctions between the
three categories of research, further guidance is provided below. It is clearly
recognized that at times the selection of the appropriate category is subjective
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and research may be difficult to classify. Faculty members are encouraged to use
the following guidelines to aid in their research classification. The research
classifications are abbreviated in the following manner: LP
(Learning/pedagogical), CP (Contributions to practice), DB (discipline-based)):

A. Categorizing based on the Journal or Conference

A1. Appropriate classification may be enhanced based on the type of journal

(or conference). If it is a purely theoretical journal, then DB, if practitioner
focused, it is CP, if a pedagogical journal or conference, then LP. Frequently a
journal is mostly applied or practitioner focused, meaning an article therein is
probably CP.

A2. Readership: who typically reads this journal (or conference proceeding)?
If it is only academics, then it may be DB. If practitioners, then CP. If
teachers, then LP. If readership consists of a mixture of academics and
practitioners, then classification depends on the article itself.

B. Categorizing based on the Article itself

B1. What is the primary contribution of the research? If it is focused on

management, or practices, or implications of these, it is probably CP. If it
focuses on curriculum, or teaching aids or teacher-learning activities, it is
probably LP. If the contribution is primarily theoretical, then DB may be
appropriate.

B2. What problem is being answered (or solved)? If it is a problem involving

practitioners of any kind (managers, end-users, accountants, etc.), then the
focus is likely CP. If it is an issue involving teaching or students, it is likely LP.
If it is theoretical in nature, it is likely DB.

B3. Previous literature/Theory: in the literature review of the research, what

is the focus of the literature? Practitioner? Purely theoretical? If literature
cited applies theory to practice, then CP may be appropriate.

B4. Models: if the paper presents a new model for testing, it may be DB
(though clearly some new models involve practitioners, signifying this could
be CP). If the paper merely tests a revised model, or a model on a different
population, it is most likely CP.

B5. Implications: what are the implications of the paper? If most of the
implications (or the most important implications) revolve around
practitioners (managers, end-users, etc.) or practice, the research is probably
CP. If most of the implications (or the most important implications) revolve
around teaching, then the research is probably LP. If most of the implications

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 (or the most important implications) are purely theoretical or of interest
primarily to academics, then the research is probably DB.

5. Nothing in these recommendations is intended to limit appropriate research of

any kind. The intent of these guidelines is to enable faculty to make a more
informed decision when classifying a particular research effort.

6. The College of Business Research Committee is hereby assigned to train faculty

and monitor classification of research. Each spring the committee will personally
examine all new inputs into Sedona, comparing title, abstract (if available), type
of journal, and how the article was classified by the faculty member. The
committee may seek additional clarification and input from the author in this
endeavor. It is, however, the researcher’s responsibility to appropriately classify
all research efforts, and all classifications will be made solely by the author.

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 APPENDIX G
UCA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS TRAVEL POLICY
Adopted September 9, 2009

Chairs will be responsible for inquiring about the travel plans of the faculty and
prioritizing them at the beginning of the year. Faculty members should inform the
chairs of their travel plans during the yearly planning process.

Chairs of departments will allocate the travel money in their departments with the
following priorities:

1. Presentation of UCA faculty research at national disciplinary conferences

2. Presentation of UCA faculty research at national interdisciplinary conferences
3. Presentation of UCA faculty research at regional conferences
4. Travel to conferences that have significant involvement by our faculty, as
program chairs, session chairs, editorships, directorships
5. Travel to conferences to serve as a discussant
6. Travel to conferences for professional enrichment

Chairs are encouraged to offer partial funding when possible in order to support the
plans of all faculty, tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure track.

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