Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning Philosophy
The UT Institute of Agriculture leadership adheres to the philosophy that strategic planning should be a continuous process and responsive to internal and external forces. A process that allows an organization to quickly respond to unforeseen opportunities.
A prime example of our responsive planning is our Biofuels Initiative. With state funding suddenly becoming available and the United States growing increasingly dependent on foreign oil, flexible planning enabled us to take advantage of an opportunity that has put us in the lead nationally in biomass conversion of switchgrass.
While the Institute of Agriculture and its units, the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, the College of Veterinary Medicine, AgResearch and Extension have been engaged in strategic planning for years, it is time to review our plans. With the addition of four new deans recently, as well as the economy forcing consolidation and reduction in many of our program areas, our existing plans need to be reviewed, updated and unified by the new leadership team with engagement and buy in from our faculty and staff. In reality, planning is a living and continuous process and never complete.
The Institute’s planning efforts will focus on outcomes that are in concert with and advance the University of Tennessee System Strategic Plan adopted in June 2006. The UTIA mission of research, education and outreach is supported throughout our plans, the hallmark of the enterprise of land grant universities.
UTIA Vision and Mission
Draft version of the UTIA Vision and Mission
Mission Statements and Strategic Plans of the Units of UTIA
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
College of Veterinary Medicine
UT AgResearch
UT Extension
Bioenergy