Message from the Head of the Strategic Planning Unit at the College of Science
2.1 Organizational Structure of the College of Science
The organizational structure of the College of Science has been updated pursuant to Administrative Resolution No. 17724 dated 24/3/1444 AH regarding the restructuring of the agencies of the College of Science with defining the tasks and powers of each agency.
The organizational structure of the College of Science consists of a number of departments, agencies, and units, and is in line with the organizational structure of the university as shown in Figure (1-6).
Figure (1-6) Organizational Structure of the College of Science
Admission and Registration Unit
Field Training Unit Scheduling Unit
Student Activities &
Services Unit
Examination Unit Student Academic Advisor Unit Vice Dean for Academic
Affairs
Curriculum and Study Plans Unit
Graduation Projects Unit E-Learning &
Educational Means Unit Quality of Assessment and Measurement Unit Storehouse Unit
Financial Affairs Section
Administrative Affairs Section Human Resources
Unit
Technical Equipment Unit
Services &
Maintenance Unit Manager of Administrative
and Financial Affairs
Laboratory Management & Safety
Unit Mathematics
Scientific Departments
Physics
Chemistry
Biology Development and
Training Unit Community Service
Support Unit
Alumni & Career Development Unit Quality and Academic
Accreditation Unit Vice Dean for Development and Community Partnership
Community Partnership and Continuing Education
Unit
Scientific Research Unit
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit
Graduate Studies Affairs Unit Scholarship Students &
Teaching Assistants Affairs Unit
Scientific Publication Support &Promotion Unit
Vice Dean for Scientific Research and
Innovation
University President Vice President for Academic Affairs
College Dean College Council
Public Relations & Media Unit Dean's Office
Strategic Planning &Risk Management Unit
The College of Science adopted a strategic planning approach as it announced its first strategic plan in 2018 [4]. It was developed by a group of leaders and faculty members from the college and the university. The plan included in its entirety six strategic goals, which were adopted to achieve the vision and mission of the college, and (20) initiatives were identified to implement those goals, from which (66) executive projects were emerged and measured by (68) key performance indicators. Moreover, the responsibility for implementing these projects was determined within a specific time frame. The following figure shows the distribution of the plan's projects to the authorities responsible for their implementation, where the projects were distributed according to the functional specialization of each entity.
1-3 About the first strategic plan of the College of Science
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Figure (1-7) Distribution of strategic plan projects to college departments
Vice Deanship for Training Affairs
Office of Alumni and Professional Development
Dean's Office 19
32%
1 3
5
Vice Deanship for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research 12
Vice Deanship for Studies, Development and Community Service
13
13 Administrative and Financial Affairs Department
Vice Deanship for Academic Affairs
In its organizational structure, the College has developed a strategic planning unit affiliated to the Dean's Office, entrusted with following up the completion of the plan, measuring its performance indicators, and preparing periodic follow-up reports within a series of complementary practices between those responsible for follow-up in the unit, those responsible for implementing the plan and the implementing agencies. Figure (1-8) shows the stages of the annual plan to follow up the strategic plan at the College of Science. With the passage of five years, the college administration closed the first strategic plan (2018-2022) crowned with success and looks forward to continuing the path and progress in light of its new forward-looking plan.
Figure (1-8)) Annual plan to follow up the strategic plan at the College of Science
Reviewing the reports and setting priorities for improvement and recommendations (College Council - Strategic Planning Unit)
Follow-up and improvement Measuring
performance indicators and preparing periodic follow- up reports (Head of the Strategic Planning Unit))
Assessment Periodic Review
and Inventory of Achievement (Head of Strategic Planning Unit - Implementation Officials
Monitoring Implementation
of operational plans (main officials for implementation and implementing agencies (academic departments - agencies))
Execution Preparing
operational plans for the next implementation period and determining interim targets (Strategic Planning Unit - main officials for implementation - implementing agencies)
Planning
Chapter Two
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Strategic Planning Process
The College of Science at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University has adopted strategic planning as a basic approach in its academic, research, and community work, as it plays a pivotal role in shaping its future based on two important arms: performance measurement and sustainability of development. It also adopts in strategic planning methodology foreseeing the future and what it requires of the flexibility of thought, evoking challenges and turning them into targets, and the high ability to absorb variables and make them tools on which the culture of continuous improvement is based within specific visions and accurate and effective measurement tools.
The College of Science started preparing the second strategic plan to start at the beginning of the year 2023 and continue for three years within a strategic methodology based on measuring results and considering new variables, most notably what Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University was honored to classify as one of three leading universities that were privatized in the new university system according to the Royal Decree (M/27) dated 2/3/1441 AH corresponding to 8/11/2019 AD. Within the framework of looking forward to self-development and the adoption of innovative methods to provide high-quality education, scientific research, and community service that leads the current and future strategic direction.
In the context of what is required to re-read the scene, and in line with national goals and development programs, the College of Science has been updating its strategic plan, in a cumulative building that includes the successes and projections of the first plan and turning it into an effective improvement tool towards achieving the goals and directions.
The second strategic plan (2023-2025) for the College of Science was prepared with a clear methodology and with the participation of relevant stakeholders and reinforced the goals of a leading university that raised the ceiling of its ambitions and adopted the vision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2030, to do our contribution in decision-making and benefit from our cumulative experiences that established our culture of strategic thinking while benefiting from our previous experience. The second strategic plan includes eight strategic goals that include several programs, projects, and initiatives. Roles and responsibilities are clarified, and powers are distributed within an updated organizational structure that accommodates changes and ensures the achievement of objectives .
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Objective of updating the strategic plan of the College of ScienceThe need to build the second strategic plan (2023-2025) for the College of Science has grown to complete the objectives that have been achieved, which were identified, measured and evaluated by the end of the first strategic plan (2018-2022).
2-1 Strategic Planning Curriculum at the College of Science
We decided to build the second strategic plan to be over a period of three years to share with the university at the end of its strategic plan in 2025, to start the planning journey along with the new strategic plan of the university.
The second strategic plan of the College of Science has been prepared according to the following goals:
Considering the modernization of the university's position as one of three leading universities that will be privatized and the consequent requirements that must be included in the goals of the college being part of the university.
Updating the main strategic goals of the college as required by modern changes.
Benefiting from the cumulative experiences of the college through its experience in its first strategic plan.
Develop programs, projects, and initiatives that support the main goals.
Selecting performance indicators for projects that accurately measure targets.
Updating the college’s current risk management plan, restructuring it, and linking it to the main goals of the strategic plan.
2-3 The intellectual and structural framework of the strategic plan of the College of Science
In line with the university's strategic plan (2018-2025), the College of Science derives the same philosophy in building its strategic plan, which is concerned with reaching creative methods to raise the efficiency of the services (academic, research, and community) it provides to the sectors of beneficiaries (from inside and outside the university) through the optimal employment of its resources (human, physical, organizational, financial and technical) in the performance of those services (functions), and the result of this is to meet the needs of the beneficiaries (quantity and quality) and achieve their satisfaction and at the time to save effort, time and cost.
In preparing the strategic plan, the College of Science was guided by the procedural guide for preparing and updating strategic plans at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University [6], which stemmed from planning methodologies applied all over the world [7,5].