http://www.newuniversity.org/2009/11/opinion/a-note-from-the-chancellor/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:15:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.newuniversity.org/2009/11/opinion/a-note-from-the-chancellor/comment-page-1/#comment-1532 Milan Moravec Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:41:14 +0000 http://www.newuniversity.org/?p=10538#comment-1532 UCB Birgeneau’s Reckless Spending: UC President Yudof Approves $3,000,000 to Outsource UCB Chancellor’s Job when the work can be done internally. Save UCB $3,000,000 for teaching our students. Use the resources of the UCB Academic Senate leadership, world-class faculty and staff & President Yudof to do the work. ( It's a recession) UCB Chancellor needs to do the high paid job he is paid for instead of hiring an East Coast consulting firm to fulfill his work responsibilities. ‘World class’ smart executives like Chancellor Birgeneau need to do the analysis, hard work and make the difficult tough decisions of their executive job to trim inefficiencies Where do consulting firms like Bain ($3,000,000 consultants) get their recommendations? From interviewing the senior management that hired them and will be approving their monthly consultant fees and expense reports. Remember the nationally known auditing firm who said the right things and submitted recommendations that senior management wanted to hear and fooled government oversight agencies and the public? Mr. Birgeneau's executive performance management responsibilities include "inspiring innovation and leading change." This involves "defining outcomes, energizing others at all levels and ensuring continuing commitment." Instead of demonstrating his capacity to fulfill his executive accountabilities, Mr. Birgeneau outsourced them. Doesn't he engage University of California and University of California Berkeley (UCB) constituents at all levels to help examine the budget and recommend the necessary trims? Hasn't he talked to Cornell and the University of North Carolina - which also hired Bain -- about best practices and recommendations that might apply to UCB cuts? No wonder the faculty and staff are angry and suspicious. Three million dollars is a high price for UCB students and Californians to pay when a knowledgeable ‘world-class’ Chancellor is unable or unwilling to do the work of his job UCB Birgeneau’s Reckless Spending: UC President Yudof Approves $3,000,000 to Outsource UCB Chancellor’s Job when the work can be done internally. Save UCB $3,000,000 for teaching our students. Use the resources of the UCB Academic Senate leadership, world-class faculty and staff & President Yudof to do the work. ( It’s a recession)
UCB Chancellor needs to do the high paid job he is paid for instead of hiring an East Coast consulting firm to fulfill his work responsibilities. ‘World class’ smart executives like Chancellor Birgeneau need to do the analysis, hard work and make the difficult tough decisions of their executive job to trim inefficiencies
Where do consulting firms like Bain ($3,000,000 consultants) get their recommendations?
From interviewing the senior management that hired them and will be approving their monthly consultant fees and expense reports. Remember the nationally known auditing firm who said the right things and submitted recommendations that senior management wanted to hear and fooled government oversight agencies and the public?
Mr. Birgeneau’s executive performance management responsibilities include “inspiring innovation and leading change.” This involves “defining outcomes, energizing others at all levels and ensuring continuing commitment.” Instead of demonstrating his capacity to fulfill his executive accountabilities, Mr. Birgeneau outsourced them. Doesn’t he engage University of California and University of California Berkeley (UCB) constituents at all levels to help examine the budget and recommend the necessary trims? Hasn’t he talked to Cornell and the University of North Carolina – which also hired Bain — about best practices and recommendations that might apply to UCB cuts?
No wonder the faculty and staff are angry and suspicious. Three million dollars is a high price for UCB students and Californians to pay when a knowledgeable ‘world-class’ Chancellor is unable or unwilling to do the work of his job

]]> http://www.newuniversity.org/2009/11/opinion/a-note-from-the-chancellor/comment-page-1/#comment-1515 UCI student Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:36:30 +0000 http://www.newuniversity.org/?p=10538#comment-1515 There are so many lies, misrepresentations, and delusions within this letter that it's really hard to even begin to respond to this. There are so many lies, misrepresentations, and delusions within this letter that it’s really hard to even begin to respond to this.

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