LibraryC4 Enablers4d Organizational design
LTI-ENA-028
Formalize a multi-tiered cross-institutional joint governance committee structure
Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearwith adaptationFour-year to four-yearwith adaptation
Mechanism
A three-tier committee structure, executive, frontline managers and operations, carries the partnership through staff turnover and gives every problem a route upward.
Preconditions
A signed partnership agreement setting out charters, roles and meeting cadence.
Owner, by role
Executive Director of the Transfer Partnership Consortium
Who can act
Both institutions jointly
Effort
Medium, 6 months to first visible effect
Outcome metric
Partnership retention and goal attainment across leadership changes
Failure modes
Uncoordinated meeting schedules or high executive turnover can lead to partnership drift.
Contra-indications
None stated
Related practices
- LTI-ENA-027 Establish a dedicated provost-level boundary-spanning unit for joint operations