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Your market research is queried by the planning team and
you need to revisit the evidence you collected.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Just rewrite the
research to make
it clearer
Go back and
consult further
+6
0
0
1
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The DVC notices similarities with provision in another
faculty and asks you to consult with them in more detail.
Stay where you are.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Spend time
negotiating a
synergistic melding
of your courses
Spend an
afternoon writing a
clear explanation
of how the courses
differ and couldn't
be combined
0
1
+6
0
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You've missed the deadline for Faculty Management to
look at your proposal this term.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Wait for the next
meeting
Talk sweetly to the
group Chair and
persuade them to
take Chair's action
-4
0
+2
0
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This course has been running successfully for years, with
excellent performance indicators, and this is a regular
review.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Make no changes
to the
documentation
whatsoever
Use as an
opportunity to
review and
update the course
anyway
+8
0
0
1
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The course is due for six yearly review, but there are
imminent retirements on the team.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Request an
extension
Push through a
review as soon as
possible
-4
1
+2
0
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You can’t work out how to offer a combined honours
option for the programme.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Drop the idea of a
combined honours
option
Spend time with
colleagues
revisiting this idea
from scratch to
come up with an
effective solution
+6
0
0
1
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The programme will be run with a partner but they are
dragging their heels over the Collaborative Partnership
agreement.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Impose a cut-andpaste solution from
a previous
contract
Put aside time to
negotiate a
contract which
combines the skills
and expertise of
both partners
effectively
+4
0
0
1
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The Vice-Chancellor suggested this programme.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Put together any
old rubbish
knowing that it will
get approved
Aim to make this
programme as
good as it possibly
can be
+6
0
0
2
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Faculty Management says that you must have an intake of
120 compared to the current 90, with no extra staff.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Write an
impassioned
response, detailing
why this is not a
feasible solution
Live with it
-4
-2
0
0
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You already have strong support from the relevant
Professional Body.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Pat yourself on the
back
Make regular
contact with them
to appraise them
of progress
+4
1
0
1
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You will need a considerable additional resource in the
library to run this programme as you want it. This isn’t
available and there is no budget.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Compromise on
the resource
Produce a plan
showing how it will
be funded from
additional fee
income
+6
0
0
1
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Your Dean is embarrassed at an important dinner by some
industry executives complaining about the lack of courses
in a particular area, so calls you in to write a new course.
There’s no extra time for you for this activity, and it has to
be up and running in six months.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Accept the
challenge as it is
Negotiate a longer
deadline
+ 12
-1
+4
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You meet up with some colleagues from another
department in the local after-hours ‘common room’ and
discover that you are running similar courses in the two
disciplines.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
See if you can
combine them
into one crossdisciplinary
programme to
allow students to
benefit from the
synergies
Decide that the
differences are too
great to be
addressed
0
1
+2
0
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Faculty Management says that you must have an intake of
120 compared to the current 90, and you can have one
extra member of staff when the first students start.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Accept this
Complain like mad
and dig your heels
in
+8
0
-4
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You are asked to engage with learning and teaching
specialists to support the strategic course design.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Make an
appointment
straight away
Don't bother, but
imply that you did
0
1
+4
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You discover that the institutional infrastructure is not
available to support your fully online distance course.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Redevelop the
course as a
traditional face-toface offering
Negotiate with
service providers
across the
institution to see
what solutions can
be reached
-2
0
-4
1
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The library has no budget to purchase all the new books
required for your course.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Prepare to write all
the materials
yourself
Prepare to use a
more limited
selection of books
supported by
online resources
-8
0
-2
1
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Your NSS results are in the bottom decile for the subject
nationally (this isn’t good) and Faculty Management has
decided that the course needs a major review.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Embrace the
opportunity for
thorough review
Do as little as
possible to make it
go away as
quickly as possible
+2
1
+8
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The professional body that approves your course has
discovered e-learning and wants all of your courses to
contain a significant element of it so that more students
can do the course part-time.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Start the process,
but expect them
to move on to
another fad soon
Embrace the
opportunity for
thorough review
+6
0
+2
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Student evaluation gives you a great idea for development
but you've missed this year's strategic deadline. You'll
have to wait a year.
OPTION 1
OPTION 2
Fit in with the
institutional
schedule and wait
Pester the Dean to
make an
exception
-8
0
+8
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