Griffith University

Planning Services is responsible for co-ordinating all planning related support to facilitate the end-to-end strategic and operational planning process including the Strategic KPI and Staircase Model, managing the Annual Planning Cycle and co-ordinating the provision of all planning related data and support to clients and stakeholders. A streamlined approach to planning allows the University to respond to an increasingly competitive and changing environment at the individual, group and whole-of-organisation levels.

The 2009-2013 Strategic Plan (pdf 3.2M) sets out a distinctive vision for the University that aligns to the strategies set out in the Griffith 2015 agenda.

To be recognised as one of the leading universities of Australia and the Asia-Pacific region the Strategic Plan seeks to focus our activities on:

• the two core areas of Research and Learning with the supporting areas of staffing, resources and funding aligned behind those core areas of business;
• setting explicit benchmarked performance indicators and targets in these areas;
• committing the University to achieving recognised international excellence in a number of domains through strategically investing in selected areas;
• unique positioning for each of the campuses; and
• building the University's distinctiveness through a global citizenship strategy and associated teaching and learning and research activities.

The Griffith Planning Framework has been developed to ensure that, at all levels of the university, organisational effort and resources are focussed on advancing the University's vision, mission and strategic goals. The framework incorporates:

1. A five year strategic planning cycle; and
2. An annual operational planning and budget cycle. 

It provides for 3 tiers of interlocking plans that support the cascading of the Strategic Plan goals and strategies throughout the University:

• University Strategic Plan
• Core activity and supporting plans
• Group and Divisional Strategic and Operational Plans 

The Group Strategic and Operational Plans are in turn supported by the Strategic and Staircase Model KPIs at element (School/Department/Research Centre) level for end-to-end planning and performance management.