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ATTENTION
FROM
RE:
Senate
DATE
May 22,2012
Jon Driver, Vice-President, Academic and
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Provost, and Chair, SCUP
Beedie School of Business: Name Change of the CMA Centre for Strategic Change and
Performance Measurement to CMA Innovation Centre (SCUP 12-15)
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At its May 16, 2012 meeting SCUP reviewed and approved the proposal foil the
from CMA Centre for Strategic Change and Performance Measurement to CMA
dequest of name change
Innovation C'entre.
Motion:
That Senate approve the name of the CMA Centre for Strategic Change and Performance Measurement
be changed to the CMA Innovation Centre.
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Norbcrt H. Hauncrland, Ph.D.
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OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, RESEARCH
ATTENTION Sarah Dench, Secretary
Senate Committee on University Planning (SCUP)
SCUP 12-15
FROM Norbert Haunerland, Associate Vice President, Research
RE Renaming of the CMA Centre for Strategic Change and Performance
Measurement
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DATE May 8, 2012
Attached is a memo from Dr. Daniel Shapiro, requesting that the name of the CMA
Centre for Strategic Change and Performance Measurement be changed to the
CMA
Innovation Centre.
The name change more accurately reflects both the goals and
interests of the Centre and the Beedie School's key research themes of knowledge,
technology and innovation.
I recommend that the CMA Centre for Strategic Change and Performance
Measurement be granted approval by SCUP. Once approved by SCUP the request
should be sent to Senate and the Board of Governors for information.
Motion:
That SCUP approve
the
name of the CMA Centre for Strategic Change and
Performance Measurement be changed to the
CMAJnnovation Centre.
Dr. Norbert Haunerland
Associate Vice-President, Research
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Dr. D. Shapiro, Dean, Beedie School of Business
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ATTENTION Office of the Vice President, Research
FROM
Daniel Shapiro, Dean
RE:
Renaming of The CMA Centre for Strategic Change and Performance Measurement
DATE
May 3, 2012
The CMA Centre for Strategic Change and Performance Measurement was established in 2005
with the aim of facilitating research in three broad areas:
(1) Strategic change and the execution of strategic change;
(2) Appropriate measurements for the evaluation of the performance of such changes;
(3) The evolution of organizations undergoing rapid change.
Although this was an appropriate set
of goals at the time, the evolution of the business
environment, the research undertaken under the auspices of the Centre, and the Beedie School of
Business all point to the importance of re-articulating the vision for the Centre, including its
name.
Over the past 10 years, the management of innovation has become a critically important theme in
the Canadian business environment, including declarations from the Provincial and Federal
governments that innovation is key to success for Canadian business. At the same time, the
research that the Centre has undertaken has shifted toward a focused, strategic concentration on
the management of technological, organizational and social innovation. This shift has reflected
the evolution of the Beedie School of Business over the same period, both as more high-
productivity scholars focusing on innovation have joined the School, and the School has
established Innovation as one if its four strategic research themes.
For these reasons, we are proposing re-naming the Centre as the "CMA Innovation Centre". The
renaming and the specific name have been discussed in detail with the Centre's Advisory Board,
made up of representatives both from the donor - CMA Canada - and from the Beedie School of
Business. There is a strong consensus among the Advisory Board that the name CMA Innovation
Centre would much better reflect the interests of the donor, the activity of the Centre, and the
strategic direction
of the Beedie School of Business. Renamed as CMA Innovation Centre, the
Centre would be positioned to play a more catalytic, strategic role in the School and in the local
and national business communities.
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