Southwest Tennessee Community
College has a clearly defined and published organizational structure. The
organizational structure delineates each area of responsibility beginning
with the office of the President, who serves as the institution’s chief
executive officer.
Each year, the entire
organization is reviewed by the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) as part
of the annual budget cycle. The college submits its organizational charts
for the forthcoming fiscal year along with the proposed personnel and
operating budgets for that year. Both the organization and the budget is
reviewed carefully by Board staff. Acceptable staffing and budget plans
are forwarded to Board members for their review and then approved as
appropriate in the summer Board meeting. The most recent example of this
approval process took place during the June 27, 2003, regular session of
the Tennessee Board of Regents. Minutes of this meeting [1] and other
meetings are available online through the “Board Members” link on the TBR
website (www.tbr.state.tn.us).
The president of Southwest
Tennessee Community College reports directly to the Chancellor of the
Tennessee Board of Regents in accordance with TBR Policy 1:03:02:00. [2]
Within the college, Southwest has organized its programs and services into
four major areas, all of which report to the president:
- Academic and Student Affairs
Business, Finance, and Information
Systems
Institutional Advancement
Workforce Development and Continuing
Education
Each area has its own
organizational structure. The central administration of the college may be
depicted as the president, the positions that report directly to the
president, and the administrative positions (deans and executive
directors) that report directly to the vice presidents. The complete group
of central administration personnel includes the following positions.
President’s Staff (Org
Chart-PDF)
Director of Affirmative Action
Director of Athletics
Director of Internal Audit
Executive Director of Mid-South Quality and Productivity Center
Provost/Executive Vice-President for Academic and Student Affairs (Org
Chart-PDF)
Vice-Provost/Campus Executive
Officer
Dean, Business, Career Studies, and Technologies
Dean, Liberal Studies and Education
Dean, Mathematics, Health Sciences, and Natural Sciences
Dean, Student Services and Enrollment Management
Dean, Distance Education and Instructional Technology
Vice-President for
Business, Finance, and Information Systems (Org Chart-PDF)
Executive Director, Business
Executive Director for Finance Executive Director, Information
Systems
Vice-President for
Institutional Advancement (Org Chart-PDF)
Executive Director for Grants
Executive Director for Institutional Development
Executive Director for Community Relations and Marketing
Vice-President for Workforce Development and Continuing Education (Org
Chart)
Executive Director for
Workforce Development
Executive Director for Continuing Education and Collab.-Partnerships
The central administration
identified above implements Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) and college
policies equally across all programs and all locations.
Operationally, all
academic and student affairs departments report to deans. Most
administrative service departments report to executive directors or the
vice provost; some report directly to the president or vice presidents.
Each department implements TBR and college policies equally across all
college locations.
