Ecosystems Science & Management at TAMU: Shared Vision & Administrative Philosophy Robert B. Shaw
What Do Administrators Do? Come up with a new vision Reorganize to show progress Centralize or decentralize control Windows of opportunity Boogie man in the closet
Petronius Arbiter, 210 B.C. we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
Leadership vs. Management P.G. Northouse, Leadership: theory & practice Leadership Change Leading people Followers Long-term Facilitates Charisma Proactive Sell Transformational Management Stability Managing work Subordinates Short-term Makes Formal Authority Reactive Tell Transactional
Talking Points Centers Contracting Clientele Campaigns Coalitions
CRE³TS Center for Restoration of Energy Exploration, Extraction and Transportation Sites
General Services Administration Federal Government Contracts Environmental Planning & Documentation Geographic Information Systems
Agrilife Extension & Research Perhaps the most important On the front line Depend upon them to foster new clientele Tell the story Come up with innovative ideas, identify opportunities, determine the needs of the areas they represent Foundational
Primary Producers Terrestrial Aquatic Coastal Consumers Primary Secondary Biogeochemical Cycling Modeling Remote Sensing & GIS Coastal Social ESSM
ESSM Provides clean air, clean water Takes carbon out of the atmosphere and store it Ensure there are enough materials to keep the building industry growing Ensure there is enough protein in human diets Reduce the dependence on foreign oil Prevent alien plants from taken over our lands Conserve nature Maintain cultural heritage
ESSM Educate urbanites about the environment When the world breaks we fix it When the land gets disturbed we heal it
Valero School of Environmental Stewardship (organism) Biotic (landscape) Primary Producers Terrestrial Aquatic Coastal Riparian Consumers Primary Secondary Tertiary Social Human Dimensions Abiotic Biogeochemical cycling Spatial Sciences Remote Sensing GIS Modeling
Coalitions & Partnerships Bush School Grants, policy, NGO s Borlaug International Opportunities Geography GIS, spatial sciences, human impacts, modeling Soil & Crop Science Disturbed Lands, biofuels, soils, watershed Molecular & Plant Sciences Primary Producers Plant Pathology Biofuels Ag Engineering Water, natural resources, modeling
Tripler Army Medical Center
Old Main at SWT
Not the Best Time to Take a Break from College!
USS PUEBLO
Chaparrosa Ranch
Eriochloa sercia Texas Cupgrass
University of Florida - School of Forest Resources & Conservation
Differing Views of Conservation
Steve Archer
THE PHONE CALL
Pinyon Canyon Maneuver Site
Land Condition & Trend Analysis
Funding Sources USDA-Forest Service 61% GSA 6% Industry 8% IPAs 6% Total Funding FY06 = $17.5m Co-op Agreements 19%
1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 Number of Employees 500 CEMML Employees 484 546 400 300 416412 387 301 326340 333 340 363 297 381 410 200 100 0 7 104 56 58 153 Year
Other 7% Faculty State Classified Graduate Assistants Students CEMML Employees Temporary Hourly 47% Admin Pro 46% Total Employees FY06 = 546
Organizational Chart CEMML EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Business Affairs Field Operations GIS/DB & Environmental Planning Environmental Compliance Cultural Resources Research & Professional Studies
GIS/DB & Environmental Planning Cultural Resources Executive Committee Business Affairs Research & Professional Studies Field Operations Environmental Compliance
Fort Lewis CEMML Project Sites U.S. Military Camp Ethan Allen Fort Indiantown Academy Camp Gap Ripley Fort Camp Okinawa Orchard Fort Fort Drum Grayling Training Devens Fort Custer Oregon Area Wyoming McCoy Camp ARNG ARNG Warren Air Edwards Letterkenny Dugway Force Base Camp Army Depot Fort Camp Camp Butler Proving Aberdeen Dix Dodge Williams Camp Nevada Ground Fort Camp Proving Ground Parks CERL Nebraska Ritchie Test Site Atterbury ARNG Fort Air Force Army Environmental Fort Fort Fort Camp Hunter Nellis Air Academy Center Leonard Belvior CEMML Fort Knox Roberts Liggett Force Base Fort Wood Pentagon Riley Fort Quantico Camp Carson Kansas Irwin Fort AP Hill Camp Navajo New Mexico Missouri ARNG Marine ARNG Camp Base San Luis Camp Fort Fort Pickett Gruber ARNG Obispo Pinyon Canyon Chaffee Camp Fort Florence Fort Bragg Yuma Maneuver Site Miramar Edwards AFB McCain Campbell Fort Jackson MCAS Fort Twenty-Nine Palms USMC Sill Camp Fort Camp Leesburg Fort Camp Robinson Puerto Rico Huachuca Cannon Air Fort Gordon Rucker Pendleton Yuma Louisiana Fort Force Base Fort Stewart Proving Luke Air ARNG Benning Texas Ground Camp Force South Korea Fort Fort White Sands ARNG Base Bliss Blanding Camp Hood Missile Range US Forces Korea Shelby Grenad Eglin Air Camp Fort Air Force Center Force Base a Polk Bullis for Environmental Excellence Fort Alaska Schweinfurt Makua Hawaii Wainwright Valley Friedberg Grafenwoehr Kanehoe Bay Fort Schofield USAREUR Pohakuloa Barracks Greely LEGEND HQ Training Area Alaska Army ARNG Fort Air Force Pacific Air Force Richardson Germany Environmental CMTC Hohenfels Effort Marine Corps Elmendorf Hawaii Air Force Base ARNG Other Yakima Training Center Montana ARNG Camp Grafton
Ecopolitician Ecologist or ecosystem scientists who deals with day to day political realities; job is to positively influence policy based on scientific information
Associate Director of IRNR Full responsibility Accomplished the majority of my objectives
In Iraq with the Borlaug Institute
Projects Facial Recognition Technology for Plant ID Natural History Atlas of Texas Counties Revision of Grass Systematics textbook
Last Three Publications
Administrative Philosophy Black & White kind of person Have no interest in micromanaging Open door policy Facilitator
Thought for the Day It is impossible to defeat an ignorant person by argument! William McAdoo