Dr. Michael Crow Case Study

Management style and ability evaluation

Every organization requires leadership providing a vision to the organization on how things will get done. A good manager will use that vision to set goals and that keep staff engaged and motivated along the pathway to innovation and efficiency through an organizational structure that will result in success. As an example, Arizona State University President Dr. Michael Crow has been credited with providing outstanding management of the University. Evaluating Dr. Crow’s management style and ability requires that first his role his role and responsibilities are identified, key challenges he faced, and his management strengths and weaknesses of his leadership at Arizona State University. Dr. Michael Crow

Crow Needed no transition time in assuming his new managerial role. Dr. Crow was an established innovator with a mandate for change. A key challenge in his new role as president would be to establish Arizona State university as a powerhouse of knowledge. As it was generally regarded as underperforming in this area. Additionally, another key challenge was to make quality education more assessable to a more diverse population bringing meaningful to the social culture. As a top manager at Arizona State University Dr. Crow was committed to changing the culture and environment at the University accepting the mission of preparing Arizona State University for the global challenges of the future in technology and diversity

Crow would have to monitor the business environment the University operated in, as well as the needs of the students in combination with economic and social trends to establish a long business plan for Arizona State University. Dr. Crow’s management style strengths included using the organizational structure of top to bottom strategic planning. This began with his purpose statement as identified by Arizona State University Charter “ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural and overall health of the communities it serves” (“Charter, Mission & Goals,” n.d., para.1).Dr. Crow embraced a wide range of backgrounds and abilities while endeavoring to compete with more elite schools for research money. By combining his ethical decision to make education more accessible and accurately accessing his resources, assets and capabilities Dr. Crow laid out his plan to achieve a sustainable completive advantage. The strategic objective of Dr. Crow is clear as quoted his quote indicated in a Time Magazine’s article the 10 Best College Presidents “We need to find some way where you can match excellence and access in the same institution," (Von Drehle, 2009.p4,). Dr. Crow brought innovation streams to Arizona State University through research