Master of Business Administration (Financial Services)

appointments are made only by the President, subject to the University’s Association andBoard Committee approval.The University provides a campus-wide orientation program during the Fall of each year,with presentations by several areas of the University. Faculty members are introduced tokey University Leaders including, the President, Vice-President (Academic), Dean ofGraduate Studies and University Librarian. The Office of Instructional Development andTechnology (OIDT) assumes a lead role in the orientation process and organizes a varietyof workshops and seminars. In 1999, the OIDT established the Dalhousie FacultyMentoring Program, to provide support and guidance to new faculty members.The orientation process begins during the recruiting meetings. Teaching, research andservice expectations, advisory responsibilities and tenure/promotion processes arediscussed with prospective faculty. Once hired, new faculty are guided and advised bytheir area group co-ordinator, by fellow area group members, and by the School’sDirector and the Dean. All newly appointed full- and part-time faculty receive a Schoolhandbook, which provides information regarding staff roles, procedures availableresources. This handbook is reviewed annually updated as need be.Retention and DevelopmentTenure and promotion represent the ultimate recognition of the faculty member’ssustained contribution and commitment to teaching, research and to service to theprofession and community. The process underlying tenure and promotion decisions isconsidered seriously at Dalhousie University, at the Faculty of Management and withinthe School of Business Administration.The review process for faculty retention, tenure and promotions is set forth in theconstitutions of the Faculty of Management and School of Business Administration and isgoverned by the Faculty Association/University collective bargaining agreement. Facultymembers are also given copies of “Faculty of Management Guidelines for Tenure andPromotion” and the University Senate’s “Report on Tenure”, to assist in their preparationand application.Conduct of the review process begins with the School’s Rank, Appointment, Tenure andSalary Committee. Its terms of reference are as follows:• The members of the Committee shall be elected by, and with the approval of, themajority of the full time members of the School. Their appointment, promotion andtenure fall principally within the jurisdiction of the School for three (3) years. They maybe reappointed; provided, however, that at the first appointment of the Committee, theterm of two (2) members shall expire at the end of two (2) years, and the term of two (2)other members shall expire at the end of one (1) year.• It shall review and make recommendations to the Director on all cases involvingthe appointment, renewal of contract, promotion, tenure and salary of existing facultymembers of the School, and the terms of appointment of prospective faculty members, inthe light of the Senate and Faculty of Management regulations on these matters, and ofcollective agreements.Following initial assessment by the School’s Rank, Appointment, Tenure and SalaryCommittee, recommendations for retention, tenure and promotion are forwarded for188