Comparison of “What Matters Most” and
“What We Do Best,” according to Faculty and Staff
There is a significant connection between these two topics when one looks at them together.
| Session A: What Matters Most | Number | Percent | ||
| 1. | Serving/Working as an Employee Community (15) as a Ministry (9) |
24 |
32% |
|
| 2. | Developing a Supportive Community (8) that is Christ Centered (6) |
14 |
19% |
|
| 3. | Relationships among all groups on and off campus |
14 |
19% |
|
| 4. | Student Success, Growth, and Change | 10 |
13.5% |
|
| 5. | Striving for Excellence | 7 |
9.5% |
|
| 6. | Embracing Emotional, Intellectual, and Cultural Differences |
5 |
6.7% |
|
Total |
74 |
100% |
||
| Session B: What We Do Best | Number | Percent | ||
| 1. | Personal attention and Caring about Students |
11 |
27% |
|
| 2. | Employees Dedicated to the Mission of Hesston College |
9 |
22% |
|
| 3. | Academic Excellence | 8 |
20% |
|
| 4. | Create an Environment for Growth and Change |
7 |
17% |
|
| 5. | Connect to Larger Mennonite Church | 6 |
14% |
|
Total |
41 |
100% |
||
Comparison of A and B:
Comparison of "What Matters Most" (Session A) with What We Do Best (Session B) shows the things we value most are the things we do best in most cases. One can see that what we say we do best emerges out of the values the faculty/staff have at Hesston College as shown below:
- B1 Personal Attention and Caring about students connects to the values of being a Supportive Community (A2) and Embracing Diversity (A6).
- B2 Dedicated Employees connects to Serving/Working as an Employee Community (A1).
- B3 Academic Excellence connects to A5 Striving for Excellence.
- B4 Creating an Environment for Growth and Change relates to A4 Student Success, Growth and Change.
- B5 Connecting to the Larger Mennonite Church) relates to A3 (Relationship among groups on and off campus).
The themes with higher and lower percentage of notes and comments tend to
be similar on both A and B lists above. This speaks to the congruity between “What
Matters Most?” and “What We Do Best” and to the amount
of importance we place on these themes.
Comparing the internal perspective of faculty and staff with the external
perspective of Hesston College would be interesting. It would also
be interesting to compare the results of this process with the results
of data from other institutions if available. The information contained
here could be used as a basis for further discussion by the faculty
and staff and/or possibly others groups related to the college.