Welcome to the first edition of Inside Excellence, a quarterly on-line newspaper distributed by the Organizational Excellence Group at the University of Texas School of Social Work.  The purpose of this newsletter is to provide you with the most up-to-date resources and news regarding Organizational Excellence in the Lone Star State.  Inside Excellence will include articles on various topics, upcoming events, hot topics in organizational excellence, case studies on best practices, profiles of current or past leadership in state government, related research to survey data, and will provide you with information about other services provided through our office.  We welcome your feedback about the on-line newspaper and we hope you find the information valuable and useful to making your organization more successful.

Inside Excellence, Vol. 1, Issue 1

Lead Article

Tell Us What You Do!  An invitation for state agencies to let us know what innovative strategies you are using with your survey data.

Hot Topic

Forum 2002: An overview of innovative strategies

The Survey Cycle:  An overview of the Survey process.

Best Practices  - You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view these documents.  If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it free at www.adobe.com.

Texas Department of Health

Texas Department of Human Services

Teacher's Retirement System of Texas

State Office of Administrative Hearings

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (formerly Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission)

Research

Survey of Organizational Excellence Annual Report 2001-2002