CIM Strategic Framework
2006-2008
The 2006-2008 Strategic Plan is the fruit of significant efforts by the members of the Strategic Task Force. It has met its main objective of developing the following strategic goals for the organization to better serve members and industry:
Vision
World-class professional development, networking, and knowledge sharing.
Purpose
The core purpose of CIM is to serve minerals, materials and petroleum industries and professionals around the world. We will achieve this by:
- Being the preferred source of knowledge and best practices.
- Facilitating learning and continuous professional development.
- Facilitating collaboration among all constituents.
- Providing leadership in the development and use of industry standards.
- Promoting our industries to society.
- Recognizing excellence and outstanding achievements.
- Providing networking opportunities.
Values and Principles
CIM and its members embrace and are guided by the following values and principles:
- We provide valued services and we are financially responsible.
- We are a proud Canadian-based organization.
- We are committed to competitiveness and improved performance of our industries worldwide.
- We contribute to society by promoting safe,visionary practices that embody the principles of sustainable development.
- We support a knowledge-based culture through continuous education programs and networking opportunities.
- We leverage the technical and cultural diversity of our members through active engagement.
- We foster a culture of achievement through recognition of our members'contributions to industry and society.
- We expect professional and ethical behaviour.
- We succeed through mentoring,fellowship,loyalty,integrity, and innovation.
- We recognize that the future of CIM depends on attracting, developing,and retaining youth in our industries.
Strategic Goals
Fostering knowledge sharing and networking by:
- Becoming the organization of choice for our members to continue their learning and professional development.
- Identifying best practices across all constituents and establishing effective means to disseminate those across the Institute.
- Creating and delivering leading-edge educational opportunities for our members.
- Positioning the Institute as the organization of choice for publishing of technical and professional papers.
Creating value and expanding the membership by:
- Knowing what members value and aligning our services accordingly.
- Creating an inclusive culture by unifying and improving the membership structure.
- Positioning the Institute as an organization of choice for new employees and entrants into our industries.
- Attracting under-represented groups into our Institute.
- Collaborating with other industry associations in promoting the contributions our industries make to society.
Building a sound foundation for the future by:
- Adopting the requisite governance structure to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and to maximize the effectiveness of the Institute.
- pursuing mergers and alliances;
- Leveraging the combined strengths of the various CIM constituents thus making the Institute stronger than the sum of its parts.
- Aligning the goals and budgets of all CIM constituents.
- Reporting the annual financial results and key activities of CIM including all its societies and branches.
- Managing the CIM brand for maximum leverage.
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