Effective and Innovative Practices for the Strategic Facilities Manager offers a generous sampling of practices and frameworks that can help you meet the challenges of today, as well as those in the foreseeable future. Ever-tightening resources and pressures to work more efficiently and effectively call for a skill set that is able to assess the environment, advance new initiatives, and help organizations behave more proactively. Written by seasoned professionals in facilities management and campus administration, the six parts and 16 chapters of this book weave themes of communication, collaboration, and delivering services in ways that align strategically with institutional goals. Part 1: The Strategic Facilities Manager Part 2: Customer Expectations Part 3: Assessment Part 4: Information Technology Part 5: Prioritizing and Decision Making Part 6: What's Next?