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POLICY DOCUMENT

XXXVth STAR BOARDJANUARY 2013

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- Henry Ford

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coming togetheris a beginning

keeping togetheris progressworking togetheris success

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3Table of contents

Our Strategy Map

The Policy

Vision & Future

Financial: Value Drivers

Active Members: Value Drivers

Activities: Value Drivers

Members: Value Drivers

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STRATEGYMAP

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5Preface

This policy document is the outcome of a week, which started together with two PwC consultants at their Rotterdam headquarters and continued in a hotel in Vlissingen. Along the waterside, the XXXVth STAR Board (hereinafter named ‘we’) became inspired and created a common goal: to continue building where the past STAR Boards have layed the foundation. Together with PwC we built our own Strategy Map:

On top you can find the statement “To enrich the life of RSM students” which is STAR its mission and reason for existence. Our mission is supported by four different pillars: “Supporting our Mem-bers in Their Choice of Career, Fun, Supporting our Members in Their Studies, and Contribute to Society”. Moreover, these four different pillars are supported by one common pillar namely: “De-velopment of our Active Members”.

To fulfill the needs of these pillars we divided our processes in four layers: Financial, Active Mem-bers, Activities, and Members. Each layer has a significant amount of blocks within called Value Drivers. An in depth description of each value driver can be found in this document. Every Value Driver in this document has been tested on the pillar Greening STAR.

Hereby, we provide you with a small description of each layer which includes several changes for the upcoming year. Since the different layers in our strategy follow a logical path, we will guide you through the metaphorical stairs in this house starting at the ground floor which will be the Financial layer followed by the Active Members, Activities, and Members.

Figure 1.1 Strategy Map

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POLICYTHE

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The financial part of the organization is seen as the basis for STAR. Through acquisition we gain income to organize all our projects and events. A strict budget control is necessary to minimize STAR’s financial risks.

Trainings will become an important layer in the future for STAR, which will be provided through financial management. With setting up a skills plan for each active member, STAR helps them to reach up to their personal goals to develop themselves. Moreover, we find it important that this plan becomes an incentive for students to become active at STAR.

By developing our members and re-establishing our portfolio we will optimize our projects. This year we are going to renew our recruitment system to make it easier for students to apply for one of our committees. Through knowledge sharing and cohesion between our Bachelor committees and Master Study Clubs we hope to inspire a better “STAR feeling” between our members. Ad-ditionally, alumni are an important group for STAR. These members have given everything for a varying period of time to enrich themselves and thereby enriching STAR. This is why we want to establish a good collaboration between our current members and our alumni.

As projects are optimized and our members are supported in their development we strive to fulfill the demand of all our members. A better fit between what we offer to our members and the de-mands from our members is important and research will help us to get an overview of this demand. All projects can be seen as the branches of each tree, the pillars. Some branches are Value Driv-ers in our Strategy Map, because they need more attention than others, this can alter according to the outcomes of conducted research. We personally identified the following projects: Cultural Activities, Repositioning our Parties, and Academic Activities that need more attention. A major change in our strategy compared to the last few years can be found in our academic pillar. As a Study Association we have been adding academic value through STAR its Book Sale. In the upcom-ing year we are going to add Exam Trainings, Language Courses, and Summaries to increase the academic focus.

Additionally, a new pillar is added: Contribute to Society. Besides Reach Out and iCare we will try to contribute to one specific charity with multiple projects. Moreover, as you can see in figure 1.1 a layer titled Greening STAR is positioned next to the upper three layers. Through focusing on these two aspects (i.e. greening STAR and contribute to society) we hope to contribute to a bet-ter society.

Financial

Active Members

Activities

Members

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FUTURE&

VISION

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Below you can find three different stories all focusing on a different timeframe, namely one year, three years, and five years, where the implementation of our policy is described.

A few weeks ago, Lily applied as a first year BA student through a clear and well-working recruit-ment system for the BA Introduction Days. Now, after she heard she was selected for the commit-tee, she is exited for her first meeting she will have with her committee. She already checked her white book which was made by the preceding committee. At this moment she knows the generic part and this gives her the confidence to make a start. Yesterday, she had a meeting with the Human Resource coordinator of the Board about a skills plan. Now she is certain about what she wants to learn and how she will acquire this knowledge. The fun she will get out of working in a committee and working on the event, the trainings which are already planned, and the skills plan which was made personally for her were incentives for Lily to become active at STAR. Meanwhile, the trimester is coming to an end and in three weeks she has exams. She already or-dered her books and pre-ordered summaries for her courses through STAR. She is still doubting if she will attend one of the exam trainings offered through STAR. Lily is sure that she wants to go on exchange in her third year. This is why she already subscribed for one of the language courses offered by STAR, since a significant discount is offered in comparison to other parties.

Barney is a second year IBA student. He is part of the Reach Out committee. The committee is working on some ideas to support the charity STAR is contributing to. Like last year, the same char-ity is chosen and feedback is given on the events of last year. Barney is also involved in Greening STAR. STAR has become greener throughout the years (e.g. print outs are printed double-sided, posters and flyers are limitedly distributed, and several events are organized to make STAR mem-bers more aware of their environment). Through working with the Rotterdam School of Manage-ment and the Erasmus University, Peter tries to work towards a greener and sustainable university. Tomorrow Barney has a meeting with the Internship Coordinator of STAR, she can help Peter find-ing the right internship that meets his demand.

Implementation of our strategy

STAR in 1 year

STAR in 3 years

Robin is a second year IBA student and in two weeks the big event she has been working on together with her committee, the Case Competitions, will take place. Throughout the years this event has grown to its full potential and that is also why this committee became a fulltime project. The best universities from all over the world send their best team to solve cases for multinationals. Tonight she has an alumni event. Through the alumni network of STAR she found the main spon-sor of the event. She is looking forward to meet many more ambitious alumni, active in various industries, and still very connected with STAR. In a few moths she will have one resit. In the evening she prepares her resit with her e-book, since the books industry shifted from hard copy books to e-books which STAR offers.

STAR in 5 years

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Rik HendriksBabette van Dinten

Joël van GilstRemco van der Matten

Linda WeekersMirna Steur

Claudia BaijensTom ReijnenIris Blokpoel

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INANCIALFFFFFFINANCIALFINANCIAL

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Last year we attained an acquisition revenue of almost 500,000 Euros. The acquisition revenue is used for financing all the projects or development trainings organized by or for our Active Members (i.e. training program).

Current Situation

More Acquisition

The acquisition revenue is the basis for the balanced scorecard together with budget control. It provides the resources to ensure training programs and develop pro-jects. An increase in the acquisition revenue will cause larger and higher-standard projects and makes it possible for us to provide a wider range of trainings in our cur-riculum.

Desired SituationThere are several ways to achieve the desired situation. Below, a list of options will ensure more acquisition:• A broader range of products;• A broader focus in the Benelux;• Optimal price determination;• Standard pricing policy;• Alternative ways of acquisition (funding);• Encourage cross-selling.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: 7,5% of the committees retrieves the pre-determined maximum budget.KPI 2: The average acquisition revenue of the last three years will increase with at least 7.5% by the com- mercial of the board.

Measurement

STAR controls its budget per cost driver and the overall budget meets STAR’s zero budget policy.Current Situation

Budget Control

Cost drivers are up to date and our zero budget policy is maintained. No profit or loss is made.

Desired SituationEach cost driver is checked and up to date in a realistic manner.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: Of all cost drivers 10% deviate from our zero budget policy with less or more than 5% of the amount given at the cost driver.

Measurement

Greening: All budgets are already digitalized. A tool is designed for declarations, which will reduce the amount of paper for this action to zero.

Greening: A contract digitalization tool will be implemented, therefore all contracts will not be printed out anymore.

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MEMBERSCTIVEAMEMBERSAMEMBERSCTIVEACTIVE

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We do not use any skills plan for the development of our Active Members. Due to the absence of a plan we cannot guarantee a good match between the trainings that are offered and required. Moreover, this can lead to unawareness of what can be learned during an active year at STAR.

Current Situation

Skills Plan

By developing a plan for every active member in the beginning of their project, we will ensure that the of-fered trainings fit with the required trainings. Additionally, because our Active Members have indicated what they wanted to learn, they will also become more aware of what has been learned.

Desired SituationTo achieve the desired situation, this project has to go through a couple of phases. The purpose of the form which is available at max.rsmstar.nl is to define the development requirements that are indicated by the active member. Af-terwards a standard plan will be designed by the Commis-sioner of Human Resources and will be presented to the Active Member. At the end of the Active Member’s project, the skills plan will be individually evaluated with the Com-missioner of Human Resources.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: 100% of all Active Members, recruited in the second and third recruitment period, have a skills plan.KPI 2: Active Members score a NPS of 5% with the statement: ‘I am consciously engaged in what I wanted to learn according to my skills plan’.

Measurement

Greening: By archiving the skills plan fully on a digital way, STAR ensures a reduction in the use of paper.

We offer insufficient trainings to the Active Member in order to support them during their project.Current Situation

Trainings Curriculum

A better developed curriculum will result in more know- ledge which can be perfectly used by the Active Mem-bers during their project. At least three things need to happen:1. STAR offers general & functional kick-off trainings (fixed curriculum). These trainings have to be determined in advance to ensure that they will take place directly after appointing the new Active Members. 2. STAR has to offer at least once a month a STAR Acad-emy training which will be in line with the skills plan.3.All the offered trainings have to be an incentive for a student to become active at STAR.

Desired SituationThere are various ways to achieve the desired situation. It is necessary to write a development policy document. This document describes all the general trainings, kick-off trainings STAR wants to offer per committee, and the planning for the first two months of the upcoming year. The Commissioner of Human Resources is responsible for approaching and listing all companies that can be contacted for trainings.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: 85% of STAR’s Active Members agrees with the statement: ‘STAR offers trainings which fit to my personal skill plan’.KPI 2: 85% of STAR’s Active Members agrees to the statement: ‘The trainings which have been offered by STAR contributed to the development of STAR’s projects’.

Measurement

Greening: For this KPI, greening is not applicable.

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- John D. Rockefeller

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don’t be afraid togive up the good

to go for the great

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We offer free trainings through the STAR Academy in order to support and develop Active Members during their project. We offer a range of trainings through-out the year. Often Active Members don’t make use of these trainings, since they simply do not know or are not aware that they exist. Besides these reasons the Active Members just don’t know which trainings enrich them.

Current Situation

Marketing of Trainings

The desired situation is determined by a number of pre-ferred situations, namely;1. Every Active Member knows they can make use of the STAR Academy trainings;2. Every Active Member knows which offered trainings are useful for their enrichment;3. Every Active Member knows how they can participate in the STAR Academy trainings.

Desired SituationThe way to achieve the desired situation is clear and is as follows:• During the recruitment procedure the focus in the bro-

chure and at the interviews will be on the STAR Acad-emy;

• Placement of an online calendar which displays all the trainings;

• Information on website is designed per function, so the Active Members can easily see which trainings will contribute to their development;

• Optimization of max.rsmstar.nl, so that all Active Mem-bers are able to find information about trainings and can even ask questions;

• Using the individual skill-plan.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: 25% of the applicants indicate, as one of the reasons they applied, that STAR offers the possibility to participate in trainings.KPI 2: 80% of the respondents among all members are informed that STAR offers trainings when they are active at STAR.KPI 3: The utilization rate of the (kick-off) trainings, which fit the skill-plan of the Active Members, is 95%.

Measurement

Greening: Since marketing is associated with flyers, the focus of STAR is to optimize max.rsmstar.nl. In the desired situation, this platform is going to be the communication tool for all STAR Academy Train- ings.

We offer free trainings through the STAR Academy in order to support and develop Active Members during their pro-ject. We offer a range of trainings through-out the year. The capacity during those trainings is often too low or not available since Active Members have lectures.

Current Situation

Offering of Trainings

The most appropriate situation is when all offered train-ings are available for all Active Members who need them according to their skills plan.

Desired SituationThe most important issues are the capacity and planning. If STAR can extend the capacity to the necessary amount of places and STAR ensures that the trainings are scheduled in the right way, it is less common that Active Members are not able to participate at a STAR Academy training.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: STAR ensures that at least 80% of the trainings are available for every Active Member, in case it fits to their skills plan.

Measurement

Greening: For this KPI, greening is not applicable.

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CTIVITIES AAAAAAAACTIVITIESACTIVITIES

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We have a significant amount of projects in several ranges: social, academic, recruitment, research, functional, pub-lishing, and community which take place throughout the year. Currently, we organize our projects on performance of former years, making us unaware of the exact demand of our members for particular projects in our portfolio.

Current Situation

Establishing Portfolio

We are aware of the projects that our members require. Besides that, we adapt our portfolio to the wishes of our members.

Desired SituationThrough market research we will gain the knowledge of the demand of our members. After knowing what the demand is, we will try to adapt our portfolio to this demand.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: 10% of STAR members think that the projects of STAR suits their needs better than a year before.Measurement

Greening: For this KPI, greening is not applicable.

STAR has 52 committees who yearly organize hundreds of projects. Some projects have an overload on applicants and some have a shortfall.

Current Situation

Optimizing Project Capacity

The projects of STAR fit the amount of applicants.Desired Situation

Make sure that the demand fits the amount through:1. Attain an overview of the current amount of partici-pants offered per project.2. Analyze the figures of applicants over the past few years to acquire a general idea of the amount of appli-cants per project.3. Find a reasonable fit between the demand and the amount offered per project.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: The amount of non-sales has a maximum of 10% of the total amount of participants KPI 2: All projects are sold out.

Measurement

Greening: For this KPI, greening is not applicable.

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To recruit our Active Members, we have a recruitment system called MySTAR. Since this program is outdated and hardly adaptable, we are looking for a new program to replace MySTAR.

Current Situation

Recruitment

We have a new recruitment system that fits our require-ments.

Desired SituationSince we do not have the required knowledge to create such a system, we must look for a third party that will cre-ate a new recruitment system that fits our requirements.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: STAR has a new system that fits our requirements.Measurement

Greening: The use of brochures is minimized with 50%.

Knowledge is barely shared from one year to another. Some committees have white books some do not. Therefore, it is important that the different committees collect the basic information which is needed to start. Also, new committees barely have contact with the foregoing committee. Thus, existing knowledge is barely shared.

Current Situation

Knowledge Management

A generic white book is created per committee with only basic information in it; this to make sure that the com-mittees can start of by itself. Still, it is very important that every committee has the learning experience that STAR offers to its Active Members. Additionally, we need to make sure that every committee holds close contact with the previous committee.

Desired SituationEvery committee has to create a generic white book and hold close contact between the new and old committee by giving contact details.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: 100% of all our committees/Master Study Clubs have a white book. KPI 2: Active Members evaluate the learning experience at STAR with a NPS score of 15%. KPI 3: 66% of the Active Members argues that their white book made it easier to start their project. KPI 4: At least 1 meeting(s) with the previous committeeKPI 5: In the end of the acadmic year 2012-2013, there has to be a platform that facilitates the knowledge sharing between the preceding and current committees/Master Study Clubs.

Measurement

Greening: All white books are accessible online.

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How to achieve the Desired Situation

The cohesion between the Bachelor Committees is fantastic as well as the cohesion between the Master Study Clubs. More and more Active Members work together and that is a positive thing. What lacks is a fine social and professional cohesion between the Bachelor Committees and the Master Study Clubs.

Current Situation

STAR Cohesion

We would like to facilitate an atmosphere in which both will work more closely in social and professional aspects.

Desired SituationWe will facilitate cross selling between committees. More-over, we would like to enhance the retention rate of the Bachelor Committees into the Master Study Clubs. Next, we will organize more events for both groups instead of separate events.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: 5% of all committees made a cross selling deal. KPI 2: 15% of the Active Members that are in their last year of their Bachelor would like to be in a Master Study Club in the future. KPI 3: 75% of the Active Members will have the desire to be active again.KPI 4: 50% of Bachelor and Master students that are active are participating in events organized by STAR.KPI 5: 75% of our Active Members is aware of this year’s policy.

Measurement

Our alumni are very important to us. Once a member is part of a fulltime committee he or she becomes an alumni of STAR. With 35 years of existence we have many alumni. By trying to involve our alumni with STAR and flowing our current Active Members into the alumni organization the Alumni Board is an important linking pin between our alumni and STAR.

Current Situation

Alumni Impact

A fluently stream of Active Members get involved with our Alumni association. Besides that, we hope to involve our alumni in the daily operational processes of STAR e.g. in acquisition and trainings.

Desired SituationSTAR is going to involve its fulltime committee members more often in alumni activities, so they will connect with other alumni. Also, before contacting others, STAR will contact its alumni for support and ideas.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: 100% of our Active Members knows about our alumni database. KPI 2: 80% of whom it affects uses our alumni database. KPI 3: 90% of the alumni database is up-to-date.

Measurement

How to achieve the Desired Situation

Greening: For this KPI, greening is not applicable.

Greening: For this KPI, greening is not applicable.

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EMBERSMMMMMMMMMEMBERSMEMBERS

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We bring our students in contact with companies in several ways; by organizing events such as: the STAR Manage-ment Week and the Erasmus Recruitment Days, and events offered by our Master Study Clubs throughout the year. Nevertheless, there is little information known about the quality of these events perceived by our members.

Current Situation

Connecting Students with Companies

By attending our events, our members are offered the opportunity to make a deliberate decision in their ca-reer. Moreover, STAR is able to offer multiple contact moments throughout the year with companies that are desired.

Desired SituationThrough market research and focus groups we will find out what every type of students desires to make a deliberate decision in their career. Moreover, through offering enough contact moments for our members with a diverse range of companies they also get the opportunity to get in contact with these companies they want to start their career path.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: A third year student or older evaluates the contribution of STAR in their orientation in their future career with a NPS score of 15% or higher. KPI 2: More than 25 recruitment events are organized next to the Erasmus Recruitment Days and the STAR Management Week.KPI 3: At least two events during the year are organized for Internationals. KPI 4: 10% of our International STAR members agree with the following statement: “The career events organized by STAR helped me with my career orientation.”

Measurement

Our pillar ‘fun’ has a quite one-sided focus: the focus is mainly on parties. Nevertheless, our Study Trips do add a cul-tural aspect to this pillar. We think that our members would like to see more cultural events taking place.

Current Situation

Cultural Activities

We fulfill the cultural need of our members.Desired Situation

First we need to know what the demand of our members is. If we lack cultural projects we will add projects in the range of: daytrips, weekendtrips, cabaret, movie nights and a language course abroad combined with cultural aspects.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: 5% of the STAR members participate in the facilitated cultural activities.KPI 2: Participants of these events evaluate the activities with a NPS score of 20% or higher.

Measurement

Greening: For this KPI, greening is not applicable.

Greening: For this KPI, greening is not applicable.

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We organize a significant amount of parties throughout the year. But, some parties we organize are not as well visited as hoped for.

Current Situation

Repositioning Parties

All parties are well visited and fit the demand of our members.

Desired SituationResearch needs to be done to find out why our parties are not sold out. Thus, new targets need to be set, adapted to the demand of our students.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: 80% or more of tickets to our parties are sold.KPI 2: 25% or more of the visitors evaluate the party with a NPS score of 20% or higher.

Measurement

We organize several academic events throughout the year. Sadly these events are not as well visited as anticipated for.Current Situation

Academic Projects

The academic events fit the need of our members. Be-sides that, our students are aware of the fact that events are taken place, so they can participate.

Desired Situation

Through research we will get an overview of the need per type of student. Moreover, we will take a close look to the current ways of communicating these events.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: 5% of STAR members is aware of the academic projects organized by STAR and knows what these events are all about.KPI 2: 1% of the STAR members have shown interest in specific academic projects and are willing to visit these projects.KPI 3: STAR members evaluate our academic projects with a NPS score of 5% or higher.

Measurement

Greening: For this KPI, greening is not applicable.

Greening: For this KPI, greening is not applicable.

Momentarily we offer no exam trainings. Current Situation

Exam Trainings

We contribute in, and boost grades for every course.Desired Situation

There are multiple ways to achieve this goal:1. We offer exam trainings through other institutions;2. Our partners provide exam trainings for our members.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: 1% of our members agrees with the following proposition: STAR has a direct/indirect contribution to my grades.

Measurement

Greening: Required materials are accessible online.

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How to achieve the Desired Situation

How to achieve the Desired Situation

STAR changed this academic year 2012-2013 from Study Store to a different supplier to attain the cheapest prices for the RSM student. As everybody knows we did not always have the lowest price compared to Study Store during the first trimester of 2012-2013. Nevertheless, these low prices were realized through a price competition with Study STAR, because the RSM student is a large portion of their sale. Moreover, while we always strive to have all the books in stock when the book sale period starts, we can argue that this was not always the case. To conclude, this January the situation changed again since our supplier was acquired by Study Store.

Current Situation

Booksale Optimization

Making sure that the RSM students get the cheapest books on campus. This can be realized through two dif-ferent scenarios enough control mechanisms or price competition. Moreover, the RSM student can get its books through home delivery (the entire trimester) or pick up at the university (the first three weeks of the tri-mester). Making a start with an e-book platform to make sure that the students of the RSM will have an easy transition when the market shifts to e-books. Finally, we want to make sure that every book that is wanted by the students of the RSM is in stock when the book sale period starts and when it ends.

Desired SituationWorking closely with professors, publishers, and Study Store. To start with home delivery, we will make sure that Study Store gets information that students always get their books the day after they ordered. For e-books we will already talk to publisher to see what the potentials are. Finally, we will make sure that Study Store will keep it promises to always deliver on time, so that no student will be delayed with his studies.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: 35% of our members make use of home delivery in the third trimester.KPI 2: Books are always in stock during the book sale.KPI 3: Requirements for an e-books platform are set.KPI 4: Books are cheaper or stayed the same compared to last year.

Measurement

How to achieve the Desired Situation

Greening: Since we are investigating the current and future market for e-books, there is a substantial chance that amount of printed books will be reduced and thereby minimize the amount of paper used.

Our active members get a refund of 50% when they participating in English and Dutch language courses. Furthermore, we offer no refunds or support for all our members.

Current Situation

Language Courses

Every member of STAR is able to attend a language course with discount or refunds. Through this support we stimulate our members to develop themselves more internationally.

Desired SituationThrough cooperation with the Language & Training Cen-tre (LTC) we will do our utmost to offer our members a discount. Also, we must examine if we can offer financial support to offer our members discount through our STAR Academy.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: 10% of our members is aware of the fact that STAR offers discount on Spanish and Italian language courses.KPI 2: 1% of our members makes use of the discount.KPI 3: 100% of our active members is aware of the fact that STAR offers a 50% refund on Dutch and Eng- lish Language Courses

Measurement

Greening: For this KPI, greening is not applicable.

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We do not offer any summaries.Current Situation

Summaries

Since we do not offer any summaries to our members we argue that we do not fully support our members in their studies. We want to support students with summaries so they can study better and for a lower price than what is being offered at the market.

Desired SituationBy cooperating with already existing companies in this mar-ket or by producing these summaries ourselves.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: 15% of our members use the summaries facilitated by STAR.KPI 2: Our members evaluate these summaries with a NPS score of 25% or higher.

Measurement

Greening: Required materials are accessible online.

Our organization cannot be seen as green conscious.Current Situation

Greening STAR

We are green-conscious in our operations in which we contribute to a more sustainable society.

Desired Situation

To contribute to society we must start internally. Through limiting energy and paper use we hope to create aware-ness. Moreover, through lobbying at the RSM and later at the EUR we can create a more sustainable university.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: 15% of STAR members is aware that STAR is active in greening.KPI 2: 95% of our Active Members is aware that STAR is active in greening.KPI 3: 20% of our Active Members agrees with the proposition: STAR has stimulated me to contribute to society.

Measurement

We offer a couple of internships. Nevertheless, there are still members which we can help with finding an internship. Currently, these members go to other associations for finding internships.

Current Situation

Internships

As a study association we help our students finding in-ternships to support them in their studies and future ca-reer.

Desired SituationBy offering more internships and also communicate to our students that STAR helps in finding an internship.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: 25 unique students argue that STAR has contributed in their search in finding an internship.Measurement

Greening: For this KPI, greening is not applicable.

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How to achieve the Desired Situation

We already support numerous charities through Reach Out and iCare. Each year different charities are supported, which is confusing for our members. Furthermore, no other committee contributes to charity. Thus, only a small part of our organization contributes to charity and thereby to our society.

Current Situation

Contribute to Charity

As an organization we work with one charity so our mem-bers are aware of which charity is supported. Additionally, every committee can work with any other charity if they chose so.

Desired SituationThrough orientation and a selection made by our mem-bers we will cooperate with only one charity as STAR. Communication with and between our members is very important to enhance the feeling of doing good.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: STAR contributes to one charity in general, except for our community development projects.KPI 2: 15% of our members are aware of the fact that STAR contributes to charity.

Measurement

Greening: For this KPI, greening is not applicable.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

How to achieve the Desired SituationSTAR does not offer any events in which third year bachelor students can orient themselves on the different Master program offered by the RSM. The RSM organizes a similar event twice a year, but only from the academic point of view.

Current Situation

Master Event

As a Study Association, our desire is to enrich the RSM students. One way to achieve this mission is by giving the RSM students the possibility to make a more consid-ered choice about their future Master program.

Desired SituationOur desire is to organize an event in which Alumni and acquaintances of STAR participate and give presentations about how their working looks like after doing a specific master. During the introduction of a particular Master Pro-gram students will get the opportunity to speak and listen to some Alumni of that specific Master Program. In this way third year students are able to make a more consid-ered choice, because they attain more knowledge about the possible future.

How to achieve the Desired Situation

KPI 1: STAR organizes a Master Event in 2013.Measurement

Greening: For this KPI, greening is not applicable.

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