Why Form Alliances?

Alliance Institutions are universities, professional organizations, and government entities that have agreed to collaborate with the Roadmaps Institute™ to improve the capabilities of people and industry in their geographic region.

Why should a university, professional organization or government ally with the Roadmaps Institute? First ask yourself the following question:

"Is your institution dedicated to empowering individuals, organizations, and alliances in your region to achieve, maintain, and define world-class?"

If the answer is 'Yes', then your institution is in alignment with the Roadmaps Institute's mission. The Roadmaps Institute™ will work with your institution to make the statement above a reality. We can help your institution be the leader in your region in the following ways:

• Increase Enrollments: Universities that ally with the Roadmaps Institute™ can increase enrollments by tapping certificate graduates that want to continue their education in a Master of Business Program.
• Gap Assessment: Imagine the opportunities that your institution will create by leading the assessment of your industries and discovering their gaps between current states and world-class states.
• Press and Publicity: The assessments will generate interest from the local media which will lead to publicity for your institution.
• Best Practices Conduit: The Roadmaps Institute™ will disperse global best practices to your institution in a concise format. Your institution can then serve as a conduit for dispersing best practices to your industries.
• Defining World-Class: Be a founder of new business paradigms, not a follower. Your institution can contribute to documenting and defining world-class by contributing to the World-Class Management Charts.
• Research Opportunities: Measurement of gaps leads to projects to develop capabilities. Many of the projects will require research.
• Capability Development: After assessment, companies will create Robust Roadmaps™ to improve. Your institution will be needed to work with industry to create and maintain the roadmaps, thereby positioning your institution as a leader in fostering regional economic development.
• Executive Programs Revenue: The Roadmaps Institute™ programs are designed for executives. Why would an executive go to your competitor when your institution is established as a clearinghouse for world-class practices?
• Assessment Based Curriculum: Cross-apply the DR²IVE™ methodology to improve existing programs. For graduate business classes, start the classes with assessment, then teach best practices and end the course with gap closing projects. The 1,2,3 combination gives a graduate business course greater impact than any other method. For example: World-Class Supplier Management has been used to create an entire Masters of Science Program in Business as well as a certification program for procurement professionals.
• Teaching Opportunities: Alliance Institutions are licensed to offer and facilitate the education programs of the Roadmaps Institute™.
• Developing National Wealth: Through the alliance you will help your country to build wealth through capability improvements.

Becoming an Alliance Institution
Contact the Roadmaps Institute™ to draw up a Relationship Charter and appropriate licenses. A Relationship Charter is a nonbinding agreement that details the expectations and goals of the relationship. Based on the agreed expectations and goals, licenses may also be issued for the institution to use the patents, trademarks and copyrights associated with the Roadmaps Institute's programs