Auburn University micromanagement
Auburn University in Crisis Auburn University’s recent trouble with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) has all stemmed from bad management from Auburn’s top management, the Board of Trustees. ... Auburn’s recent ordeal with SACS has all been a result of bad decision making and poor communication. Making a decision seems to be something the board can do, but do they have Auburn in mind or themselves. ... Most people familiar with the situation would say they have their own agenda for Auburn. ... SACS is asking for proof that there is not a minority of the trustees controlling Auburn, in other words do they have organizational goals in mind or their own. Putting Auburn’s athletic programs as top importance seems to one major item on their agenda. In November 2003, two days before the Iron bowl, two Auburn board members secretly flew to Louisville, Kentucky to talk with Bobby Petrino, former offensive coordinator of Auburn’s football program.