Executive Summary

This proposal aims to indicate why the integration of lockers on campus proves to be a wise investment that shall benefit not only the students, but also the university as a whole.
By taking this step towards improvement, we can create an environment in which our students can easily access their personal belongings, therefore facilitate the learning process, create a safer environment and decrease theft.

Organizational Capacity

As Logistics students we clearly understand the importance of having the resources when and where needed, otherwise the production process can't function properly. So is the case with education - education is a process, an ongoing process in which we turn from ''work in progress" to highly skilled, ambitious "finished goods" ready to go onto the labor market. But in order for this process to run smoothly - we require access to our resources - in this case textbooks, notebooks, calculators - and need all these resources to be available on time for lectures.
By making this investment and giving us our small warehouses (our own private locker), you provide us with the accessibility and motivation needed for us to continue our learning experience and reach the goal that we,as students share
- become tomorrow's leaders.

This investment will also help the university in getting closer to achieving one of its strategic goals - improving infrastructure, by focusing on a specific objective - "Establish, enhance and improve facilities and capacity to operate more effectively" .

Therefore, it is evident, that lockers do contribute to reaching this objective, so it is our responsibility, not only as students, but as stakeholders to help our university " become one of the region’s leading universities highly regarded for its learning and teaching excellence."

We share one common goal - wanting to be leaders - so once we have unified our goals with our "parent organization", now the next step is the implementation.
So, let's start today, let's help in creating this leading institute foster and grow further.

Situation Analysis

The major reason why the university should invest in lockers is mainly for security reasons. We have many reported cases of theft - mobile phones, electronic devices, even cars. Lockers might resolve some of these issues.

Second, as the university is growing in size, so are the distances between different lectures. Students forget their books everyday in their cars or classrooms and have to walk long distances to get them, which results in waste of academic time, disturbance of lectures and sometimes leads to the student being late and therefore being deprived from certain courses.

Third, the more courses a student registers - the more books he/she has to carry everyday, therefore this increases the weight we have to carry on daily base, sometimes resulting in back pain, as well as strain on the shoulders.

And, fourth with the constantly changing and unpredictable weather conditions in Madaba, sometimes we witness for example that many of our students aren't wearing jackets,simply due to the fact that the weather in Amman was quite different.
Considering the fact that many of us spend their entire days on campus, we don't get the chance to go home and come back wearing appropriate clothing. So one resolution would be to have a spare jacket, safely stored in your own locker, just in case.

Project Objectives

- To make books and other learning materials accessible and within reach.
This will save students time and reduce the well-known "I forgot my homework in the car" excuse.
Positioning lockers at a location that allows fast pick up.

- Provide students with security.
Having a locker, will help in deceasing theft rates. As well as providing a sense of privacy, students will feel more at home, which might result in increase in motivational levels.
Having special locks and making students pay an insurance fee, that in case of theft, the university will pay the student a given amount of money. That amount will be unified and students wanting to have lockers will have to pay the insurance fee, that will be refundable, only in case of theft.

- Keep electronic devices out of classrooms.
We all know how extremely annoying it can be when mobile phones keep ringing during lecture time. Lockers might help in resolving this.
For example: the university can adopt a policy in which it is forbidden to enter the classroom with a mobile phone. All mobile phones should be kept in the lockers during lecture time.

- Provide students with practicality and flexibility to changing weather conditions
As the day progresses, the weather becomes warm, minimizing the need to carry a heavy jacket all day. A great solution to this would be to just leave your jacket in the locker and never have to worry that you might forget it somewhere.
It's a good idea to have spare jacket, or T-shirt just in case. You never know what the weather might get like or who might spill coffee over your shirt before an important presentation.