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Groff, Warren H. – 1986
Research indicates that leaders tend to be remarkably well-balanced people who embody four areas of competency: vision, the ability to communicate that vision, positive self-regard, and the ability to build trust with associates. The process of creating a vision of the future requires an understanding of the opportunities and threats present in…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Planning, Educational Assessment
Groff, Warren H. – 1983
Elements of strategic planning are discussed in terms of their relevance for occupational education. Introductory remarks focus on the educational implications of the transformation from an industrial society to a technological society based on information. Two facets of strategic planning are discussed next: external assessment, which involves…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Development, Educational Planning, Long Range Planning
Groff, Warren H. – 1981
A process to assess a college's external environment and audit its internal environment in order to pursue options available to postsecondary education is described. Essentially the concept is one of matching opportunities in the external environment with institutional strengths as determined by an internal audit. Strategic planning must consider…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Decision Making, Economic Factors
Groff, Warren H. – 1982
Suggesting that technological changes are leading to a transformation from an industrial to an information society, this paper examines the role of strategic planning within this process. First, the paper explains the maturation of community college mission priorities in the post-World War II period. Next, a conceptual framework is presented…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Role, Community Colleges, Community Services
Groff, Warren H. – 1983
The Ohio Task Force on High Technology (TFHT) was formed in 1982 to make recommendations in four areas: (1) the development of future scenarios for Ohio; (2) human resource development of providers and consumers of postsecondary educational services; (3) equipment and capital plan expenditures; and (4) implications of high technology for academic…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Delivery Systems, Economic Development, Educational Assessment
Groff, Warren H.; Fox, Robert B. – 1980
The future of higher education institutions rests on the extent to which they meet the needs of society. A systemic mode of planning provides an ongoing mechanism that assures an institution's responsiveness to society's changing needs. Achieving consensus by appropriate groups regarding environmental assumptions that affect an institution is an…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Curriculum, College Planning, Curriculum Development
Groff, Warren H. – 1981
The literature on strategic planning, and the capabilities of Massachusetts system of public postsecondary education were assessed, as part of a 1981 leadership seminar. Teams from all public postsecondary education institutions in the state reviewed the basic concepts of strategic planning; critically analyzed the environment external to their…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Role, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Collection
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Groff, Warren H. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1984
Underscores the importance of strategic planning and management in higher education in the future, emphasizing the need to develop the intellectual capital necessary to implement planning and management systems to tighten the relationship between education and the economy. Discusses selected facts about the economy and the challenges facing…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, College Role, Community Colleges
Groff, Warren H. – 1983
The value of strategic planning for educational, business, governmental, and family institutions to make them more responsive to society and to insure their viability is addressed. The transition from an agricultural to an industrial society and then to a technological one can be described in terms of its impact on individuals, institutions, and…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Change Strategies, Education Work Relationship, Futures (of Society)
Groff, Warren H. – 1982
Using the Ohio Technology Transfer Organization (OTTO) as its primary example, this paper offers a strategic planning perspective on technology transfer and human resources development. First, a brief overview is provided of the maturation of mission priorities and planning processes in higher education in the United States, followed by a…
Descriptors: Consortia, Delivery Systems, Educational Media, Educational Planning
Groff, Warren H. – 1982
Stressing the importance of the relationship of vocational and technical education to the economy, this paper discusses how existing educational research and development (R&D) resources can assist in preparing for the computer literate, high technology, information society. After emphasizing the magnitude of the education and training industry,…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Role, Educational Planning, Educational Research
Groff, Warren H. – 1981
In the past management information systems (MIS) have focused on data relating to the internal operations of the institution (e.g., registration and space utilization). Recently, however, strategic planning as a means of establishing long-range goals is becoming increasingly dependent upon data external to the institution, such as demographics and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Planning, Long Range Planning, Management Information Systems
Groff, Warren H. – 1994
In 1993, The Pennsylvania State Board of Education approved 15 performance-based education goals that contain 53 student learning outcomes. Boards of education and superintendents must create and implement strategic plans that specify how school districts and area vocational-technical schools will help students reach the intended outcomes. This…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Cooperation, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Groff, Warren H. – 1993
The first part of this document describes Nova University's doctoral program in Vocational, Technical, and Occupational (VTO) Education, developed in response to the need to create high performance learners and leaders for building learning communities. It discusses how a curriculum change in 1990 resulted in the following: conversion of the…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Hospitality Occupations
Groff, Warren H. – 1980
If postsecondary education is to remain viable in the years ahead, it must be cognizant of societal forces, trends, and effects as they occur in the college context and service environments. A few select examples are illustrative of a broad range of forces, trends, and effects which intrude upon the policy-making and resource allocation functions…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Educational Research, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society)
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