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Strategic Planning for School Success.
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Herman, Jerry J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1993
Strategic planners concerned with such matters as high-achieving students, high-performing teachers, broad-based community support, and a two-way involvement with the community must analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats existing in the school's internal and external environment. A sample SWOT analysis is included. (MLH)
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences, Guidelines
Making Change Happen: Practical Planning for School Leaders.
Herman, Jerry J.; Herman, Janice L. – 1994
This book presents information for school administrators and leaders about how to use a wide variety of planning tools for educational change. The planning strategies draw on current restructuring concepts, such as effective-schools research, school-based management, and total quality management (TQM), to create a holistic framework for…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Planning
Determining Critical Success Factors: Things That Make a Superior School.
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Herman, Jerry J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1994
To succeed at strategic planning, principals must involve important stakeholders and be able to identify and monitor crucial information. Identifying critical success factors involves reviewing the existing beliefs statement and the internal scanning data (test scores and climate surveys) and external scanning data (laws and policies, public…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Demography, Economic Factors, Educational Trends
Maturity Level of Organizations Integrating Organizational Development with Human Resource Development.
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Herman, Jerry J.; Herman, Janice L. – People and Education, 1994
Future organizations must integrate their human-resource development requirements with organizational development requirements to survive and prosper. A totally integrated systems model will feature 10 crucial elements. Leaders must understand that their organizations pass through developmental stages (from infancy to maturity); at each stage,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Developmental Stages, Environmental Influences, Institutional Survival
Holistic Quality: Managing, Restructuring, and Empowering Schools.
Herman, Jerry J. – 1993
Because the quality management (QM) movement can be very important in school improvement efforts, it is essential to determine how QM can fit with relatively new restructuring ideas and whether this approach is consistent with existing school structures and processes. This book presents an integrated approach to holistic quality management that…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Holistic Approach, Quality Control
Total Quality Management (TQM) for Education.
Herman, Janice L.; Herman, Jerry J. – Educational Technology, 1995
Discusses total quality management as a holistic model of improvement for education which can be integrated with other school restructuring models. Elements of the model are explained, including administrative support, needs assessments, quality specifications, strategic planning, and progress assessments, both formative and summative; and three…
Descriptors: Change, Educational Administration, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education