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Download full textMorrison, James L. – 1987
An environmental scanning system is structured to identify and evaluate trends, events, and emerging issues. QUEST represents the quick environmental scanning technique, and an ED QUEST process enables an educational organization to clarify its future and define its options. This paper describes how an educational organization can establish an…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Planning, Information Sources, Institutional Environment
Peer reviewedMorrison, James L.; Kim, Hye-Shin; Kydd, Christine T. – Journal of Education for Business, 1998
A majority of 42 business students surveyed preferred the World Wide Web over traditional library-search tools. They perceived Internet information to be more trustworthy than that found through other strategies. Time was a critical factor in their choice of information tools. (SK)
Descriptors: Business Education, Evaluative Thinking, Higher Education, Information Sources
Morrison, James L. – 1988
The origin and continuation of the futures research seminar at the School of Education of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are discussed. The continuing research seminar takes place throughout the calendar year for students who wish to use futures research methods in their dissertations. One of the major projects of the seminar is…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Databases, Educational Planning, Futures (of Society)
Morrison, James L. – Journal of Business Education, 1985
This article illustrates the flexibility and appropriateness of computer networks as an instructional resource for developing basic economic education programs for students with varying characteristics (e.g., public school students, home-bound adults, university-based students, and other adults, etc.). (CT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Economics Education, Educational Opportunities
Morrison, James L. – 1993
The systematic evaluation of the macroenvironment is sometimes referred to as a strategic trend information system. Strategic trend intelligence systems are highly developed, systematic intelligence programs that focus on trends and events in the external environment and provide institutions with knowledge to reduce areas of uncertainty and with…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Educational Strategies, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Morrison, James L. – 1986
A plan to establish an environmental scanning and forecasting system for colleges and universities is discussed as a way to maximize long-range planning. After proposing a program structure, attention is directed to methods of gaining organizational acceptance, developing a comprehensive taxonomy with an electronic filing system, identifying and…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Change Strategies, Classification, College Planning
Morrison, James L.; Ptaszynski, James G. – 1990
An environmental scanning system was developed by the admissions office of a graduate school of management in a small southeastern university. The school's strategic planning committee felt that it would be beneficial to acquire information concerning issues, trends, and possible events that might impact upon the school in the future and to…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Classification, Data Collection, Educational Planning
