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Download full textGroff, Warren H.; Cope, Robert G. – 1988
The Snowmass Institute for Advanced Management Studies' workshops on "Achieving Excellence through Strategic Planning" are designed to assist college personnel in developing a strategic approach to planning and managing their department, division, college/school, institution, or system. Participants in the workshop's first track: (1)…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Strategies
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Direct linkGroff, Warren H. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1983
Reviews the strategic elements of an institutional plan: assessment of the external environment, auditing of institutional strengths and weaknesses, and matching of institutional strengths with external opportunities through the process of strategic goal setting. Urges community colleges to take action-oriented, dynamic, purposeful steps to shape…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Planning, Community Colleges, Needs Assessment
Groff, Warren H. – 1981
A planning, management, and evaluation (PME) system is described as it is used by North Central Technical College to identify institutional objectives and assess the degree to which the objectives are being met. After introductory material discussing the need to determine the impact of postsecondary education on the well-being of society as a…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Institutional Evaluation, Organizational Objectives
PDF pending restorationGroff, Warren H.; Cope, Robert G. – 1985
Basic and advanced workshops on strategic planning and management for college personnel were held in 1985. Strategic planning and management includes: (1) assessing an institution's external environment to determine opportunities/threats; (2) auditing an institution's internal environment to determine strengths/weaknesses; (3) using these two sets…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Environment, College Planning, Futures (of Society)
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. – 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
