Michigan's Macomb Community College's (MCC's) student recruitment plan outlines specific activities, timelines, and budgets to meet the institution's goals for college advancement and the instructional divisions' and service departments' goals and objectives for student recruitment. Section I offers a summary of MCC's market segmentation approach…

In recent years, the literature on community college education has included little material on instructional quality in these institutions. This absence of a discussion of quality teaching indicates a serious weakness in community college education that could be remedied by taking some lessons from the corporate sector. Three characteristics have…

A model of proactive planning is presented in this paper which incorporates the latest research findings related to: (1) environmental scanning (external); (2) long-range planning (internal); (3) strategic planning; and (4) educational management. Proactive planning as it occurs in the private sector is analyzed and valuable lessons which can be…

William Ouchi's Theory Z, a theory that focuses on the identification of both management and labor with the company's goals, emphasizes communication structures and styles. Ringi is a Japanese procedure for decision making in which all levels of management participate. In Ringi, a manager's task is to communicate. In quality control (Q-C) circles,…

This 1984-85 Consensus Plan for Dutchess Community College is the result of a comprehensive planning process characterized by three elements: (1) a cycle of departmental input directed by a voluntary planning committee and finalized by the deans and president; (2) an integrated process in which departmental plans reflect the major thrusts…

Business today is wasting a great deal of money on an ineffectual process: management training. Numerous problems arise when first line supervisors or middle level managers receive "education" in management skills that is not in line with the organization as a whole. "Failures" occur when managers are "educated" to do something they know perfectly…

Extracurricular activities in secondary schools are an important part of student preparation for adult life. This document presents guidelines on the components, administration, and evaluation of student activities. It suggests that a comprehensive activity program should include student government, publications, cultural activities, service…

This formal statement presents the principal objectives of the university, the goals of the library and nine specific objectives which define them, and more detailed descriptions of the policies which form a complex body of interrelated regulations designed to accomplish the library's critical objectives. (FM)

Developmental professions outline the steps and key concepts in the planning and evaluation of fund-raising goals and of the potential to obtain gift support for them. (Author)

The goals of cooperative extension in one western state are examined. A method of identifying goals in extension is described. The goals of separate program areas are also reported. Five hypotheses concerning organizational goals of extension are tested. The author describes the discovery of a significant relationship between employee evaluations…

Some relationships between high schools and their parent districts are similar to those between individual business enterprises and their parent companies. This article reviews several factors enhancing the success of these relationships in business and draws implications for high school organization. Leadership, organizational autonomy, and…

This essay addresses the ambiguity and confusion arising out of two values that have been embodied in American public library ideology since at least the last quarter of the nineteenth century: concept of the public library as community institution; the public library's emphasis on service to the individual. (27 references) (EJS)

Describes activities of Gustavus Library Associates, begun in 1977 to support advancement of resources of Bernadotte Memorial Library at Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, Minnesota) and achiever of national reputation for skill at raising money and for quality of its activities. Definable goals and conditions for success are noted. (EJS)

Six steps to successful needs analysis are (1) collect information about the organization, (2) identify potential training opportunities, (3) conduct a performance audit, (4) select and test content areas, (5) determine the required skills, knowledge, and abilities, and (6) verify this information against the organization's issues and goals. (SK)

This essay on the issues of management of technical services in the small library suggests that goals of the organization, and not size, are what differentiates large technical services departments from smaller ones. Discussion covers determining organizational goals, providing access to collections, bibliographic utilities, and resources…