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| Autor/in | Morrison, James L. |
|---|---|
| Titel | The Continuing Seminar on Organizational Planning and Policy Analysis: Implications for Community College Planning Offices. |
| Quelle | (1989), (11 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Classification; Computer Uses in Education; Course Content; Course Descriptions; Data Collection; Database Design; Database Management Systems; Databases; Educational Planning; Futures (of Society); Higher Education; Maximum Likelihood Statistics; Prediction; Predictive Measurement; Seminars; Student Projects |
| Abstract | At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a seminar on planning and policy analysis is offered for doctoral students who wish to conduct planning and forecasting studies for their doctoral dissertations or who simply wish to learn such techniques. One of the major projects of the seminar is the development of an environmental scanning database. Each student is assigned specific journals and newspapers to scan for environmental data that will augment the data gathered by students from the previous years and keep the material current. Scanners are responsible for the initial classification of the articles they submit to the database and for appending a brief statement on the implications for higher education. The Instructional Materials Center houses the hard copy of the articles and a microcomputer to manage the electronic database. Each student is also assigned professional journals to read for pertinent literature on alternative futures, the delphi technique, environmental scanning, forecasting, policy analysis, and other topics within the scope of the seminar. The two resulting databases work in conjunction with Hypercard on a Macintosh computer. The major advantage of the program is ease of searching, sorting, and downloading. The databases are used in conjunction with a planning model that employs a variety of research techniques to develop and describe the most likely future environments and alternatives. These descriptions are then used to develop organizational plans and policies. The seminar demonstrates the possibility of organizing and developing an environmental scanning/forecasting capability with relatively meager resources. (AAC) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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