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While most planning books just focus on individual jobs, tasks, and personal competence, Mega Planning examines the new realities for organizational success and provides the reader with the planning tools necessary to achieve responsive and responsible change. This book is the first frame of reference or level of planning that takes a wide-angle view of organizational and societal opportunities, emphasizing the importance of defining and justifying where the individual or organization should be heading, and leading to the discovery of new opportunities and challenges. It is filled with exercises, reality-based cases, and other aids to help the reader develop solutions and plans that work. MBA students, Executive MBA students, as well as managers, executives, and organizational consultants will benefit from reading this book.

While most planning books just focus on individual jobs, tasks, and personal competence, Mega Planning examines the new realities for organizational success and provides the reader with the planning tools necessary to achieve responsive and responsible change. This book is the first frame of reference or level of planning that takes a wide-angle view of organizational and societal opportunities, emphasizing the importance of defining and justifying where the individual or organization should be heading, and leading to the discovery of new opportunities and challenges. It is filled with exercises, reality-based cases, and other aids to help the reader develop solutions and plans that work. MBA students, Executive MBA students, as well as managers, executives, and organizational consultants will benefit from reading this book.

"Roger Kaufman and his colleagues have produced what is simply the best practical book on educational evaluation published in the past few years. It is current, clearly written, and structured in a way that educators can apply it in a huge variety of educational contexts." -Richard Clark, Professor University of Southern California   "As an evaluation book written for educators and education, this publication delivers on its promise. It provides a practical, professional, and comprehensive approach for planning and conducting evaluation studies that are meaningful and effective for understanding and improving the education enterprise." -Dale W. Lick, Professor College of Education, Florida State University, Tallahassee"The book describes how to ask and answer the right questions in order to measure the gaps in results and their consequences...Readers will be able to custom tailor an evaluation plan for their specific situations. Practical examples and scenarios along with how-to-do-it guides show readers how to apply the concepts and tools presented." -James D. Russell, EdD, Professor, Visiting Research Associate Educational Psychology and Learning Systems Institute Florida State University, Tallahassee "This book puts evaluation in a framework of societal needs, while simultaneously being results-oriented and practical. This is a unique combination of ′how to′ with ′why′ that is of immense importance in the present time when the public value of education seems to have been lost ...(while) citizens also demand specifics." -Elizabeth D. Capaldi, Vice Chancellor & Chief of Staff State University of New YorkUse program evaluations to define measurable results and deliver meaningful outcomes! Finding a straightforward approach to educational evaluations is the most important step toward discovering and reporting the meaningful results underlying the hard work of education. Kaufman, Guerra and Platt present program evaluation as a trouble-free process that any educator can effectively complete while providing the evidence required to justify and validate any educational endeavor. Drawing from the education, business, and military fields, this accessible resource shows educators, administrators, politicians, learners, and parents how to distill evaluations to uncover what works and what doesn′t. Practical Evaluation for Educators breaks down the program evaluation process into four easy-to-understand steps: Align and direct evaluation questions into useful queries aimed at the intended results of educational programs Observe to gather pertinent, valid, and useful data Compare the results of what was accomplished to what was planned to be accomplished Use the data by taking action and adjusting programs to bring them into alignment with societal needsWhen educators see evaluation as a simple, useful tool for improving programs, measurable results become meaningful.

"Roger Kaufman and his colleagues have produced what is simply the best practical book on educational evaluation published in the past few years. It is current, clearly written, and structured in a way that educators can apply it in a huge variety of educational contexts." -Richard Clark, Professor University of Southern California   "As an evaluation book written for educators and education, this publication delivers on its promise. It provides a practical, professional, and comprehensive approach for planning and conducting evaluation studies that are meaningful and effective for understanding and improving the education enterprise." -Dale W. Lick, Professor College of Education, Florida State University, Tallahassee"The book describes how to ask and answer the right questions in order to measure the gaps in results and their consequences...Readers will be able to custom tailor an evaluation plan for their specific situations. Practical examples and scenarios along with how-to-do-it guides show readers how to apply the concepts and tools presented." -James D. Russell, EdD, Professor, Visiting Research Associate Educational Psychology and Learning Systems Institute Florida State University, Tallahassee "This book puts evaluation in a framework of societal needs, while simultaneously being results-oriented and practical. This is a unique combination of ′how to′ with ′why′ that is of immense importance in the present time when the public value of education seems to have been lost ...(while) citizens also demand specifics." -Elizabeth D. Capaldi, Vice Chancellor & Chief of Staff State University of New YorkUse program evaluations to define measurable results and deliver meaningful outcomes! Finding a straightforward approach to educational evaluations is the most important step toward discovering and reporting the meaningful results underlying the hard work of education. Kaufman, Guerra and Platt present program evaluation as a trouble-free process that any educator can effectively complete while providing the evidence required to justify and validate any educational endeavor. Drawing from the education, business, and military fields, this accessible resource shows educators, administrators, politicians, learners, and parents how to distill evaluations to uncover what works and what doesn′t. Practical Evaluation for Educators breaks down the program evaluation process into four easy-to-understand steps: Align and direct evaluation questions into useful queries aimed at the intended results of educational programs Observe to gather pertinent, valid, and useful data Compare the results of what was accomplished to what was planned to be accomplished Use the data by taking action and adjusting programs to bring them into alignment with societal needsWhen educators see evaluation as a simple, useful tool for improving programs, measurable results become meaningful.

The ultimate resource for improvement and planning! This treasure trove of information gives you expert direction for helping your organization and its employees improve performance. Unlike most resources on organizational improvement that consider only the micro- (individual) and macro- (organization) levels, this guide incorporates the mega- (customer/client) level in planning success.Among the many leading contributors to this volume are: Dale M. BrethowerDiane DormantJudith HaleRoger KaufmanDanny G. LangdonBette MadsonAnn W. ParkmanSivasailam "Thiagi" ThiagarajanOdin WestgaardJack Zigon . . . and many more! You'll learn vital performance improvement steps including:Defining objectives and ensuring that they are usefulDetermining what results to achieveDesigning and implementing interventions, programs, and activities that will achieve resultsPlanning appropriate evaluation efforts . . . and much more!The Guidebook for Performance Improvement draws on all the current improvement approaches--quality, reengineering, job-task analysis, reward programs, and others--synthesizes those ideas, and offers you a wide range of success strategies to maximize workplace performance. A desk reference like no other, this book gives you cutting-edge tips and techniques for achieving organizational breakthroughs.Selected Contents: --The Origins and Critical Attributes of Human Performance TechnologyResearch and Development Origins of Performance SystemsSocial Responsibility--A Strategic-Planning Framework: Mega PlanningPreparing Performance Indicators and ObjectivesNeeds-Assessment BasicsBusiness-Unit Performance Analysis and DevelopmentOrganizational MappingJob-Task Analysis--The Hierarchy of InterventionsApplications of Total Quality Concepts to Organizational EffectivenessDeveloping Front-line Employees: A New Challenge for Achieving Organizational EffectivenessJob AidsRecruitment and TurnoverAccountability for Staff TurnoverPerformance ManagementProgram Management: Its Relationship to the ProjectRewards and Performance IncentivesDeveloping Test and Assessment ItemsQuality Management/Continuous ImprovementPerformance Appraisal

Strategic Planning for Success offers you a pragmatic guide to the design and development of practical and pragmatic strategic thinking and organizational alignment that will yield high-impact results and measurably add value to you, your organization, your clients, and society. Unlike other books on the topic, this volume goes beyond simply detailing the tools and techniques of design and development by clearly showing how to align what you do with what will be most valuable to all stakeholders. Using this unique approach will yield extraordinary results adding measurable value that flows from individual performance accomplishment to organizational and societal contributions.

Describes in detail how to create a strategic plan to identify and meet the requirements of any organization. A solid survey of the techniques of the subject. --Long Range Planning "I've finally had an opportunity to read through (this) remarkable guide to strategic planning. (It has) indeed captured the critical elements of this important if messy process. All of this is, of course, applicable to universities, and some of it could even be done without causing riots and revolutions. Every one of us who does university administration should probably read your book, if only to recognize what we are not able to do for lack of good data and good analytical tools." --John V. Lombardi, President, University of Florida "Dr. Kaufman's approach to strategic planning is new, different, and innovative . . . the target audience of middle managers and executives should find the book an important informational source for achieving organizational and societal objectives. Furthermore, it will probably provide some interesting dialogue at strategic planning sessions." --Melvin T. Stith, Ph.D., Dean, College of Business, Florida State University "Just when the detrimental effects of trendy, short-term, process-oriented management practices are beginning to dramatically weaken altogether too many organizations, along comes Strategic Planning Plus. This book is a solid, reality-based management guide. It is filled with helpful advice and procedures that can improve your odds of doing the right things and doing them well. Reading it will give you a new perspective on the importance and value of planning for organizational success. Putting it to work in your organization can be a driving force in your long-term success." --Wess Roberts, Ph.D., Author, Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun "A fresh approach to a timeworn subject . . . I believe planning is something all managers would like to do better." --Peter Economy, Director of Administration Horizons Technology, Inc., San Diego, California Current strategic planning and development is often too myopic, and much more must be considered before practical planning is accomplished. Filled with fresh, new ideas and proven methods, Strategic Planning Plus covers strategic planning at three levels--micro, macro, and mega--and describes, in detail, how to create a strategic plan to identify and meet the requirements of any organization. This book shows how to identify the direction an organization must take, gives a six-step process for identifying and solving organizational problems, and provides methods for evaluating progress and revising strategic plans. Strategic Planning Plus also contains handy checklists, flowcharts, procedures, and case studies.

Assess the efficiency of your school′s strategic plan. This practical guidebook identifies the basic characteristics of successful planning. It shows you how to compare your processes and results with basic criteria so you can modify, add, or discontinue various practices to improve your results. Here you′ll find the tools you need to follow your strategic plan. If you′re serious about reaching your school′s goals, this book was written just for you. You′ll learn how to: * Set up an integrated framework * Avoid common mistakes * Set up a scoring table * Begin the audit * Review your results

Expert presentation of holistic planning for a learner-focused educational system. Integrates curriculum, facilities, personnel, finance, educational technology, and other significant planning tactics.