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ERIC Number: EJ424412
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Lessons in Strategic Planning Learned the Hard Way.
Chiarelott, Leigh; And Others
Educational Leadership, v48 n7 p36-39 Apr 1991
Educators at Bowling Green State University found that trying to apply a corporate model of strategic planning in a college environment was very difficult. This article recommends choosing metaphors carefully, anticipating undesirable side effects, and creating a need to know. Using noncorporate metaphorical models may prove effective. (six references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Figurative Language, Higher Education, Metaphors, Models, Participative Decision Making
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Bowling Green State University OH; Strategic Planning