on 7/15/04 8:50 PM, Paul Stone at pas@xxxxxxxx wrote: > the words "flow chart" are echoed in our building (we're engineers) at > least 25 times every day. and Steve Cameron is "storyboarding" Flow charts, blow charts. Storyboard, blearyboard. The cutting edge person now uses "dashboard indicators" and "comprehensive planning" within "running time frames" so: a comprehensive plan [with] a five-year time frame running from the current academic year...[which] outlines the key institutional areas for action and the associated initiatives that will enable [you] to achieve the vision and goals we have set for it develop and use dashboard indicators for all management processes A "dashboard indicator," is what used to be called "an executive summary," a short version of a long document, one that tells you enough so that you may know whether or not you want to read more. David Ritchie Portland, Oregon ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html