Roger Kaufman (1932 - 2020),[1] was an American figure in the history of educational technology and performance improvement, as well as in strategic thinking and planning for public and private-sector organizations.
Once a gap, or need, is accurately identified, only then can a means be sensibly selected for moving from current to desired results.
While these are important measures of organizational performance, they do not indicate the impact of an organization on external clients and society.
[8] An Ideal Vision defines the measurable variables for Mega planning including survival, self-sufficiency, and quality of life.
The world we want to help create for tomorrow's child Poverty will not exist, and every woman and man will earn at least as much as it costs them to live unless they are progressing toward being self-sufficient and self-reliant.
This becomes the basis for defining a vision and mission statement that map out exactly how an organization, of any type, will add measurable value to society.
[13] Another case study is a project for the president and minister of tourism of Panama taking a systemic approach using the Mega planning model to address issues of high crime, low standard of living, and other measures of social impact.
Using the metaphor of "city doctors," Bernardez, Vallarino, Krivatsy, and Kaufman (2012)[14] identified the "symptoms" of Colon City, Panama, developed a shared vision for Colon based on Kaufman's Basic Ideal Vision, prioritized, and set goals for the major strategic indicators (such as security, job creation and employment, recovery of real estate values, increase in tourism revenue, and health and sanitation).
In 2014, the International Society for Performance Improvement established the Roger Kaufman Award for Societal impact.