The Technical and Further Education (TAFE) National Centre for Research and Development has two broad areas of activity: the undertaking and encouragement of research and development projects that are of national significance to TAFE and the dissemination of information on research and development in TAFE. The center issued its first corporate plan in 1985. This second corporate plan is intended to outline the center's main goals for the next 2 to 3 years. During that time the center will seek to maintain its reputation for research and development by working closely with its network, but especially with the Conference of TAFE Directors. The center will continue its concern for economical operation and cost-effectiveness and will maintain its present management structures and decision-making processes. Its four main approaches to research and its commitment to staff development will be maintained. Nonprint approaches to dissemination will be investigated and tested, and the center's international reputation as an applied research organization will be strengthened. (Appendixes include a statement of the center's aims; a list of center board members; and flowcharts illustrating the center's project approval process, procedures for funding commissioned and externally funded projects, the center's management structure, and its information network.) (MN)