This volume is the first of three reporting research that is intended to help postsecondary occupational education deans and directors become able to plan more strategically for using new instructional technologies to meet emerging needs. This document begins with a packet of guidesheets made up of materials from all three volumes. Relevant chapter-page numbers are given in the upper right-hand corner of each sheet. Volume 1 provides an overview of the entire project, "Vocational Education Planning for Economic Development in Texas" (O. W. Markley), which includes a Volume I provides an summary of important factors affecting the future of vocational education in Texas--technological, economic, social, and political factors. Four planning issues of significance for occupational education are treated in detail: emerging instructional technologies; job displacement, especially among women and minorities; public-private initiatives; and planning methods and guidelines for using instructional technologies. Ten exhibits provide checklists and forms useful in implementing the described methodology. Appendixes include information about the Institute for Strategic Innovation and the research team. (YLB)