The business and industry representatives present at the initial meeting of each of Georgia's 16 state technical committees responsible for reviewing the curricula offered by Georgia technical institutes were surveyed to gather information about general trends in the workplace and ways of relating those trends to planning/revising technical education in Georgia (93 responded). The survey focused on the following topics: business-education partnerships; company-sponsored employee training; current business/industry trends (total quality management, hiring qualifications, technical institute program quality, hiring shortage/job growth); and work force issues. One-third of the companies represented were presently members of tech prep or school-to-work partnerships with high schools or technical institutes. Employee training was being provided by 86% of the companies. The quality of programs at technical institutes was considered excellent by 19% of respondents, good by 48%, adequate by 23%, and poor by only 3%. The greatest areas of protected job growth in the next 5-10 years were in the categories technicians (66%), professional positions (25%), and entry-level production jobs (19%). Thirty-four percent of respondents expected downsizing of their companies in the near future. (Appendixes constituting more than 80% of this document contain 41 tables/graphs summarizing the survey results. Contains 10 references.) (MN)