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In this volume, the Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education (CPSC) has undertaken to bring new managerial concepts and ideas for technician education and training (TET) into one volume. The ideas have been adapted or adopted from business and industry by a range of experts and applied to various aspects of TET. The book is divided into three major sections: Chapter one - Transforming, Chapter two - Re-engineering; and Chapter three - Boundaryless TET. It comprises the following papers: Chapter one - Change leaders: more than just good managers / Bernardo F. Adiviso; Visionary leadership: not only in their minds / Robert McCaig; Policy directions: choosing where we go / Jose R. Vergara; Breaking barriers: challenges and opportunities / C. K. Basu; One way to go: the collaborative change process / Thamrongsak Moenjak; Many solitudes: a paradigm shift in TET / Isaac T. Goodine; Mirror image: expanding leadership capacity for change / Philip T. Torres; and Managerial leadership: project management skills / Ernesto A. Franco. Chapter two - Building bridges: institutional linkages and networking / Tom Norton; International cooperation in TET: an array of collaborative options / S. K. Soni; The knowledge society: strategic planning and marketing / Boonyasak Jaijongkit; Shaping up institutionally: developing marketing plans / Diosdado P. Tuason; Practice what we preached: ISO 9000 for TET institutions / Karla Marshall; and Accreditation of TET institutions: the Philippine experience / Alcestis Guiang. Chapter three - Putting people ahead: competency-based training / Peter Achleitner; Internet delivery: distance mentoring / Lourdes G. Salvador; Changing how we teach: Tech Prep / Loyd Guidry; Towards economic empowerment: integrating business entrepreneurship / Glen Witter; Why monitor? Why evaluate?: the feedback loop / Chris Robinson; National Qualifications Framework: certification of TET graduates / Jim Doyle; and DACUM: an alternative training delivery system / M. M. R. Siddiqi.