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part of quadrant 1 for the four periods under study and the emergence of the cluster
planning in period 2002–2004 (quadrant 2) because it reflects the strategic role of proj-
ect. Table 3.2 gives the content of the cluster training according to the periods considered.
From this table it is possible to study the indepth evolution of the cluster during the
various time periods. Table 3.3 summarizes the main information needed to analyze each
cluster.
We can see that the cluster training is neither complex through the various time peri-
ods (complexity = number of internal links/number of words), nor it is strongly connected
(low percentage of connectivity). This indicates that the theme is not well defined and
still moving, as indicates the transformation index. The transformation index is high (36
between 1985–1991 and 1992–1996), showing an almost complete transformation of the
content of this cluster (just one word is in common), and then decreases to 5.71 (from
1992–1996 to 1997–2001), showing more consistency; it then increases to 8 between
1997–2001 and 2002–2004, which means that this theme is still moving in terms of
content but is starting to gain in consistency. This indicates that there is still a need for
clarification, although the cluster is in quadrant 1 during the various periods under con-
sideration, as well as for further research or study.
Let’s now consider the emergence of the cluster planning between 1996–2001 and
2002–2004. Table 3.4 shows the provenance of this cluster.
The cluster planning (2002–2004) comes from 22 clusters of the preceding period
(1996–2001). Of 25 words constituting the cluster planning, 24 come from clusters of the
preceding period. Four clusters have a special importance in this genesis: budget (quad-
rant 1, provenance index 0.31), managing (quadrant 3, provenance index 0.31), phase

TABLE 3.2 Content of the Cluster Training According the Different Periods of Time
1985–1991 1992–1996 1997–2001 2002–2004

1 education contract designer visual
2 training supply education leadership
3 knowledge personnel training classroom
4 course program curriculum knowledge
5 communication training teaching mentoring

6 manager learning classroom customized
7 sense teaching instructional interactive
8 completion evaluation instructor training
9 end summative lecture learning
10 human proposal program leader
11 executive writing learning ca
12 chief instructional manager booth
13 success instruction course coaching
14 interactive faculty staff
15 multimedia student education
16 classroom capstone knowledge management
17 designer undergraduate organizational learning
18 bid course
19 developer multimedia
20 assembly object
21 collaborative occupational
22 funding vocational
23 evaluating boundary