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Ellis, Susan J. – 1996
This book outlines issues of concern to top decision makers in a nonprofit organization that involves volunteers, including the role of the executive staff in supporting the volunteer program. The 12 chapters in the book discuss the following topics: developing a vision for volunteer participation; questions of policy; budgeting and other resource…
Descriptors: Administrator Behavior, Administrator Role, Administrators, Adults
Ellis, Susan J. – 1996
This book is designed to help nonprofit organizations recruit and retain volunteers. Following an introductory section covering the recruitment and use of volunteers, it contains 14 chapters organized in 3 sections. The chapters in the first section discuss what volunteer recruiters need to do before actually asking anyone to volunteer. They…
Descriptors: Administrator Behavior, Administrator Role, Administrators, Adults
Download full textGoldberg, Joseph P.; Moye, William T. – 1985
This book describes various aspects of the historical development of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The first chapter, entitled "Origins," sketches the factors leading up to authorization of the BLS in June 1884. A chapter entitled "Carroll Wright: Setting the Course" discusses the views and contributions of the BLS's…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Background, Economic Change, Economic Climate
Gallagher, A. P. – 1982
Changes in the coordinating activities of the Australian Universities Commission (AUC) between 1959 and 1970 are discussed, along with events leading to the creation of the Australian Research Grants Committee and the Academic Salaries Tribunal. In addition to reviewing relevant literature and official documents, interviews were conducted with…
Descriptors: Accountability, Advisory Committees, Agency Role, Educational Finance
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bureau of Industrial Education. – 1974
Intended primarily for educators participating in already established local apprenticeship programs, the handbook provides information on the laws and agencies of apprenticeship, its traditions and practices, and administrative alternatives implemented in various programs. Modern apprenticeship programs are defined as combining on-the-job training…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Agency Role, Apprenticeships, Educational Administration
Ullman, Joseph C.; Huber, George P. – 1973
The book represents an effort to assess the performance, structure, and direction of the Job Bank Program of the Public Employment Service, a program meant to improve the functioning of the labor market information system in the United States. The research had three goals: to assess the relative goal achievement of job banks; to determine its…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs
Trager, Brahna – 1973
Defining the role of the homemaker/home health aide, the volume presents a comprehensive treatment of the principles and procedures for recruiting, training, and directing the activities of these essential health workers. In addition to providing an analysis of the contribution that the homemaker/home health aide can make to patient care, the book…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Health Services
