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Bryson, John M. – 1996
This book shows how leaders and managers of public and nonprofit organizations can use strategic planning to strengthen their organizations. This expanded edition includes many new examples of successful and unsuccessful strategic planning practices, along with new chapters that address how to implement strategies, how to reassess strategies and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Definitions, Guidelines
Kraus, Richard G.; Curtis, Joseph E. – 1977
This book is designed to serve as a basic text for those who seek to enter the field of operating recreation programs and park facilities. Emphasis is given to the administration of public departments, and guidelines are also provided for the management of voluntary agencies and therapeutic recreation programs. In addition to background…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Community Organizations, Evaluative Thinking, Federal Legislation
Download full textHoyt, Kenneth – 1976
Major issues of two mini-conferences for business/labor/industry community representatives with extensive experience and involvement in career education are reported in this monograph. Focus is on recognizing and utilizing community resources that now exist and moving actively toward building new community resources. To this end, the monograph…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Career Education, Community Organizations, Community Resources
Epstein, Ann S.; And Others – 1995
This guide assists public and private agencies in establishing family support programs for low-income families. The guide is based on the experience of two projects, Child Survival/Fair Start for Children (1982-89) and High/Scope Parent-to-Parent Dissemination Project (1979-84). Chapter 1 defines family support programs and describes their common…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Family Programs, Family (Sociological Unit), Low Income Groups
Ruud, Josephine B.; Hall, Olive A. – 1974
The book is intended for college seniors and graduate students seeking an understanding of adult education and for practitioners who are conducting some aspect of an adult program. Its focus is on education for home and family life, one of the important objectives of adult education. Part One introduces the nature of adult education, giving…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
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
Knowles, Malcolm S. – 1994
This book, which is a revised version of a book first published in 1962, examines the present state of the field of adult education (AE) by examining its origins and patterns of growth. Part 1, which traces the emergence of institutions for the education of adults, covers the following topics: colonial foundations and antecedents in 1600-1779…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agricultural Education, Apprenticeships
