Four essays present tactics and strategies for administrators involved in collective negotiation. Myron Lieberman, in "Ground Rules, Scope and Proposed Preparation in Collective Negotiations," points out the danger to administrators of saying too much at the bargaining table. R. Warren Eisenhower, in "Grievance Procedures," identifies useful and effective approaches to the construction and inplementation of grievance clauses, and describes in detail the results of misinterpretation and misapplication of the grievance procedure. Harry A. Becker, in "Mechanisms for Settling Collective Bargaining Disputes in Public Education," describes the current status of strikes in the public sector, giving advice on strike avoidance and on strike abatement procedures to be utilized in the event a strike occurs. Fred Lifton, in "Contract Language in Collective Negotiations," identifies numerous pitfalls and difficulties arising from loosely constructed contract clauses and suggests ways of avoiding the inevitable embarrassment connected with such tactical and intellectual lapses. (Author/MLF)