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Peer reviewedYoung, Joseph A.; Sturm, Jerry – NASSP Bulletin, 1980
Presents the Sharing, Narrowing, Agreeing, Recording/Reporting, Evaluating (SNARE) Method for making group decisions. (JM)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Group Dynamics
Avery, Michel; And Others – 1981
This handbook contains techniques that will help community groups or other organizations use consensus decision making. The layout of the handbook is a scrambled montage of "main text" and boxes containing personal statements, examples, artifacts from the writing process, and additional bits of information. Chapter one introduces…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Group Dynamics
Download full textSaphier, Jon; And Others – 1989
Educators, in the United States and throughout the world, are looking for new structures to embue teachers with decision-making authority and responsibility. This study maintains that before changing existing structures, it is necessary to examine and improve the current decision making process. The report outlines 12 guidelines for successful…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Knoop, Robert – Education Canada, 1987
Problem solving and decision making are considered to be keys to successful management. A normative method for problem solving is presented, suggesting that the analysis of the problem be structured along a five-step procedure: problem identification, analysis, decision alternatives, decision making, and decision implementation. Follow-up…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedBeach, Robert H. – Planning and Changing, 1984
Discusses the implications of a planning and decision concept, "Ideal Displacement." Cautions administrators that the process by which alternatives are developed, weighted, and selected has a profound impact on the quality of the decision. (MLF)
Descriptors: Criteria, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Educational Administration
Craycraft, Kenneth – 1988
Decision making should be viewed as a deliberate process that can be taught as a basic classroom skill. Common myths and problems surrounding decision making are discussed. The purpose of initiating decision making opportunities is to promote creativity, not conformity. Five suggested steps for the process are: (1) explore the many alternatives…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Education
Neubert, Nancy Malecek – 1978
Popular and applied business literature related to self-improvement is reviewed in this working paper, one of eight which provide background information for the staff of the Skills Essential to Learning Television Project (a multi-level series of video and print resources for classroom use). A review of theories of time management in section I…
Descriptors: Business, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Learning Processes
Smith, Carl B. – 1991
The teacher as decisionmaker is a fairly new concept, and yet the choices teachers make--among alternative approaches--afffect the attitudes, knowledge, and skills students carry into adult life. This booklet's chapter titles are as follows: (1) New Image for Teachers--Decision-Maker; (2) Decisions Teachers Make; (3) A Rational Model; (4) Planning…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedPedersen, Paul B. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1985
Describes a large-group simulation, titled "Lump Sum," to demonstrate decision-making processes in multicultural groups. Simulation directions, results, and supporting publications are presented. (Author)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Educational Games
Vaughan, George B. – 2000
This work, commissioned by the Presidents Academy of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), presents a variety of case studies illustrating the types of sensitive situations in which community college presidents may find themselves and offers advice on how best to prepare for and resolve such situations. It addresses some of the…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Presidents, Community Colleges, Conflict Resolution
Reecer, Marcia – American School Board Journal, 1989
School board members can make bad decisions if they give in to peer pressure from the community and from within the board. Cites examples and suggests that board members who don't know enough about an issue can't make a reasonable decision. (MLF)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills
Zeece, Pauline Davey – Child Care Information Exchange, 1995
Because decisions help to define a program's values, focus, and direction, an administrator needs to understand how decisions come about in order to optimize outcomes. This article discusses the relationship of strong decision making to program quality. (ET)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Bloom, Paula Jorde – Child Care Information Exchange, 1997
Highlights the importance of participatory management as a prerequisite for high quality day-care program functioning. Suggests that teachers and directors often have very different perceptions of what is going on in a center. Successful management requires patience, persistence, and a genuine willingness to consider differing points of view as…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Collegiality, Day Care
Glasman, Naftaly S. – 1994
This book shows how to use evaluation to find effective solutions. The first two chapters introduce evaluation as an administrative function at the school level. Chapter 1 draws on two kinds of literature--educational-administration literature (to survey administrative practices) and educational-evaluation literature (evaluation practiced by…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Case Studies, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills
Shure, Myrna B. – 2000
Aimed at parents of early adolescents, this book helps parents provide the skills teens need to cope with life's everyday frustrations and to make informed decisions about problems such as the stresses of homework, friendship, contending with peer pressure, and dealing with bullies. The foundation of the book is the "I Can Problem Solve" (ICPS)…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Child Rearing, Conflict Resolution, Critical Thinking
