Lists the ways in which those against planning and change impede progress and productivity. (Author/JM)

Argues that the security of automated information systems must be made a management priority and effectively supported. The steps needed to achieve this objective are outlined in the areas of information resources management planning, budgeting and costing, directing, organizing, training, and controlling. A list of suggested readings is provided.…

Many organizations believe that their long-range planning problems are due to daily demands for time and resources, but it is suggested that, in fact, they are merely poor long-range planners. Evaluation of work environment; action-agenda group; organization needs, goals, and objectives; and implementing objectives are discussed. (MLW)

Proposes objectives and information requirements for the design of a Department of Defense planning information system for Training and Personnel Technology RDT&E (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation). (Author)

The experience of adult educators planning a conference exemplifies the process of harnessing talents, skills, knowledge, and understanding in a collective enterprise that helps people articulate their views and ideas on critical issues. (SK)

Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives provides a framework for designing and planning conference sessions and determining whether they accommodate multiple perspectives, uphold professional standards, and provide opportunities for a range of learning outcomes. (SK)

Interest in the Planning, Programming, Budgeting System (PPBS) has waned over the last five years for several reasons. Early rhetoric about PPBS obscured its true character and promised more than it could deliver. Initially, few had the competencies needed to implement it. It is often wrongly believed to be solely a budgeting system. Finally,…

Discusses the progress made by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) in recent years and examines areas in which improvement is needed. States that NCSS must serve as an advocate for excellence in social studies programs and teaching. (GEA)

Educational administrators' concern with planning and time management results from the fragmentation of their daily activities, which research has documented, and their consequent search for order and control. Time is important because its scarcity affects productivity and its use has social-psychological effects on staffs' perceptions of…

Considers the processes associated with holistic needs assessment and other front end activities such as needs analysis, front-end analysis, and task analysis. The Organizational Elements Model (OEM) is described to clarify how processes relate to levels of organizational planning, and the optimal contexts for use of each process are suggested.…

Campus public relations professionals offer advice for improving the effectiveness of public relations efforts by (1) setting behavioral goals; (2) targeting audiences carefully; (3) focusing appeals by making messages explicit; (4) connecting the public relations message with larger societal issues; and (5) reaching internal as well as external…

Messages from the Governor and the State Librarian of Montana, background information on preconference activities, and an overview of the governor's conference process introduce this conference report. The report covers: (1) the planning process, including the purpose and goals of the conference, members of the various committees and…

Argues that the university and cooperative education represent two estranged belief systems and that in order to institutionalize cooperative education, cooperative educators must adopt the same objectives as classroom teachers, account to the university as every other academic program, and adhere to equivalent standards. (CH)

Presents a comparative analysis of Kaufman's and Nadler's work design models by examining each model's rational content and comparing the distinctive images of procedure that those contents project. Kaufman's insistent claim that his organizational elements model merits distinctive recognition as the definitive explication of the system approach…

Suggests that the plain English movement should promote only those guidelines that are consistent with the practices of good writers and that those guidelines should be formulated to direct the attention of novice writers to broad contextual factors, not just those that are sentence-based. (DF)