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Redfern, George B.; Hersey, Paul W. – The Practitioner, 1981
The Leadership Excellence Achievement Plan (LEAP) presented here is a way for principals to improve leadership ability with an emphasis on evaluation. It first recommends formulating a precise definition of the principal's job divided into three areas: technical competencies, administrative skills, and performance goals. Among the technical…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Evaluation, Competence, Evaluation Methods
Download full textGillet-Karam, Rosemary, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1999
This issue focuses on preparing department chairs for their leadership roles. It presents qualities that experienced chairs cite as being crucial to success, and asserts the need to develop formal training programs for people newly appointed to these positions. Articles include: (1) "Midlevel Management in the Community College: A Rose Garden?"…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Community Colleges, Department Heads, Leadership Qualities
Melis, A. – CEDEFOP Flash, 1991
The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training's (CEDEFOP) activities and research relating to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have focused on three areas of action: (1) development of training for SMEs; (2) information on the training provision available in the member states; and (3) promotion of the exchange and…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Continuing Education, Databases, Distance Education
Russell, Avery, Ed. – Carnegie Quarterly, 1986
Carnegie Corporation invited 11 high school and middle school principals representing city schools serving minority or racially mixed disadvantaged communities to participate in a conference on the role of the principal in urban schools. These principals provided evidence that strong leadership can turn the most violent, crime-ridden, racially…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Educational Improvement, Instructional Leadership, Management Development
Fly, Emerson H.; High, Katherine N. – Business Officer, 1984
The University of Tennessee's management training and development efforts are described. The program is designed to improve the performance of academic and nonacademic department heads (middle managers) and includes an 8-day workshop called the Institute for Leadership Effectiveness. In addition to the attention given to the formation of networks,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Department Heads, Higher Education
Peer reviewedEdginton, Christopher R., Ed.; And Others – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1982
A series of 12 articles on managing leisure services focuses on the aspects of: (1) cooperative goal structuring; (2) management by objectives; (3) designing organizational charts; (4) labor relations; (5) cost effectiveness analysis; (6) fund accounting; (7) employee selection; (8) developing a marketing strategy; and (9) equitable distribution…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Futures (of Society), Labor Relations
Levy-Reiner, Sherry, Ed.; And Others – Forum for Liberal Education, 1986
The benefits of campus-business cooperation to undergraduate education is considered. Descriptions of programs at 11 colleges are provided, along with an essay by Ernest A. Lynton on the role of liberal arts in career preparation and employee education. In addition to briefly describing liberal arts courses focusing on business, the following…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Business Administration Education, Career Education, College Programs
Brown, Peggy Ann, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1984
Liberal education offerings at 15 colleges directed to professionals, retired people, and other new audiences are described. An article by Peggy Ann Brown, "Recharging the Batteries on Totally New Fuel," describes four educational programs offered to professionals, including literature seminars at Brandeis University and the Dartmouth…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Students, College Programs, Continuing Education
