Explains three American forms of employee-owned companies. The Mock Conventional firm models its legal structure after conventional enterprises, with shares held primarily by employees. The Employee Stock Ownership Plan regulates the shareholding patterns of ESOP firms. The Producer Cooperative guarantees each member an equal voice in corporate…

Using the tenets of feminist therapy, presents a career counseling model for reentry women. Describes goals, intervention strategies, and feminist tenets for each of three stages: stabilization; personal growth; and action. (MCF)

Proposes model for resolving ethical concerns and dilemmas in clinical practice that includes these five decision bases to assist in decision making: (1) theories of ethics; (2) professional codes of ethics; (3) professional theoretical premises; (4) sociolegal context; (5) personal/professional identity. (Author/CM)

Introduces seven models to analyze the multifaceted conception of teacher effectiveness, including goal and task, resource utilization, working process, school constituencies satisfaction, accountability, absence of problems, and continuous learning. Each model represents a perspective that describes certain factors which are closely related to…

Discusses coleadership of citizens' groups, groups for teaching and training, and work groups in general, addressing advantages and disadvantages. Presents D-R model of coleadership, designed to facilitate positive interactions between coleaders, thereby enhancing group work skills. The model focuses on five sequential yet overlapping processes:…

Suggests the discrepancy between a counselor's intentions and expectations and level of cognitive development of clients makes delivery of career planning services difficult. The "Puzzling Your Career" approach identifies and reconciles these discrepancies. Presents the total approach through the concepts of self- responsibility and…

Discusses the application of a reality therapy paradigm for counseling disabled clients. Short-term counseling using a reality therapy framework provided a favorable balance between counselor direction and client acceptance of responsibility. (Author)

Causes which need to be considered in assessing and treating discord between partners include the precipitating event, reaction of a person to that event, interactional dynamics of the partners, and goals and objectives of the relationship. This approach permits one to accept legitimate responsibility for his/her behavior and feelings. (Author)

Reports on the curricular components of a 16-week graduate course entitled "Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues in Family Therapy." To aid in replication and assessment, selected teaching strategies are also presented. Course topics include feminism and hedonism, confidentiality, paradox, malpractice, court testimony, job hunting, private…

A model for the personal responsibility group is presented. Each person in the group chooses goals based on personal perspectives and is not subordinate to an authority or to the group. Personal responsibility for actions and decisions is taken by each group member. (RC)

Presents a model for training assertion group leaders which includes a short-term workshop, ongoing supervision, and graduated levels of leadership responsibility. The model was tested on a group of counseling graduate students. The format and content of the workshop is outlined as well as selection guidelines for participants. (JAC)

Group gestalt therapy in which the leader facilitates the development of helping capacity in group members is described. The general characteristics of this approach are discussed and ground rules concerning leader and member behaviors are suggested. (RC)

Presents a macro, integrative theory of leadership. Emphasizes the role of the leader in assessing the deficiencies in the follower's abilities, motivation, role perception or environmental conditions and in taking action to alleviate deficiencies. Determinants of leader behavior and environmental influence are also central to the theory. (Author)

Witness involvement in crime is examined using official statistics and controlled experimental methods. A model is developed to aid understanding of choices open to witnesses to crime and variables which may intervene. (Author/RC)

Clarifies the relationship between establishing a careeer objective and selecting a college major. Presents an integral career counseling paradigm to assist students in relating and integrating career and academic goals. Describes specific steps that can be taken to facilitate the use of the paradigm. (LLL)