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Download full textLindahl, Ronald A. – 1984
The current rate of technological change demands changes in the ways educational administrators are trained. On one hand, administrators need more systematic inservice programs to update their skills and they themselves must provide their staffs improved inservice training. On the other hand, increasing specialization precludes administrators from…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Management Development
Halverson, Don E. – 1983
Contending that participation in quality circles enhances effective time management by school administrators and teachers, this guide provides both a theoretical briefing and practical recommendations for better time management. A pre- posttest prefaces a review of basic concepts of quality circles with reference to the work of Abraham Maslow,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classroom Techniques, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Albert, G. Ralph – Canadian Training Methods, 1974
The management development program should respond to diagnosed needs of current and relevant data; the man responsible for it must have a variety of skills, and be able to gather data, analyze it, and intervene in the management process at the right moment with the right methods. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Data Analysis
Cole, Robert E.; Tachiki, Dennis S. – National Productivity Review, 1984
The authors discuss the top three problems reported to hinder the spread of quality circles and evaluate selected solutions to them. The top problems include middle management resistance, lack of top management support, and employee resistance or apathy. Solutions discussed include social recognition and economic rewards. (CT)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Birch, Paul – 2001
This book is intended to help managers coach individuals and groups; assess current performance; develop a coaching plan; keep track of whether their coaching is having the right effect; and learn how to motivate and communicate effectively. Chapters 1-3 establish what coaching is; who can coach; and who can be coached. Chapter 4 lays coaching out…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Adult Education, Business Administration Education
Burgdorf, Augustus – Southern Association of Community, Junior, and Technical Colleges (SACJTC) Occasional Paper, 1992
Total Quality (TQ), is a customer-oriented philosophy of management that utilizes total employee involvement in the relentless, daily search for improvement of product and service quality, through the use of statistical methods, employee teams, and performance management. In the TQ framework, "internal" customers are individuals within the…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Community Colleges, Educational Quality
Holley, Edward G. – 1975
We are better prepared today to deal with the problems in library administration, because we not only have the basic work of management theorists, but also staffs who are better educated and more interested in participation. During the last 25 years, there have been two strands in library administration. The older, human relations approach allowed…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrative Problems, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Guruge, Ananda W. P. – 1969
This study begins with a look at current systems and practices in educational administration in an effort to identify the influence of certain interpersonal relationships on educational planning. Different types of planning organizations are then surveyed to illustrate that methods in and approaches to administration and planning are numerous. A…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, Administrative Problems
Koble, Daniel E., Jr., Comp.; And Others – 1976
The 1975 national seminar was designed to provide in-service education for state vocational directors with a focus on redefining roles and responsibilities in key areas of vocational education. Three position papers for each of the following topics were presented: A Philosophy for Vocational Education, The Governance of Vocational Education at the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Administrator Role, Educational Administration
Fernando, Neil – 1984
This report is a part of the Diagnostic Study on Educational Management in Sri Lanka, a project under the United Nations Development Program/UNESCO Regional Technical Cooperation Programme for Increasing Efficiency in Education through Improved Management and Planning. The diagnostic study consisted of five main surveys requiring an analysis of…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Educational Change
