As resources shrink, the need to do more with less becomes critical. As a business CEO turned superintendent, this author has seen firsthand that many options exist, but none are fun, easy, or politically rewarding. He contends that the challenge of managing declining resources is not the choice between doing less for children or discovering new…

Describes and illustrates the use of a model used at the University of Vermont College of Medicine to examine both financial implications and effect on faculty effort of any planned programmatic changes, e.g. effect of specific enrollment increase on basic sciences and clinical training departments. (JT)

This document reports on the formalization of objectives, progress, and priorities of the five-year-plan of the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Oklahoma. The document presents a rationale and criteria for program planning based on the three major national conferences of the Speech Communication Association--The Wingspread…

This book examines community education programs and case histories and presents ways to implement such programs. It has been written primarily for the educator or administrator but may also be of interest to students, parents, and other citizens interested in improving the community. The authors proceed from the basic premise that "program" is…

Public demands for accountability in school systems led the Capital School District in Dover, Delaware, to begin investigating management systems in 1974. This investigation led to the adoption of a management by objectives system in 1975 and the addition of program budgeting in 1976, providing the district with the tools of administrative…