An analysis of the factors that have led to team management, including classical principles of management, the human relations or behavioral school of management, and the systems theory both closed and open. (JF)

This guide to simplified performance management approaches contains five sections. The first section, entitled "Simple Techniques for Managing an Innovation," is written from the viewpoint of a principal as manager. It describes how to manage an innovation, develop an objective, allocate resources for the innovation, keep organized…

This collection of papers by various authors offers varied comments on (1) a systems approach to accountability, (2) accountability and PPBES, (3) program evaluation, (4) the principal's role in clinical supervision, (5) some practical approaches to the evaluation of teaching, (6) teamwork within the school, (7) differentiated instruction, (8) the…

Management-by-objectives (MBO) focuses attention on objectives stated as end accomplishments rather than the activities which bring about those accomplishments. MBO identifies eight major areas of management which become involved in the process: (1) planning, (2) performance appraisal, (3) individual motivation, (4) coordination, (5) control, (6)…