Offers a conceptual framework for organizational development consultation, through a brief definition of the process, with attention given to the systems approach. The consultation process is described, and a brief statement about consulting in business and higher education settings is included. (Author/JEG)

Assesses the contributions of T. B. Greenfield's "Alternative Theory" to a comprehensive theory for school administration in practice and scholarship. Considers Greenfield's standpoint in relation to rational, natural, and open systems perspectives. (DMM)

Gives a brief but current overview of the how to'' stage of PPBES, and where this new concept is after seven years of discussion and experimental application at scattered schools and districts in the nation. Gives the approaches to PPBES and educational resource management by a professor, a school administrator, and a businessman consultant.…

Discusses the inherent complexities of ecosystems. Included in the discussion are the topics of space and time; thermodynamics and open systems; middle number systems and observer dependence; information needs; and the ecosystem approach and integrity. (Contains 26 references.) (MDH)

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)

The ecosystem approach is a management philosophy in which humans participate in the natural world, not dominate it. Discusses this concept with respect to the Great Lakes context, the anthropocentric argument, sustainable development, and integrating economy and environment. (Contains 52 references.) (MDH)

In a time of constant change, sometimes it is worthwhile to ruminate on the future and how things ought to be. "Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship" wanted to capture some of these ruminations from around the field in a new column called "E-Opinions from the Field" where readers are asked to send in their thoughts on a topic and respond…

Describes the present computer-managed textbook program in Alachua County, Florida. Compares the present procedures for ordering, distributing, and accounting with those that were necessary before the advent of the computer. (Author/WM)

A systems approach can be viewed as an attempt to answer the question, "What objectives are we to accomplish, by which procedures, and with what available resources?" The necessity for a systems approach is evident in many areas, and particularly explicit examples can be found in military history. A management system has been defined in…

Recent developments in science and engineering indicate the need for systems approach to problem solving in the widest sense. Following the explication of the concept of a system, the scope of system theory and systems engineering is discussed and operationally defined, with characteristic features of the methodology of systems science and…

Discusses systems theory and concepts in relation to pupil personnel services. Systems thinking can provide a framework for pupil personnel managers to: (1) conceptualize their department as a system; (2) assess the performance of the department; and (3) coordinate the problem-solving activity of pupil personnel practitioners. (Author)

Current research in management science is yielding new planning methodology more consonant with the presently shifting world view than past fragmented efforts have been. (Author)

This paper examines characteristics of three main education sub-systems: the policy formation system, the management or control system, and the implementation system. It also points out some implications of the analysis which seem to indicate similar and increasingly important developments in other public service bureaucracies. (Author)

Describes graphically a simplified version of PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique), an instrument for organizing, planning, and implementing work projects. (KJ)