Describes an interactive optimization computer game for training resource managers in which the user plays the role of an environmental consultant to an electric utility company. Key components of a typical resource conflict and techniques for determining optimal solutions through linear programing are discussed. Worksheets are included. (BC)

Describes how a major corporation adapted the prime-time television model to the workplace by using video to help create a more flexible, open culture conducive to change, innovation, and productivity. Discusses the series' objectives, the educational experience, the design method, lessons learned, and potential uses. (CT)

Explores how educators can successfully provide quality continuing education to corporate America by addressing why industry and postsecondary educational institutions have not chosen to work together more closely in the past, models of successful partnerships, and what factors contribute to a successful partnership between business and…

Outlines the differences between collaborative efforts and cooperative ones. Provides a discussion of concepts of interrelationships and institutional/organizational relationships. Points to the lack of research available on collaborative efforts. Includes models of cooperation and collaboration, examples contrasting collaboration and cooperation,…

Uses a travel cost method to quantify benefits received by visitors to Petawawa National Forestry Institute's public awareness facilities. Analysis of data from 697 visitors provided a basis for calculating benefits, which are reported in monetary terms. These benefits ranged from $2.89 to $6.64 in value (United States) per visit. (Author/JN)

A general description of microcomputer-based spreadsheet software capabilities and their usefulness in library management analysis and planning are presented. Five specific spreadsheet models which apply to retrospective conversion cost and scheduling, COM and book catalog costs, and acquistions processing costs are discussed and displayed in…

Describes a model process of assessment and integration that allows community agencies and professional counselors to engage in more effective volunteer activity. Outlines agency development by stages, using the experiences of agencies providing domestic violence services. (JAC)

Offers a form for determining the scope and sequence of skills in implementing a study skills curriculum. (JW)

Contends that current conditions in education indicate that a change is needed in the counselor role. Defines consultation, describes a number of current models of consultation, identifies problems in implementing the consultant role, makes recommendations for resolving these problems, and suggests future trends in the use of consultation. (LLL)

Discusses the causes and consequences of shyness and presents the Shyness Control Program, a systematic approach for managing social anxiety in children and adolescents. Includes a flowchart that serves as a framework for the system and represents proven clinical methods used in anxiety management. (JAC)

For schools that are too large to give individualized attention to student problems, the house system's team approach to problem-solving responsibility may be the answer. One house organization plan is explained in detail here. (Editor)

A study was designed to examine and describe planning strategies used by persons developing continuing professional education (CPE) programs for six professional fields. The research methods used to guide the inquiry were those of grounded theory. From the description of practice in the six professions, a general model portraying the program…

The positive results from two workshop evaluations (N=42), the high return on the follow-up questionnaires, and the spontaneous, enthusiastic responses, both written and verbal, support the hypothesis that a single in-depth workshop experience can be quite effective in facilitating planning and decision making of returning adults, particularly…

Presents an analysis of a Student Affairs Division's self-evaluation and resulting reorganization, including findings, recommendations, and the data-gathering instrument. (Author)

Ivey's Do-Use-Teach (DUT) model offers an important and viable vehicle for helping trainees get more than book learning out of training sessions. This article presents a basic structure for implementing a DUT model within the confines of the usual conseling theories or practicum courses. (Author)