Introduction: Despite an explosion of interest in improving safety and reducing error in health care, one important aspect of patient safety that has received little attention is a systematic approach to education and training for the whole health care workforce. This article describes an evaluation of an innovative multiprofessional, team-based…

This workbook is a collection of practical strategies and techniques for team-building that can be used by educational consultants or by the team members themselves without outside assistance. Various aids are presented to facilitate organizational improvement in schools. The consultant aids are listed as diagnostic warm-ups, exercises, and…

Describes an approach to team training based on behavior modification learning principles and describes how it differs from other learning approaches and from common practice. While the implications are strongest for off-site and classroom training, there are implications for process consultation with intact teams. (Author)

This study reports on the findings of a survey conducted to determine why people join school Cadres and to determine the ways in which these groups recruit, select, and train new members. Fifty-two responses were received from Cadre organizations in Oregon, California, New York, Florida, and Idaho. A profile of the typical Cadre member includes…

In the first of a three-part series, the authors examine the origin of the organizational development movement, instrumented team learning seminars for managers, their experimental programs for industry at various locations, the development of the "managerial grid," management by objectives, behavior modification, and other approaches to…

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), the Defense Documentation Center (DDC), National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Psychological Abstracts, HumRRO Library, and industrial training publications were surveyed to analyze instructional and evaluative techniques relevant to team training. Research studies and team training…

The Quality Education through Staff Training (QUEST) program is described. The professional development program was conducted in the Detroit Public Schools. The major goal of this project was organizational change and renewal to influence the quality of classroom instruction. This was to be achieved by helping teachers and administrators to effect…

This document contains three papers from a symposium on team-based work in human resource development (HRD). "Toward Transformational Learning in Organizations: Effects of Model-II Governing Variables on Perceived Learning in Teams" (Blair K. Carruth) summarizes a study that indicated that, regardless of which Model-II variable (valid…

This document explains how the business community can enhance school leadership by helping school principals develop the same executive leadership and professional qualities that are required of chief executive officers. The introduction describes the role of the principal in high-performing schools as follows: (1) engage all members of the school…