Describes 20 ways in which secondary schools can enhance their learning climates, using time and effort in a more businesslike, productive way to increase orderliness and predictability; improve recognition of the value of time; emphasize excellence; and create a sense of purpose, openness, and optimism regarding learning and living. (Author/PGD)

A management-by-objectives approach demands personnel assignments, deadlines, and a concise statement of the task. This approach can be used to evaluate personnel and to eliminate the need for crisis management. (Author/MLF)

Outlines 8 essential components of the communication process and defines 10 categories of questions covered by a communications evaluation instrument, including communications ethics, climate, channels, methods, timing, message content, feedback, information sources, types of information needed, and supervisor-subordinate communication. Provides…

Some relationships between high schools and their parent districts are similar to those between individual business enterprises and their parent companies. This article reviews several factors enhancing the success of these relationships in business and draws implications for high school organization. Leadership, organizational autonomy, and…

Vague goals, unmanaged technology, minimal accountability, and little contact among staff members are characteristics that many schools share with other loosely coupled organizations. Effective schools do not share these characteristics. Some strategies for eliminating these traits are suggested. (PGD)

Offers advice to administrators for increasing their effectiveness in an era of shrinking resources. Stresses the necessity for careful planning, delegation of tasks, and setting of priorities. Includes a guide for setting priorities and a priority planning chart. (WD)

The school administrator needs a multifaceted perspective of his role in order to guard against administrative dysfunction in five areas: specialization, systemization, socialization, synchronization, and saturation. (Author)

Offers cost-saving suggestions for school management regarding staff, equipment and machinery, materials, and vandalism and theft prevention. (WD)

Asserts that the quality circle management technique is an exciting and challenging way to improve staff satisfaction and the quality of service. Defines the quality circle concept, outlines steps school administrators should take to establish quality circles, and warns of possible pitfalls. (Author/PGD)

Maintains that secondary schools often assign their counselors major responsibility for the gatekeeping and custodial functions associated with student scheduling. Recommends as an alternative having counselors advise students and others needing counseling while paraprofessionals and clerical personnel handle the administrative duties. (Author/PGD)

In organizational supervision one is concerned with the nature of the organizational process and its outputs. The author outlines the process of organizational supervision to identify the source of a serious problem and to identify problems before they become serious. (Author/IRT)

The Measure of Attitudes Toward Education is described in this article. This instrument, which can be used by both educational practitioners and researchers, taps public opinion in three areas: teacher-related issues, organizational efficiency, and administrative effectiveness. (DS)

Well-managed companies and excellent schools have similar characteristics, based on an understanding of people's needs and the integration and utilization of that understanding by the organization for its purposes. Teachers, administrators, and the business community should be involved in educational change, along with education policy experts and…

The belief that attitude is the essence of learning is central to the philosophy in Duval County (Florida) schools. Principals are chosen based on enthusiasm and positive communications with staff members and community, and as staff and community pride in the schools has increased, so has academic performance. (TE)