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Ladwig, Dennis J. – School Business Affairs, 1983
Quality Circles are a participative management technique allowing employees opportunities to participate in decisionmaking and problem-solving processes at work. A Wisconsin vocational school successfully implemented Quality Circles with management and nonmanagement staff participating. (MD)
Descriptors: Administration, Participative Decision Making, Postsecondary Education, Problem Solving
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Richardson, M. D.; Prickett, R. L. – NASSP Bulletin, 1994
Adult learners bring a greater background of life experiences to the learning situation; may experience diminished learning rates, if not ability; and approach learning from personal or professional needs, not compulsion. Effective adult learning requires time for reflection and for application and manipulation of ideas. Principals dealing with…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Developmental Stages, Lifelong Learning, Postsecondary Education
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1989
Quality circles can be defined as small groups of employees who meet regularly to solve problems and to find ways of improving aspects of their work. Quality circles are based on western ideas, but developed in Japan. Well-established guidelines for quality circles include support from management, clear reasons for the program, support of unions,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Colleges, Continuing Education, Outcomes of Education
North West Regional Management Centre, Chorley (England). – 1985
This book contains supplementary material for a British self-study course in management designed as an introduction to the course for the Certificate in Management Studies. The materials in this book are learning activities referenced to various topics in the course materials. The nine activities include a case study of a production supervision…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Independent Study
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Shea, Mary Lou; And Others – 1985
This learning module, which is part of a staff development program for health occupations clinical instructors, discusses using the techniques of questioning and problem solving in a clinical instructional setting. It includes learning activities dealing with the importance of using questions in the clinical setting, levels of questions in the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Behavioral Objectives, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Inservice Teacher Education
Gaasholt, Marie – 1980
Self-formulating study-groups, comprised of teachers voluntarily meeting with consultant leaders, are used in Denmark as an effective tool for identifying and discussing relevant problems and developing action programs. The general educational approach employed in self-formulating study-groups includes a problem orientation related to the…
Descriptors: Consultants, Foreign Countries, Goal Orientation, Group Discussion
Pascal, Charles E. – 1978
The problems created by declining enrollments and fiscal stringencies have brought about a "new reality" for postsecondary institutions in Ontario and other Canadian provinces. The lean future that institutions face requires clear articulation and communication of institutional goals, retraining and reallocation of redundant academic…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Role, Declining Enrollment
Rabey, Gordon P. – 1979
This guide, which is intended for new supervisors and managers to use in an independent study setting, deals with the key points of effective management. The following topics are discussed in the individual sections: understanding what a manager is and why managers are appointed; setting objectives and achieving results; planning and controlling…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Budgeting, Communication Skills, Decision Making