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Dempsey, Stephen D.; Stephens, J. Todd – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2011
This article describes a model in special education personnel preparation designed to respond to needs in rural areas for fully licensed Director of Special Education and Pupil Services administrators. The program utilizes a fully online course format and also requires participants to complete a supervised practicum in their school districts.…
Descriptors: Pupil Personnel Services, Training Methods, Models, Online Courses
Training, 2012
In this article, "Training" editors recognize innovative and successful learning and development programs and practices submitted in the 2012 Training Top 125 application. Best practices: (1) Edward Jones: Practice Makes Perfect (sales training); (2) Grant Thornton LLP: Senior Manager Development Program (SMDP); (3) MetLife, Inc.: Top Advisor…
Descriptors: Management Development, Job Skills, Best Practices, Training Methods
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Patti, Janet; Holzer, Allison A.; Stern, Robin; Brackett, Marc A. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2012
This article makes the case for a different approach to the professional development of teachers and school leaders called personal, professional coaching (PPC). Personal, professional coaching is grounded in reflective practices that cultivate self-awareness, emotion management, social awareness, and relationship management. Findings from two…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Interpersonal Competence, Professional Development, Coaching (Performance)
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Hughes, Derek – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2010
This paper reviews how action learning was used as part of a regional leadership development programme involving a number of public sector organisations. It explores how the sets were designed and set up and the significant challenges that this particular approach brought. A number of positive tangible outcomes were produced from the sets and…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Public Sector, Leadership Training, Foreign Countries
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Giambona, G.; Birchall, D. W. – Educational Media International, 2011
Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in creating a dynamic and successful European economy. Time-poor managers in these organisations generally have fewer opportunities for training and development than their counterparts in larger organisations. As a result, different requirements are placed on training. The aim of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Needs, Experiential Learning, Evidence
Gomez-Mejia, Luis R.; Balkin, David B. – Personnel Administrator, 1980
Internal management development programs are effective especially for teaching management skills to women because of women's position on the learning curve. (Author)
Descriptors: Employed Women, Management Development, Models, Program Descriptions
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Zwikael, Ofer; Gonen, Amnon – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2007
Purpose: Games are an effective teaching and classroom training tool, since they allow students to practise real-life events. In the area of project management, most games focus on the planning phase of a project. The current paper aims to describe a new game, called PEG--Project Execution Game. The uniqueness of this game is its focus on real…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Training Methods, Educational Games, Simulation
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Kamler, Estelle – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2006
The graying of the superintendency, a diminished talent pool, and lack of diversity have prompted American educators to develop innovative strategies that encourage, support and prepare school leaders for the superintendency. For instance, in Nassau County, Long Island, New York, the superintendents' council, in affiliation with the regional…
Descriptors: Mentors, Instructional Leadership, Superintendents, Program Effectiveness
Jeffalyn Johnson and Associates, Inc., Falls Church, VA. – 1982
Current trends and practices in staff development for principals are illustrated in this directory of representative inservice training programs operating in the 1981-82 school year. The programs included in the list are ongoing, have operated at least 1 year, and are for the most part directed specifically at principals. The information on each…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Financial Support, Inservice Education
Schroeder, Roger G. – 1975
Management by Objectives (MBO) has been used by many businesses as a means of improving performance by managers. MBO involves setting agreed performance objectives in writing and includes a periodic review of the degree of achievement of those objectives. This document argues that MBO principles should be used by colleges and universities, and it…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Environment, Higher Education, Management by Objectives
Hahne, C. E. – Training and Development Journal, 1977
Describes the development of a training program for salespeople (trainees and managers) called Dimensional Sales Training (DST). It is noted that DST is designed to increase sales, build skills, and improve performance, while providing a systematic process of collecting data for measuring program effectiveness. (EM)
Descriptors: Job Training, Management Development, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Gilmore, A. W. – Training Bus Ind, 1970
Grumman Company has attempted to counter their acute shortage of engineers with diversified experience by establishing the Engineering Professional Development Program (EPDP). Selected engineers participate in an evening scholarship program, assignments to various sections within the company, and in-house seminars and programs to prepare them for…
Descriptors: Educational Specifications, Engineers, Labor Needs, Management Development
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Goodstein, Leonard D. – Group and Organization Studies, 1981
Presents an activity in which participants identify organizational situations in which they have tried to influence others and write brief essays discussing the dynamics. Working in pairs they score each other's essays with a form that includes an analysis of the tactics. Provides suggestions for using this design. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Administration, Behavior Change, Group Activities, Individual Power
Shockley-Zalabak, Pamela S. – 1984
To describe the conflict management training practices in 10 large American organizations, a study gathered descriptive data through interviews with organizational personnel responsible for training and development, a review of written materials where available, and observations of the delivery of conflict management training programs. The…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Employer Employee Relationship
Estes, Dwain M.; Crowder, David – 1987
The Baylor Principals' Center in Waco, Texas, offers programs in the Texas cities of Waco, Corsicana, and Killeen. Advanced instructional leadership training workshops consist of 12 hours of training. Incorporated into the meetings of the instructional leadership sessions are collegial circles made up of from six to eight people assigned in a…
Descriptors: Consultants, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Instructional Improvement
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