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Ladwig, Dennis J. – 1983
During the 1982-83 school year, a quality/performance circles system model was implemented at Lakeshore Technical Institute (LTI) to promote greater participation by staff in decision making and problem solving. All management staff at the college (N=45) were invited to participate in the process, and 39 volunteered. Non-management staff (N=240)…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Attitude Change, College Administration
Civil Service Commission, Washington, DC. Bureau of Training. – 1978
Information on training covered under the 1958 Government Employees Training Act, chapter 41, title 5, United States Code, is presented in this congressionally mandated annual training report. It provides statistical and general trend information and analyses regarding federal training under the Act. The report begins with a statistical table…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Administrator Education, Agency Cooperation, Blacks
RUMMLER, GEARY A.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE COMPENDIUM OF CASE HISTORIES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS DESCRIBES ATTEMPTS BY GRADUATES OF A PROGRAMING WORKSHOP TO SOLVE MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS IN THEIR OWN ORGANIZATIONS. AREAS OF DISCUSSION ARE--BEHAVIORAL TECHNOLOGY AND MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT, THE PROGRAMING PROCESS, CONTRACT (CUSTOM-MADE) PROGRAMS,…
Descriptors: Banking, Behavior Change, Business, Case Studies
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Irani, Tracy A.; Lundy, Lisa; Turner, R. Elaine; Percival, Susan S.; Nieves, C.; Sharf, Tracie – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2007
Distance education has been at the forefront of forging unique partnerships to facilitate learning. The purpose of this case study was to describe a business-education collaboration between General Nutrition Corporation, Inc. and the University of Florida, involving a series of online courses in introductory nutrition. Utilizing a competency-based…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Competency Based Education, Nutrition, Partnerships in Education
Rotem, Arie; Fay, Joe – 1987
This booklet is intended to assist midlevel health care managers in assessing and improving their health care management skills. The first chapter uses the story of one health care manager's recognition of his own weaknesses and subsequent self-improvement to illustrate the qualities and skills that make a good manager. The second chapter, which…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Budgeting, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Chase, Francis – 1980
This report presents the results of a survey of large school systems conducted between 1977-80. The purpose of the survey was to identify schools with promising programs and developments, especially those with the possibility of system-wide application. A total of 33 public school systems with 599 programs were studied. In the report, research…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Career Centers, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
Coggins, Chere Campbell, Ed. – 1988
The following 26 papers are presented in this document: "The Relationship between the Adult's Cognitive Style and Achieving Style to Preference for Self-Directed Learning" (Bitterman); "Developing a Mentoring Program for Persons in Independent Work Sites" (De Vries); "Reflection and the Problem of Self-Deception in Adult Learning" (Dirkx); "A…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Child Abuse, Cognitive Style
Platte Technical Community Coll., Columbus, NE. – 1980
The result of a project to develop short courses to help health care administrators and supervisors in developing practical, up-to-date management skills, this instructional workbook provides information and exercises applicable to on-the-job situations. Unit I covers the following leadership considerations: self-awareness, time management,…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrators, Allied Health Occupations, Change Strategies
Nelson, Marilyn E. – 1978
The Montgomery County, Maryland school district has a five-year plan to develop and install revised instructional systems in four major subjects. The components of the instructional system are: performance objectives for pupils, appropriate student placement based on performance, instructional guides for teachers, assessment tasks, and pupil…
Descriptors: Administrators, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Ellison, Nolen M.; Eadie, Douglas C. – 1978
Cuyahoga Community College's three-phase Institutional Development Program (IDP) was established in January, 1975, to provide systematic and uniform college-wide planning and management procedures. This report first discusses the social forces which led the college to undertake the IDP; identifies the long-range planning, governance, and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Centralization, College Administration, College Planning
Dubois, David D. – 1993
This book, which focuses on actual practitioners' experiences, outlines a systematic approach to improving individual workers' performance as part of an overall strategy for organizational change. Frameworks are provided for conceptualizing and implementing exemplary training practices. In addition, steps in achieving the practices and pitfalls to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
Campanella, Frank B.; And Others – 1981
Boston College's Management Development Program, which provides 12 weeks of formal management education, is described, and examples and models of materials are presented. Attention is directed to program planning, design, and results; problems encountered; and issues pertaining to advanced-level management development, particularly as it relates…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Church Related Colleges, College Administration, College Environment
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1976
This first volume of a two-volume report of a New York State consortium for career education contains the dissemination report and project performance and evaluation reports from two of seven component districts, Allegany Board of Cooperative Educational Services and East Aurora Union Free School District. (Volume 2 contains reports from the…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Education, Community Resources, Consortia
1998
This document contains four papers from a symposium on evaluating the impact of human resource development (HRD). "The Politics of Program Evaluation and the Misuse of Evaluation Findings" (Hallie Preskill, Robin Lackey) discusses the status of evaluation theory, evaluation as a political activity, and the findings from a survey on the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Corporate Education, Corporations
Harrington, Lois G.; And Others – 1981
Designed to provide pre- and inservice vocational education administrators with background information and hands-on experiences for acquiring the skills necessary to direct a program evaluation, this competency-based learning module contains an introduction and four sequential learning experiences. Each learning experience consists of an overview,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Behavioral Objectives, Competence
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