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Geber, Beverly – Training, 1992
Self-directed work teams need coaches, not managers. The process of turning middle managers into coaches involves sensitivity, negotiation, and training in adjusting to the new role. (SK)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Management Development, Middle Management
Barker, Glenn; McCoy, Terry – Canadian Training Methods, 1978
The Canadian Public Service Commission conducted an experimental course using the communication technology satellite for the experimental group and a conventional classroom for the control group. Both groups of forty managers had the same subject matter and used the same student-directed learning methodology. The article contains observations on…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Control Groups, Course Descriptions, Educational Methods
1998
This document contains four papers from a symposium on leadership and executive development. The study reported in "Leadership and Culture: Work-Related Values and Leadership Styles among U.S. and German Employees" (K. Peter Kuchinke) revealed only a weak correlation between cultural values and leadership styles. Critical incident…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Cultural Differences, Emotional Response
Download full textWagenheim, Gary – 1992
A team-oriented approach is replacing the traditional management style in today's organizations. Because team management skills differ, they require different teaching methods. This paper describes an administrator education course designed to develop team management skills from an applied and behavioral viewpoint. Students participate in…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Group Experience
McGill, Ian; Beaty, Liz – 1992
This guide is intended to assist practitioners involved in facilitating action learning (AL). Examined in Part 1 are the following topics: principles of AL (distinctive features of AL, purpose of AL sets, life span of AL sets, values underpinning AL); independent versus organization-sponsored AL sets; AL set operation (time, tone setting, set…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
Storey, Vernon J. – 1987
Inservice training for school administrators is often characterized as sporadic rather than sustained, as topical rather then developmental, and as externally planned rather than internally developed and controlled. There is little evidence to suggest that much of current inservice activity contributes to significant improvement in administrators'…
Descriptors: Administrators, College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Whitford, Ellen V. – 1990
The relationship between cooperative learning in staff development programs and the practice of collegial interaction is examined. Thirteen administrators and supervisors from one school district participated in a staff development program that stressed a cooperative learning method. Methodology involved a comparison of participant and control…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrators, Collegiality, Cooperative Learning
