Outlines an approach, termed the "Communications Laboratory," that educators can use in managing the conflicts that can arise when the district wants to close a school and some segments of the community do not. (IRT)

The article emphasizes positive techniques which teachers can use to handle stress. Three major steps are outlined: identifying the problem, facing it, and developing personal or environmental management techniques for meeting and overcoming stress. (CL)

The author claims that open communication and extended dialog can be destructive, while bargaining and compromise can be more successful in resolving conflict. She discusses origins of the communication myth, situations where communication fails, alternatives to destructive dialogue, acknowledging incompatibility, the bargaining process, and…

No group (within an organization) can be entirely harmonious, but conflict is not an altogether disruptive factor. A delicate balance is required to obtain the advantages and restrict the disadvantages of organizational conflict. The causes and forms of organizational conflict are examined. (JMD)

The most common reason for the failure of schools to offer sex education is fear of negative community reaction. Ways to break down opposition by community or church groups to the implementation of sex education programs are discussed. (CJ)

Develops a methodology, termed goal-range programing, that will be useful in resolving the conflicts among the information service manager's objectives which arise during the planning process. This methodology is compared to other planning techniques, and its advantages are demonstrated through examples and illustrations. (CWM)

Nonpatient couples, couples seeking sex therapy, and couples seeking marital therapy, were asked to report on who they felt should and who actually does assume responsibility in marital role areas. Discrepancy between role ideals and behavior was examined. Marital therapy patients were found to experience the most role strain. (Author)

This study attempted to determine if decision rule, majority v consensus, had significant impact on certain hypotheses concerning conflicts in small groups. (Author)

The author presents ideas on what the school administrator should know in order to successfully manage conflict situations so that the conflict does not impede school functioning, and suggests that proper handling of the inevitable conflict situations that arise can bring about group cohesiveness and unity. (KC)

Cognitive, socialization, and situational dimensions are embodied in both the concept of decision making and the concept of locus of control. Examines these dimensions as they relate to six important sexual questions. Results investigating the relationship between adolescent sexual decision making and internal-external locus of control are…

Using the Burkean concept of identity-identification, this paper isolates the genesis of conflict between teachers' unions and the public during and after strikes. Strategies to change resentment into advocacy of the union cause by nonunion community members are offered. (Author/IRT)

Presents comments on a case of disagreement between a principal and a teacher concerning the value of pacing. (SS)

The author considers whether student works ought to be distinguished from other forms of literary property. It is concluded that individual controversies are better solved nonjudicially, through an institutional/administrative framework. (LBH)

Today's educational leaders have been accused of being vacillating, waffling and out of tune with the times. The author points out the issues, the problems and the potential trends and urges administrators to re-establish their credibility and identity as a profession. (Editor)

An ethnographic study of unionized nurses in a psychiatric hospital showed how collaborative decision making and innovative conflict resolution allowed nurses to voice their professional concerns and serve as a legitimate ideological force in the hospital culture. Union nurses were able to influence positive changes and advocate for better care.…