Although ideally collective bargaining is a rational decision making process, in actuality, irrational forces frequently intrude, making a call for mediation a logical, necessary step. When communication breaks down between union and management, a mediator's objective assessment and recommendations become essential. For mediation to work, the…

This booklet contains six short papers prepared for a symposium on collective negotiation in education. The opening paper presents a national overview of the subject, while the subsequent articles mainly discuss experiences under the Pennsylvania Public Employee Relations Act of 1970, which granted state and local employees full collective…

This monograph continues an analysis of group day care as a social institution, particularly as it has developed in southern California. Part I discussed ways in which communities obtain day care facilities, concentrating on changes in community opinion and environment which influence the existence of day care centers. Part II focuses on the…

Drawn from a 1967 conference on gerontology, these 11 papers consider the nature of age changes (for better or worse) in high grade intellectual work and decision making of the kind found in industrial management and comparable walks of life. The first paper draws implications for higher intellectual activities from existing knowledge of age…

This analysis of argumentation considers three separate, yet interrelated, aspects of the persuasive argument: evidence, warrant, and claim. A study of each of these components is presented in separate chapters with an examination of the role and standards each must carry out in formulating sound, logical proof. A classification of types of…

It is in relation to a sense of a tangible future that the shaming dimension of Americanization most directly threatens the mobility and integration of the assimilation-aspiring "ethnic American" of South and East European origin or ancestry. Uncertainty about one's future precipitates uncertainty about one's modes of conflict resolution…

The purpose of this study is to describe the structures of and decision-making processes within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and government agencies concerned with education at all geopolitical levels, and to describe the dynamics of the interrelationships between the CPSU and the government. The study is based on data collected…

This book is a collection of fourteen papers presented at the communication colloquium of the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, during the 1967-68 academic year. The essays have been organized into three sections. Section I: "General Perspectives on Communication" contains presentations which are addressed to basic theoretical and conceptual…

We live in a time of rising ethnic and racial tensions, great public frustrations, and great demands on school systems. A school district needs to develop a system that allows for the most effective working relationship between the school and the community, that facilitates the solution of problems, and that nurtures the growth of new ways to…

Conflict is defined by the authors as a struggle over scarce status, power, and resources. They discuss the role of communication as one of the several strategies leading to conflict and as a potential strategy leading to conflict resolution. First, there is tacit communication, wherein the participants are engaged not in face-to-face interactions…

This directory to activities, organizations, careers, and studies for individuals and groups who are interested in promoting world peace contains ten sections on means and ways to contribute toward world order: 1) presents ideas that stimulate thinking and research on war, peace, and the challenge of peace; 2) suggests some existing world peace…

Consistent with Anderson's weighted averaging model, it was predicted that 19 subjects who were defined by a lack of differentiation among their personal constructs would experience considerable inconsistency in the factorial combination of five personality trait dimensions selected from each subject's REP test. Such inconsistency was expected to…

During 1974-75, 86 Desegregation Counselor Aides worked in 39 desegregated Minneapolis public schools. About three-fourths of the Aides served elementary schools. Aides attempted to resolve student-student and student-teacher conflicts, to improve interracial attitudes, and to act as liaisons between schools and the neighborhoods from which…

Describes the Human Relations Peer Group Leadership Training Program that has eliminated racial conflict in Carteret High School. The initial step was a four-day intensive training program that took place in a closed setting. (Author/IRT)

The Conflict Management Student Leadership Program, which emphasizes student involvement in preventing problems such as school vandalism and violence, is described here. (DS)