The economic census furnishes an important part of the framework for such composite measures as the gross domestic product estimates, input/output measures, production and price indexes, and other statistical series that measure short-term changes in economic conditions. Specific uses of economic census data include the following: Policymaking…

Article considered the relationship between assistant principals and the organizational climate of schools. (RK)

Authoritarian management from above can no longer impose controls on subordinates. Participative management is now essential to improve organizational efficiency, release individual and group initiative, and make a fundamental improvement in the climate of British industrial relations. (MS)

Government legislation influences management styles. When the power is generated from below instead of above, a completely new philosophy is necessitated to cope with the systems of informal and formal power. (MS)

A computer was used to simulate weather conditions in a school district. As a result, several suggestions are made for significant savings on a school district's energy expenditures. (WM)

The principal will play a key role in designing educational systems that free the human spirit to exercise initiative, to experiment openly, to enter fully into the enterprise of living and learning as complete people. (Author/WM)

A process cooling system that provides a proven method of environmental control for computers as well as for occupants. (Author/MLF)

This dialogue highlights differences in orientation of clinical as opposed to behavioral sciences. (Editor)

Develops the social-anthropoligical basis for the development and operation of informal beliefs and norms, describing some of the modern beliefs and cues that assist in the operation of the complex school system; and proposes some hypotheses showing school administration related to the anthropological framework suggested. (Author/JM)

Considers the concept of organizational climate and examines the relationships to be expected between different aspects of climate and various dimensions of organizational structure and context. Examination of the effect of hierarchical level on perceptions of organizational climate showed significant variations by level. (Author)

Argues that the adoption of the bureaucratic structure, with its concomitant values, has proven to be incompatible with both intellectual and human development, that a learning environment that promotes simultaneously both intellectual development and humanism must be created, and new forms of organizational structure to achieve goals currently…

Author describes Organization Development as a process of diagnosis, selection of appropriate interventions'' or solutions to the problem, and reinforcing the new behavior so that it becomes a way of life. (GB)

Discusses key factors to be considered by local educational authorities in creating a healthful -- and consequently constructive -- environment in the school building for students, teachers, and administrators. Focuses on ventilation, air cleaning, and humidification. (EA)

To avoid the dehumanization that can result from too much emphasis on efficiency alone, PPBS must conform with the pre-existing school environment, with its personal, political, social, and economic dimensions. (Editor)