This case study investigated teaching experience in an elementary school with 425 pupils and 14 teachers. The study views teaching not only in the context of the classroom but also in the organizational context of the school and school district and in the sociocultural context of the community. It is an ethnographic study concerned with the…

Kansas and nearby Missouri are among the half-dozen states in America having the greatest frequency of tornadoes of any region in the world. This booklet describes a districtwide approach of designing and constructing tornado-resistant shelters as integrated parts of the school facilities. The design criteria for tornado protection also resulted…

This paper is presented with the hope that those studying or directly involved in the utilization of hard-core persons in employment may gain insights which may make their tasks easier and more productive. It is written in a readable and non-technical nature and integrates experiences of hard-core utilization with accepted organization theory.…

The purpose of this study was to describe and assess the Continuing Consultant Program as operated by the Tennessee Appalachia Educational Cooperative (TAEC) during the 1969-70 school year and to develop a climate profile of these schools using the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire. Eleven schools with continuing consultants and 11…

The authors propose that a principal, instead of making all decisions himself, should convene faculty, staff, and student groups to help bring conflict into the open and to work on organizational problems systematically. This "team-leader" role assumes that team members are intelligent, competent, and want to perform well; and that an open…

This paper presents a model of how organizations adapt to the uncertainty in their environment by making changes in the way they structure themselves for decisionmaking. The research reported here indicates that it is not just a single change in organizational structure, but rather a shifting between a more rigid and more flexible decision…

An American firm's experience in terms of technical knowledge and relevent architectural expression in designing and constructing a university complex in the Middle East. (Author/MLF)

Argues that an education system based primarily on economic motivations tends to aggravate the disparities between the haves and the have-nots in the world and than an economic analysis of higher education fails to consider the contribution to the personal lives of people and their lives as citizens. (Editor/JT)

This task force report to the Association of Colleges and Universities of the State of New York appraises present anxieties and suggests that higher education in New York must speak with one voice supporting efforts to maintain funding and low tuition and efforts to narrow public-private tuition gaps. (JT)

A society's economic structure has a pervasive influence on the lives of individuals and on the political and social arrangements under which they live. The author discusses this influence and its impact on social work practice, and suggests that an understanding of economic realities will enhance social workers' empathy. (Author)

Investigates communication openess by examining the responses of one hundred supervisor-subordinate pairs in a hierarchical setting, and concludes that both supervisors and subordinates favor responses which reflect communication openess. (MH)

Since department chairmanship appointments are often made for fixed terms, the new chairman often holds himself in check because of the realization that a quick turnover will follow. Consequences of this limited commitment and some means for facilitating the return of chairmen to professional careers are discussed. (Author/LBH)

Discusses problems in the nursing profession and how nursing can be redirected for greater social and professional impact. Changes in nursing practice and education are urged to emphasize skills and the humanization of nursing functions. (MF)

The distinctive patterns of personal and career incentives of faculty affiliated with different types of colleges and universities reaffirms the centrality of organizational diversity to informed descriptions of American higher education. A refinement of the Carnegie Commission typology is offered to aid in the systematic study of organizational…