Discussion of impact factors for "Journal Citation Reports" subject categories focuses on the difference between an average of quotients and a global average, obtained as a quotient of averages. Applications in the context of informetrics and scientometrics are given, including journal prices and subject discipline influence scores.…

States that the term "management communication" has not been defined, and the discipline has no focus. Calls for research within the managerial context--difficult for professors to understand because managers and academics operate in different environments. Finds that obstacles exist to conducting valuable management communication…

Finds that, of the disciplines under discussion in this special issue, corporate communication is the newest, least understood, and the only one specifically related to a functional area within organizations. Defines corporate communication as a discipline. Examines how it relates to other subdisciplines under consideration (management…

Notes that the field of communication is gaining momentum and respect. Points out that the task of definition for any field of study is one of process. Discusses the four position articles presented in this special issue. (PA)

Argues that some of the disciplinary distinctions proposed in the lead articles of this special issue actually represent aspects of theory or practice that are fundamental to all four fields. Examines what is deemphasized to suggest where attention may be needed--in particular, disciplinary relationships with organizations and disciplinary…

The author's background in psychology and adult education is used to identify two shifts in his perspective: (1) a move from disciplinary to applied knowledge toward working knowledge and (2) from the subject of psychology being the rational autonomous self to the socially constructed self to the relational self. (SK)

Suggests that pragmatism is most usefully seen as a perspective that encourages service learning practitioners to avoid epistemology altogether. Discusses three related commitments of service learning; (1) respect for disciplinary diversity; (2) encouragement of innovative experimentalism; and (3) enthusiasm for progressive thought and action.…

Describes how one school's discourse of liberalism was deleteriously deployed. Views the school's discipline creed as emblematic of the school's liberal curriculum, highlighting the negative effects on four African American second grade boys when the school enacted this creed. The curriculum's liberal underpinnings precluded teachers and students…

Describes how one elementary school's adoption of a character-education program significantly reduced student discipline problems. (PKP)

Offers basic guidelines to deal with student discipline. Suggests that everyone connected with the school and district must develop and enforce strategies designed to magnify learning and behavioral expectations and to redirect students unable or unwilling to participate in the activities of education. (JOW)

Describes how one elementary school focused on school security in this age of increased school violence, discussing the worries that parents have about safety (which often overshadow concerns about academics) and explaining that even though youth violence has decreased overall, parents must feel secure in sending their children to school. (SM)

Claims dominant conceptions of tradition may prevent professionals in the field from realizing the full potential of work in composition. Calls for relinquishing the quest for academic professionalism in defining the work of Composition and constructing a sense of tradition as an active and activating force central to its work. (NH)

Discusses the need for a forum to discuss public issues related to language. Introduces three papers that focus on current language issues. (Author/VWL)

Describes the characteristics of the transfer point of information management to knowledge management (KM), what information resources management (IRM) does, and compares information and knowledge management and the roles of chief information officer (CIO) and chief knowledge officer (CKO). (PEN)

Considers whether gerontology is an academic discipline with specialized knowledge of education and training or a profession requiring training in a variety of fields. Examines examples of a social work curriculum and gerontology master's degree at two Israeli universities. (Contains 26 references.) (SK)