A detailed systems diagram elaborates the process of dealing with a single conflict episode between two parties or persons. Hypotheses are fully stated to lead the reader through the flow diagram. A concrete example illustrates its use. Detail is provided in an accounting scheme of virtually all possible variables to consider in analyzing a…

A review of the literature indicated a recognition that interview behavior was critical to job placement and successful employment. Previous research, however, has not specified either the structure of inverview training with the mildly retarded or the outcomes of those programs. In a recent study, 29 of 40 mentally retarded young adults filled…

During the fall term of 1975, an experimental course was offered at the School of Library Science, Emporia Kansas State College. The objective was to review the general principles of interpersonal relations and to apply them to case studies involving library staff and patrons. Using a brief reading list and a case study approach, students were…

The essentials and techniques of effective communication are presented in the guide designed as a source book for leaders conducting a communications seminar. General suggestions for leading a group discussion and some specific suggestions for activities which involve the seminar participants are presented. Factual information relating to…

A counseling analogue study was conducted to test the hypothesis that expertness will increase the freedom of an attractive interviewer to use different types of influence. It was predicted that only experts would obtain change with an impersonal appeal, while both experts and inexperts would be successful with a personal appeal. Opinion change…

This study sought to define competencies hospital executives need to perform their role effectively as perceived by hospital leaders, and to analyze the implications of these competency requirements for the professional education of hospital administrators. A semi-projective questionnaire was devised with the help of a panel of 10 administrators…

This book describes a program that deals with group dynamics and applies encounter group techniques to the training of teachers. The program consists of two weeks of encounter during the summer; a 3-day workshop just prior to the start of school; and monthly curriculum workshops, monthly encounter groups, and periodic visitations throughout the…

This curriculum guide, consisting of a student's booklet and a teacher's guide, is designed to increase the student's self-esteem by helping him recognize and develop his own talents, his ability to understand and communicate with others, and his ability to make use of his own decisions. The objective is to prevent any future tendency to turn to…

This study proposed to intervene systematically on teacher and pupil population with interpersonal skill training. The program was designed to provide opportunities for teachers to examine their own classroom behavior, and to provide children with social skill training. The inservice teacher training, utilizing an examination of on-site video…

This document, which is a presentation of a philosophy of education and human relations, is written in two distinct sections by two different authors. The two authors believe that human relations is very important in education and that the open classroom actually depends on the openness of the teacher. The authors hold in common the view that the…

A report is presented of the findings from a three-year project to train 40 correctional officers as behavioral change agents. The project had two objectives: (1) to encourage the officers to view the institution as a rehabilitative instrument, predisposing them to learn to use alternatives to punishment and become treatment-oriented, and (2) to…

This paper reports data from two studies on the behavioral assessment of social competence in college males which look at how well the male initiates interaction with a female in a "boy meets girl" situation. The goal is to determine the types of social behavior which will differentiate between a group of anxious, non-dating, or low…

The specific purpose of the research discussed was to develop an instrument which would permit assessment of individual and developmental differences in the acquisition of abilities to understand and utilize emotional and psychological facets of interpersonal behavior. Emotional insight was assessed in 81 male and female children between the ages…

These two manuals, student's and teacher's, present information to stimulate both dialogue and problem-solving activity on drugs and drug education within the classroom. With a focus on human interaction, the five units include an introduction, a section about people, one about drugs, a section on effects and consequences of drug abuse, and a…

An organizational development activity called "intergroup meeting" is discussed in terms of its format and its effectiveness in an organization. (BP)