Discusses the role of the purchasing agent in relation to the school management team and its importance in maintaining a high level of quality in education. (MD)

Notes that the issue of leadership and management has become a hot topic for school principals and administrators with books, magazines, and articles urging participatory corporate management techniques. Suggests newer management styles developed in the private sector offer some valuable approaches. (NH)

Suggests that team building can be enhanced by employing career anchor concepts to identify individual perceptions and by developing a "shared perceptions" model about performance related issues. Provides a guide to applying the model and includes a case study. (JOW)

Eleven staff development programs for school administrators are analyzed, emphasizing the principles and characteristics which distinguish these programs from past practice. Differences are classified into the headings of focus, content, and program delivery. (MT)

This article describes principals' centers and the principals' center movement, identifying key issues raised by them. Future directions and persistent questions for the principals' center movement are developed. (MT)

The Metropolitan Principals' Academy was formed in 1984 by eight suburban school districts in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in order to help administrators become more effective. The academy is described, and the research-based model of leadership which guides it is examined. (MT)

Examines the effectiveness of wilderness labs as a medium for developing management skills. Wilderness labs involve taking managers out of the corporate comfort zone into the outdoors to confront physical challenges. (JOW)

Investigated the use of in basket simulation as a laboratory for administrator training, explored the effect of an audiotutorial decision curriculum on decision-making proficiency, and examined the effect of the training methodology on administrator's attitudes toward the constructs initiating structure and consideration. Assessed students'…

Outlines ways to develop an administrative intern program in a school system. Such a program allows the schools to develop a cadre of potential school executives while developing the skills and talents of the existing administrative staff. (MD)

Provides an objective analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the oldest, most prestigious university management development program, which has been the prototype for many other such courses. (JOW)

A selected annotated bibliography that reflects recent (1977-1983) approaches to career development in organizations, including government agencies, educational institutions, business, industry, and the military. The list was compiled from searches of PSYCINFO, ERIC, and ABI/INFORM. Includes author and subject indexes. (NRJ)

The purpose of this paper is to suggest a framework for analyzing "outdoor management development" so as to help potential consumers assess the compatibility of provider organizations and their own. (Author/SSH)

This document is a series of three workshops for principals and school leaders using a Pacific region cultural context. Its goal is to promote diverse thinking and opinions that will lead to discussions that, in turn, will have a positive impact on student achievement. Workshop settings are based on the bai, a traditional house where people gather…

There is an easy case to make for the imperative of investing in tomorrow's leaders today. It is the law of supply and demand: more organizations in greater competition under increased pressure to perform put a premium on scarce talent. The labor economy has become a seller's market, and poaching or luring talent away from other organizations is a…

This study explored the involvement of 15 training and development (T & D) professionals during mergers and acquisitions (M & A). The study found that T & D professionals are highly involved in orientation and management training and organization development related activities such as communication and diagnosis and blending of organizational…