Examines opinions of lower federal courts that have struggled with problems revised by assertions of municipal liability based on section 1981, the Fourteenth Amendment, and pendent state law claims. Concludes that Monell will compound confusion and inconsistency of lower court opinions on municipal liability. Available from Business Editor, 1719…

Examines the parameters of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and relevant First Amendment case law, reviews several analogous court decisions in private employment, and analyzes Yott vs. North American Rockwell Corporation (case involving an employee who, on religious grounds, refused to join a union) and its application to public employment.…

The issue of improved employee participation is used to focus a discussion about the fundamental differences between, and the synthesis of, the theory and practice of organizational change. It is asserted that a given degree and/or form of participation is a function of the context in which it is set. (Author/MLF)

The president of a group practice prepayment program describes the health maintenance organization (HMO), an alternative health care delivery system for employee groups. An HMO differs from indemnity insurance in providing total medical and health care for a monthly fee, instead of paying only in cases of illness or accident. (MF)

Explores Kissinger's press conferences during the Nixon administration focusing on how the management of foreign news policy is affected by the press conference as a form of specialized or elite interview and Kissinger's relationship with the press. (MH)

Discusses recent developments in public sector unionism and argues that collective bargaining for supervisors is workable and politically feasible. Presents results of a national survey of collective bargaining laws and unions among public school administrators and supervisors, and examines the possible direction of future federal legislation.…

Discusses the impact of fellowship programs that send scientists and engineers to work in United States congressional offices. (SL)

Eighty percent of the money spent on employee education goes for courses taught at the workplace. Three characteristics mark the corporate education system: high motivation of students, intimate association of learning and work, and pragmatic, goal-defined orientation. Implications for colleges are discussed. (Author/LBH)

In building an emergency management library collection within a training institution, technical data become secondary to identifying common goals, methods, and systems found at the federal, state, and local levels for responding to and planning for disasters and crises. These goals help identify emergency management skills public officials should…

The study explored the role of a written selection examination in defining composition of the work force while complying with legislative mandates. Results suggest two general choices exist with regard to personnel selection, (1) raw scores or (2) race and standardized scores. Agencies should consider social and legal implications. (Author/CH)

Over the next 15 years, major changes in the federal work force and the technology it relies upon will mean a major training investment. This will involve changes in where and how training is delivered as well as more money and staff. (JOW)

Used meta-analysis to review the literature regarding the correlation between self-supervisor, self-peer, and peer-supervisor ratings. Results indicated a relatively high correlation between peer and supervisor ratings, but only a moderate correlation between self-supervisor and self-peer ratings, with job type seeming to moderate self-peer and…