Management by Objectives (MBO) should focus on objectives to be achieved and the establishment of objectives should involve participation between superior and subordinate. A process is described for facilitating the communications aspect of MBO through the use of a process consultant. (Author/MLF)

Utilizes a questionnaire to investigate the science teacher/science supervisor interaction in schools and whether or not there are differences in perceptions of supervisory effectiveness between science teachers (N=258) and supervisors (N=143). Differences were found in perceptions concerning inservice, interpersonal and support activities, and…

Goal setting is an essential part of an effective supervisory model. Suggestions are offered that have been effective in improving goal-setting activities in a variety of school settings. (Author/MLF)

Identifies three styles of supervision as directive, collaborative, and nondirective; offers an inventory to help supervisors identify their styles; and suggests books, courses, and workshops appropriate to each style. (JM)

Collective bargaining procedures have produced a need for systematic approaches to the field supervision of practicing school counselors. The supervision model here mutually planned by counseling and supervision staff, improves supervision assistance to counselors. By providing an opportunity for a mutually planned supervision model, counselors…

The supervisory challenge of the decade will be preventing teacher burnout. Suggestions are offered that administrators can use as part of the supervisory process to stimulate teachers to embark on a program of personal growth. (Author/MLF)

Widespread teacher negativism toward supervision, stemming from organizational sources (the supervisor, removed from day-to-day teaching concerns, as evaluator) and behavioral sources (distancing, ritualism, nonauthenticity) can only be changed by openness and willingness to examine past neglects and by developing new methods of behavior. (MB)

Investigates the effects of cognitive style and theoretical orientation on psychology interns' judgments about the type of supervision they find most beneficial. Results indicate that trainees' cognitive styles and behavioral emphasis of their theoretical orientations were significantly related to their preferences for task-oriented and…

Examines two forms of clinical peer supervision so as to investigate whether peer-group clinical supervision can have a positive impact on the effectiveness of school counselors. Results indicate that the two treatments did have a slightly positive impact on job satisfaction, counseling self-efficacy, and counseling effectiveness. (RJM)

Camp program staff and service staff can "war" and negatively affect campers. Frequent causes are misunderstood roles, conflicting expectations, jealousy, and feelings of being undervalued. Presents ideas for integrating program and service staff in the off season, when staff arrive, and during camp, and for dealing with a "civil…

The difficulty in finding a relationship between employee satisfaction and business performance results from how satisfaction is defined. A survey of 2000 employees determined that organizations, regardless of industry, could improve organizational performance by improving employee work unit satisfaction and that the work unit leader's actions may…

Discusses supervisory skills that factory personnel believe are important for leading and improving employee performance in complex manufacturing environments. Highlights include a historical perspective; manufacturing technologies; results of Pareto analysis, comparative analysis, and analysis of variance; and a Taxonomy of Supervisory Skills.…

Twenty suggestions are provided for helping teachers to become more effective managers of paraprofessionals and to improve the ways paraprofessionals work with students with learning disabilities. These include: provide orientation; find out what the paraprofessionals' work-style preferences are; assess the skills of the paraprofessional; observe…

Supervisors representing different levels of experience viewed videotape vignettes of counselors demonstrating the first three developmental levels of Stoltenberg's (1981) Counselor Complexity Model and assessed each counselor. Results indicated that supervisor experience did not influence the assessment of developmental level or ability to make…

Four interaction analysis systems served as the basis of a descriptive self-study in which 10 supervisory conferences between a graduate student clinician in speech-language pathology and her doctoral-level supervisor were transcribed and analyzed. Results are reviewed to profile a supervisor's and supervisee's objectives, critique the instruments…