Research administrators can avoid falling into bureaucratic traps by (1) understanding what is important and what is subordinate to it; (2) becoming a better manager; and (3) improving public relations by being more accessible, soliciting complaints, consulting, supporting clients, making the rules work for clients, and educating clients.

Discusses cultural changes and the meaning of their relationship to medical libraries. Three possible strategies aimed toward creating environment where innovation and risk-taking are encouraged are discussed: create integrative organizational environment; assemble staffs whose collective competencies span necessary roles in innovation process;…

It should not just be the concern of the international management educators to identify which management theories and approaches are able to "travel" and be transferred from one culture to another. There is a very strong link, in practice, between national culture--which is the focus of this article--and organizational culture. (SSH)

Responds to report of National Commission on Excellence in Education by discussing (1) politics of commissions, social problems, and planned change; (2) implied contribution of educational problems to economic problems; (3) funding of public education and costs of reform; (4) romanticization of past; (5) teachers as professionals; (6) schools and…

Employee recreation programs have been shown to reduce absenteeism, increase performance and productivity, reduce stress levels, and increase job satisfaction. Studies that present positive results of employee recreation are discussed. (DF)

Discusses the school social worker's conscious use of self in the daily political processes of the school system. The effective worker must identify influential people within and outside the school system and plan strategic interactions and responses to help students gain maximum benefit from their education. (JAC)

Reviews five science books for children, one each on microbiology, dinosaurs, earth science, feet, and temperature control. (AEA)

Bioconversion to fuels, ocean thermal-gradient power conversion, and energy systems are discussed in this last article of a three-part series on solar energy. It is noted that solar research has near-term and long-term implications for the housing industry, manufacturers of components designed for homes, and the public in general, and that…

Among the issues discussed are the following: occupational level and work satisfaction, occupational structure and the environment; ecology and organizational and personnel psychology, and the influence of ecological factors. (Author/AM)

This field work examines womens' participation in 50 alternative self-help support systems covering 10 states and notes that variety is the outstanding characteristic of these services. (Author/AM)

Examples of educational facilities using metal buildings to lower construction costs and increase flexibility. (MLF)

It is argued that a partnership of education, industry, and government is needed to redefine productivity in terms appropriate to the probable future. (Editor/LBH)

Discusses the formation, types, and climatic characteristics of deserts. Includes maps showing major deserts on every continent. (MLH)

Discusses efforts to determine the future of arid lands using climatic data of the past and present. (MLH)