The Field Operations and Enforcement Manual for Air Pollution Control, Volume I, explains in detail the following: sources and classification of pollutants; meteorological influence on air quality; the air pollution control agency; the field enforcement officer; the enforcement process; prosecuting violation; and inspection techniques including…

Fort Apache Indians live in relative geographic and cultural isolation. The Apaches are younger than the general population, have a lower rate of overall labor-force participation, and typically work for the Federal Government or in trbal enterprises. A median family with 5 children subsists on a median annual family income of less than $1,000.…

This paper examines the relationship between organizational climate and the values held by teaching staffs and administrators. To test a number of hypotheses bearing on this relationship, a sample population of 707 teachers and administrators was drawn from a random selection of public elementary schools in metropolitan Vancouver. The position is…

This paper introduces organizational development and describes its potential utility to the planning community. The paper first points out some current practices in educational planning that may violate principles of effective human behavior in educational organizations. The centralization of goal setting and decisionmaking and the failure to…

The outline to conducting a community survey delineates the kinds of information and data about a community of significance to the adult educator--the history and community setting, the people, economic structure, and functional operations. Each topic is subdivided into what to study, sources of information, and implications for adult educators.…

Cost-effectiveness represents an attempt to apply one methodology to decision-making in education. Three recent trends in the behavioral and social sciences are apparent: Rationalization in the decision process, institutionalization of research in education, and the beginning of a general theory of organizational behavior. The problem posed is how…

This research investigated the interrelationships of educational decision making with the organizational climate and innovativeness in public schools. The data used in the study were gathered from 1,250 professional staff members in 49 public schools in Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho, and Utah. The participating schools were classified into…

In considering the success outcomes associated with a new life insurance agent entering an agency which fits his climate expectations and preferences, data were compiled from 914 of a possible 1,125 respondents. The agents completed an Agency Climate Questionnaire (ACQ) on managerial support, managerial structure, new employee concern,…

Some "hidden" consequences of an organization's goals, practices, and procedures on the climates created for employees were reviewed, beginning with an exploration of some potential impacts of a lack of fit between goals and means to obtain goals on climate and eventual employee behavior, referring particularly to differences between product- and…

Relationships among two measures of job satisfaction and one of organizational climate, among seven production and turnover indices of organizational effectiveness, and between the two sets of measures were investigated in 50 life insurance agencies (N=522). It was shown that: (1) climate and satisfaction measures are correlated for some people…

Although the hypothesis that behavior is a function of the person in interaction with his environment is a very old one, an overview of current theory and research on work motivation and job satisfaction reveals an emphasis on either one or the other sets of variables, at the expense of investigating systematically the interaction between personal…

The theoretical and operational relevance of the school principal's rule administrative behavior is described. Lutz and Evans (1968) conducted field studies in six schools to determine if the types of rule administration identified by Gouldner (1954) had similar effects in education. Buttman-type scales were developed and utilized to determine the…

This is a comparative study of inter-organizational relations of manpower agencies in Cleveland, Philadelphia, and New York City. It analyzes how the political setting of cities affects the organizational design and relations of manpower agencies, and how this, in turn, affects agency performance. Specifically, it analyzes the conditions under…

In this study survey data from a national sample representative of the United States work force were used to compare 1,092 members (one who works for someone else who employs ten or more other persons) and 183 nonmembers (self-employed workers who employ no more than nine others). The study aimed at ascertaining whether or not membership in work…

This document summarizes the proceedings of a 2-day labor productivity conference held in Georgia during the summer of 1971. Detailed records and discussions of all presentations given are included as are conclusive findings of conference participants. Some of the major findings agreed upon in terms of productivity and its relationship to workers…