This article traces efforts toward establishing a guiding framework for community college faculty development as integrated with professional, organizational, and program development. It emphasizes informal learning among professionals and an organizational learning system. (JOW)

Defines and describes functional coordination, an administrative model designed to create social change through organizational and student development. Notes that functional coordination is applicable for one-time or repetitious short-term projects, program coordination or review, and long-range planning projects; and has intra- and…

Describes nine components involved in developing an effective instructional leadership team. Includes nine references. (MD)

The author focuses on the nature of the organization as a learning environment, natural learning activities that take place within the organization, and the role of the supervisor in facilitating the learning of subordinates. Implications for training and development are presented. (CH)

Notes that "identification" and "commitment" appear frequently in organizational studies as ways of describing the individual's connection with the organization and argues that the concepts are distinct but interrelated. Sees identification as the substance of individual-organization relationships and commitment as the form.…

An organizational development program was evaluated, which was implemented to reduce disorder in a Baltimore, Maryland, school. The Program Development Evaluation method was used. Increasing consistency of response to student discipline infractions, increasing rewards for appropriate behavior, and imposing peer and teacher support improved school…

The author describes how the best training functions operate and what is responsible for their substantial contribution to their organizations. He discusses awareness of the mission, goals, and needs of the organization; line management commitment; emphasis on practicality; using multiple sources; consistent delivery; and evaluation of results.…

A study was conducted to identify stage characteristics in terms of technology, applications, the role and responsibilities of the office automation organization, and planning and control strategies; and to describe the respective roles of data processing professionals, office automation analysts, and users in office automation systems development…

Retired business executives are providing colleges and universities with expertise by consulting in such areas as image strengthening, board revitalization, reviewing program directions, forging business partnerships, improving multicampus institutions' communication and cooperation, systematizing computers, and examining the scope and direction…

Principals' goals of a highly motivated faculty and and effective school are not mutually exclusive. Evidence from an organizational study indicates that adherence to agreed-upon values accompanied by encouragement of individual autonomy promotes high morale among employees. (14 references) (CJH)

Argues that the role of the assistant principal may be dysfunctional as a training ground for secondary school principals because, as presently defined, it permits assistants to learn virtually nothing about management and improving instruction. Presents an outcome-based model for preparing the assistant for a principalship. (KH)

Career cycles should be considered apart from life cycles, even though the two are interrelated. This essay examines five theories about life and career cycles, and offers insights into their limitations and potential uses. (JB)

Presents a white paper on residence hall government, summarizing fundamental principles in organizing and maintaining a residence hall association on campus. These include determining needs, identifying support, obtaining income, ensuring effective leadership, and developing system maintenance. (JAC)

Langton responds to Perrow's critique of his behavioral evolutionism by addressing four broad issues: the relationship between organizational evolution and environmental structure; the role of human creativity in organizational evolution; the relationship between social power and bureaucratization; and the relationship between organizational…

Elements of effective management that a higher education institution can learn from corporate counterparts include feedback from the public, taking higher education's work seriously, and being toughmindedly optimistic, but it is necessary to emphasize the content of higher education as much as its form and operation. (MSE)