The basic mission of the Office of Manpower Utilization (OMU) of the U.S. Marine Corps is to conduct Task Analyses of Marine Corps Occupational Fields. In its desire to maximize its effectiveness, OMU requested an independent evaluation of its program. This report summarizes studies and results of part of that evaluation, Research Area 5,…

This booklet represents a summary of a regional conference and is designed to serve as an introductory discussion of the use of the competency based education concept in general undergraduate programs. Emphasis is placed on essential conditions of competency, current factors affecting higher education, the scope and variety in competency-based…

A stratified sample of student personnel workers in four types of higher education institutions responded to the Institutional Goals Inventory. The results were analyzed in terms of student personnel workers' perceptions of present goals, preferred goals, and discrepancies between the two. The results revealed marked differences among types of…

The study focuses on the survey Feedback--Problem Solving--Collective Decision intervention, a structural/task-oriented approach to planned organizational change. The objective of this research program is to further refine an organizational development approach which provides schools with a structure consistent with the environment of educational…

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…

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…

This publication examines the relationships between research and development organizations and school systems. The stereotyped views that members of each kind of organization have of one another and the actual differences between them are explored. The views of both research and development personnel and school personnel were obtained through…

This paper deals with the existing inter- and intra-departmental phenomena. Current practices of forming departments and aggregating departments into colleges are investigated and are shown to have inherent difficulties which inhibit the performance of a university. These difficulties are illustrated with empirical data from a representative set…

In this speech, the author discusses the concept of the management team, and describes how it has been applied in Warren, Ohio, schools. The management team, according to the author, is a working relationship between the principal and central office administrators (including the superintendent and the board of education) to provide service to the…

This document is a report on an experiment in institutional change as related to team teaching and governance initiated at Rockland Junior High School. The document is divided into two sections: description and results. Part one indicates that low student morale, absenteeism, discipline, and vandalism prompted the principal and staff to adopt a…

Planning, programing, budgeting is an approach to rationalizing budgeting and strengthening analysis as a policy change and planning tool. Organizational development applies behavioral science research to organization to enhance the commitment and involvement of personnel for smoother and more effective system function. It is argued that…

The Sports Institute for Research Through Change Agent Research (SIR/CAR) is an interdisciplinary, public professional, study/action group, which brings together theoreticians and practitioners to investigate topics of vital interest to sport or athletic organizations functioning at the community, provincial/state, national, or international…

This paper presents an overview of collective bargaining in higher education with particular emphasis on the impact of this employee relations process on student development personnel and on the students they serve. It addresses six general questions often raised concerning collective bargaining: (1) What is collective bargaining? (2) How…

Arguing that the personnel manager will increasingly have to become a change agent and process consultant, the author discusses tasks involved and skills required for the new role. A shift in focus toward top management as the primary client and utilization of more flexible intervention into organizational processes are predicted. (JT)

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