Competency education in the applied behavioral sciences can be enhanced by synethesizing the values of humanistic psychology with the measurement, evaluation, and accountability that characterize behavioral psychology. (Author)

A framework for diagnosing real groups focuses on group origins and membership differences. This perspective is offered as an aid to interpreting communication behavior of groups in organizational settings. (Author)

A case involving both external and internal consultants is presented. Practitioners and a university trainer cooperated in offering organization development services to a staff of a school for severely handicapped children. The important elements of the intervention and the outcomes are outlined and discussed. (Author)

Planetary leadership (wanderers who seem to meander through their organizations making institutions work and change) can be a critical component of institutional change. Literature about management and organizational change is reviewed, and a case study of a major academic change at a public, suburban community college is discussed. (MLW)

Reports on the origins of the Society for Research in Child Development in light of the management/administrative and funding problems surrounding the founding of the Committee on Child Development by the National Research Council. (BB)

Presents a field study focused on the work associated with the assistant school principalship in large high schools. Describes the assistant principals' role as one of maintaining discipline through organizational values and stability. Provides a theoretical model for understanding the relationship between the assistant's role and the school…

Identifies 15 trends in organizational development in the categories of the macrosystem, the human resource system (group dynamics and interpersonal intervention), and the individual in organizations. (SK)

Options in management style from corporate administration literature available to educational institutions include the choices of Theory X vs. Theory Y, the managerial vs. academic grid, management by objectives, autocratic vs. bureaucratic vs. participative vs. free-rein leadership styles, situational leadership, presidential role, leadership…

A group of school districts in Western Oregon has developed a goal-based improvement model that provides teachers and administrators with a common information base. (Author)

A recent study indicates that the superintendent's personal involvement in principal supervision and evaluation, including frequent school visits, can be a key ingredient in school effectiveness. (MCG)

The need exists to develop effective and efficient educational service delivery systems in schools. A framework for school psychologists to engage in planned organizational change activities is presented. Alternative organizational change approaches, change strategies associated with them, and guidelines for considering alternatives in planning a…

A follow-up survey of 113 Washington State dental practices participating in a continuing education workshop on efficient use of auxiliaries revealed that positive results of the training depended on the practice implementing the goals for organizational change it had set, and that the results take time to become apparent. (MSE)

The dynamics of both organizational and professional role acquisition and their implications for faculty motivation are explored. (DF)

The author offers advice on what organizations can do to enhance the mentoring process. She discusses finding a relevant focus, collecting data about the factors that promote and inhibit developmental relationships, implementing change, evaluating and monitoring impact, and taking the time to involve organizational members in a collaborative…

Points out why jobs are so demarcated between levels and then explains and illustrates the way jobs between the various levels are differentiated on the basis of unique results and contribution. (Author)