Criticizes Stanley B. Greenfield's essay, Grammar and Meaning in Poetry" ( PMLA," vol. 82, pp. 377-87), which won the Modern Language Association's Research Activities Award in 1968. (SW)

Examines Rudolf B. Gottfried's attack ( Our New Poet: Archetypal Criticism and The Fairie Queene," PMLA," vol. 83, no. 5, pp. 1362-77) on Frye's Anatomy of Criticism" and The Structure of Imagery in The Fairie Queene" and A. C. Hamilton's The Structure of Allegory in The Fairie Queene." (SW)

Presents a brief review of the literature on organizational behavior and on information seeking and comments on the relevance of this literature (which is not primarily directed toward librarians) to librarianship. Leadership and productivity, motivation, and organizational development are discussed. A 40-item reference list is included.…

Recently there has been a burst of activity in the development of resources in economics for teachers in grades K-12. California organizations, national organizations, and teaching materials are described. (SR)

Interest in videotex/teletext technology has prompted the formation of an ad hoc steering committee for a proposed "Videotex Industry Association." The association--still in its formative stages--would educate the public as well as its members on videotex services, help develop industry standards, and act as a clearinghouse for information.…

Lists organizations and printed and audiovisual materials that counter current misinformation prevalent about Central America. (GC)

Comments on an earlier attempt to create a unified theoretical framework for the analysis of organizational structure. Discusses the nature of social structure and the problems involved with various conceptions of structure. (Author/RW)

An interorganizational network consisting of one United Way organization and 46 of its member agencies was studied to determine whether power relations within the network were modified by various linkages between the agencies and other elements in the community upon which the United Way organization depends for its survival. (Author)

Develops a new model of crisis perception and compares it to Hermann's three-variable model (surprise, short decision time, and threat to valued goals). Three specific predictions derived from the proposed model are confirmed by data from 177 industrial and educational organizations that experienced curtailments of natural gas allocations.…

Within the context of group behavior theories, discusses the responses of the Tuesday Night Group (TNG), an informal lobbyist organization, to California's Proposition 13. Concludes that TNG exemplified the statewide educational collective in pursuit of the collective good, general aid, and whatever private rewards the leaders feel they can…

Identifies and analyzes the basic assumptions underpinning contingency theory and the contingent nature of organizational structure, leadership, and planning variables. (Author/IRT)

Americans have traditionally treated white-collar crime and organized crime as two independent phenomena, but there is a growing awareness that they may not be that distinct. A better appreciation of both problems would be possible if there was a single conceptual perspective through which to view them. (Author)

Develops a model that describes the bases of power and authority in formal organizations. Available from the Bureau of Research, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado 80639; single copy $1.50. (IRT)

Reviews some of the procedures and interpretive patterns guiding current ethnographic practice that have relevance for studying institutional settings. Three styles of ethnography are examined--holistic, semiotic, and behavioristic. (Author/IRT)

Activities which took place at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Washington are examined with specific attention given to the new copyright law, censorship, funding, and interlibrary loan. (AP)