Exhorts higher education managers to attack not only small problems, but to see all sides of large issues to perceive its elements, thereby improving understanding of yourself and your job. (PG)

Major approaches to management development, and the advantages and disadvantages to each, are listed; areas of special relevance to Federal managers receive emphasis. Probably training preparatory to promotion or updating is best done by a mix of on- and off-the-job experiences; for innovative purposes, training must be done under specialized…

Article attempts to survey major American corporations in order to present what is actually happening in management training today. (GB)

Authors discuss the evolvement of decision-making theory from the authoritarian style in the early days to the current trend toward the participative approach. (Editor)

An account of structural evolutions to the present, with suggestions for viable approaches in the future. (Editor)

Compares two training programs in a controlled experimental procedure to demonstrate the value of human relations training. (DS)

This is a report of a unique experience in collaboration among four hospitals on the east side of Detroit, resulting in the design and development of a major training program for hospital managers. (Author)

A K-12 conceptual approach to environmental management education is advocated. The role of education in cognitive, affective, and psychomotor development is defined together with the term environmental management. Several new approaches being attempted to develop concepts appropriate for environmental education are also described. (BL)

Argues that a mastery of teaching methods is insufficient as a guide to understanding the developmental learning processes they are supposed to produce; and that these processes, when they occur in a management development program, are not controlled by the educator alone. (Author)

Report of a three-month combined ASTD - Agency for International Development venture with Walter J. Tait, training advisor and seminar leader. (Editor)

Distinguishes between executives, administrators, and managers, and their differing training needs. (BH)

Article describes the problems of the college Administrator and makes suggestions as to how they might better face these problems. (ML)

Management by objectives (MBO) is a participative, flexible and highly effective system that keeps administrators on target. (Editor)