Includes nine articles that suggest ways to improve communication in junior and senior high school libraries. Highlights include how to communicate effectively with principals and other administrators, students, teachers and other staff members, and the community; types of information that administrators need; annual reports; newsletters; and…

Discusses insights gained from observations of cross-functional computer-based team planning in a variety of enterprises. Observations involved over 2000 participants in 100 planning efforts over a period of six years. Efforts focused on the planning of new products or processes, development of strategic business plans, and consensus building…

Campus activities programmers on two-year campuses can find support among faculty by approaching faculty with whom they already network, identifying faculty who support student affairs efforts, making extra efforts to inform faculty about programs, actively responding to both positive and negative faculty comments, and keeping communication…

Increasingly, college and university development officers are using pay incentives to improve staff performance and motivation. Such efforts should include development of a statement of values, multiple evaluation measures, encouragement and reward for teamwork, realism and fairness, disciplined implementation of policy, investment of necessary…

Considers two very different fictional high school newspaper editorships to see how the "maestro" process works. Notes that the process is a management technique similar to brainstorming but in which one person keeps the planning meeting focused. Suggests that the effective maestro asks writers, photographers, and designers to trade places with…

Considers interweaving themes that characterized the construction of Euro Disney, drawing upon articles in the French press. Offers analysis of the historical context for and the implications of the park's construction, using the literature of French cultural studies and cross-cultural studies for support. Discusses possible consequences to the…

Analyzes both the policy and planning questions (purpose, audience, participation) in developing a forum for departmental communication, as well as the technical issues in constructing Web sites and newsletters to enhance departmental communication. (JDI)

Camp staff who develop competency, understand that they can make a difference, and feel part of a team will have a more positive camp experience and will want to return. Continuous in-service training can accomplish this via daily 15-minute briefing sessions in which precamp training issues are revisited and staff input is sought. (TD)

A two-phase study of how schools engage parents in their children's learning involved surveys of headteachers and school board chairpersons at 35 Scottish primary schools and of 47 parents of first-grade children at 4 schools. Teachers were generally committed to involving parents but were not necessarily adept at sharing information with them.…

Differences in men's and women's communication styles affect their interactions with each other. Organizations must be flexible enough to recognize situations in which traditional male values of competition may be most functional and those in which more collaborative, female strategies are more appropriate. Personnel training can help ensure that…

Suggests that there is a "low-to-no-profile syndrome" afflicting community colleges at the national level that must be rectified, highlighting the importance of a national image campaign. Describes results from focus groups indicating doubt over the colleges' quality. Reviews strategies for financing an image campaign and presents potential…

Offers guidelines for dealing with the media, which include creating a media plan and understanding the news media. Describes the three most frequently encountered media situations--the face-to-face interview, the unexpected encounter, and the press conference/news release. (LMI)

Camps should have crisis management plans. Steps to formulating a plan include involving appropriate off-site agencies, identifying potential threats, gathering resources, crafting an appropriate response, training via role-playing, managing incoming and outgoing information, and writing it down. Sidebars present resources, successful response…

Drawing on learning theory, this paper describes some common organizational learning disabilities that afflict higher education institutions and proposes some practical solutions. Impediments identified include effects of institutionalization, resistance to teachers' need to become learners, perceived lack of legitimacy for institutional research,…

Summarizes risk-management research in categories of practical relevance to outdoor recreation stakeholders and the research community: conceptualization of risk; risk/benefit studies; risk monitoring; risk management in organizations and programs (identification, evaluation, control, planning, evaluation); legal issues; and risk communication.…