Although library planners, managers, and administrators are beginning to investigate how to assess library organizations, most of these studies are based on an efficiency aspect of only one part of a library operation and even these are obfuscated by those promulgating the efficiency of computers in supplying library services and carrying out…

This report, the third segment of the first phase of the Indiana Education Facilities Comprehensive Planning Study, investigates programs and staff (professional and nonprofessional) in Indiana colleges and universities. Using the fall of 1967 as a base point, data were collected regarding the distribution of staff, programs offered, degree…

This bibliography attempts to deal mainly with the role of the professional in a differentiated staffing arrangement. Included are books, research reports, theses, pamphlets, and journal articles. Many references cited from RIE are identified by their "ED" order numbers. A list of five other bibliographies on the subject is appended. No attempt is…

This document summarizes the proceedings of the National Student Conference on Health Manpower, Chicago, March 1972. Following a staff report on the conference proceedings, student research papers on workshop topics are presented. These papers concern health profession recruitment and retention with consideration of general minority and sex-biased…

Composed of articles written by the closed circuit television (CCTV) team at the University of Leeds, this booklet attempts to provide a picture of the factors involved in organizing and making television material designed specifically for teaching purposes. The articles cover defining objectives for educational television in higher institutional…

This report presents a picture of differentiated staffing and how it may be implemented into the local school setting. Chapters include a definition and overview, rationale for differentiated staffing, patterns of differentiated staffing, personnel, planning for differentiated staffing, and a planning schedule. The rationale for differentiated…

Teachers and graduate students of the Department of Educational Administration, The University of Alberta, undertook a large-scale, 14 month study of alternative staffing practices in Alberta schools in 1975-76. Examines differentiated staffing, an attempt to improve instruction through use of professional and paraprofessional staff performing all…

This article examines three problem areas related to classroom organization--team teaching, cross-age grouping, and classrooms labeled according to some prevailing educational ideology. The author notes that staff organization demands careful attention in order to allow teachers opportunity for growth and flexibility. (Author/DS)

Some of the most commonly asked questions about management by objectives are answered by an authority. They deal with implementation, effect on creativity, quantification, time involvement, effect on budget, personnel requirements, consultant services, and examples of institutions where MBO is used. (Author/LBH)

Ways in which the resources and technology available to an organization can be organized and structured to accomplish program goals are described. A systems model is offered whereby emphasis upon self-control, communication, and feedback is applied to agency performance rather than effort. (Author/LBH)

A four-day academic week serves the needs of more students, conserves energy, and cuts costs by making more efficient use of faculty, staff, and campus facilities. (DC)

Describes ways in which a high school newspaper reorganized its approach to designing advertising layouts and selling advertising space. The new approach includes the use of "unitized" page samples to show to advertisers and the preparation of advertising packets for use by staff members in selling ads. (GW)

The key to institutional leadership is a cohesive, knowledgeable, and dedicated staff. Presidents should allow the faculty to run the classrooms, the dean to run the year, and the vice-presidents to worry about the next year; the president's job is to be concerned about and provide for the future. (Author/MSE)

Declining enrollments and other factors are changing the role of the consultant, but consultation in schools will continue because of shifts in teacher preparation, increasing community and governmental demands, and other forces. Consultants must provide consultation designed for specific school sites that is long-term and focused on single…

Trends in academic staffing in British higher education, especially in universities and polytechnics, are examined, along with major staffing issues facing employing authorities and academic staff in the short term. Implications for employee relations in a period of institutional change and resources constraint are considered. (MSE)