Discusses unethical business conduct and corporate crime, focusing on workers who bend rules to achieve satisfactory performance and organizational goals. Describes research that investigated how two cues in an organizational setting, one legal (codes of conduct) and one social (company responses to ethical transgressions), affect how individuals…

Provides suggestions to ensure the success of electronic performance support systems (EPSS) and electronic learning, including creating hybrid solutions; aligning EPSS with business objectives and performance requirements; change management efforts; and rapid application development to lower costs, shrink schedules, and improve quality.…

Presents an annotated directory of organizations serving children under age eight in more than one nation. Notes the headquarters, website, and mission statement for each organization. (JPB)

Mobilization of citizen participation in grassroots organizations can be adversely affected when grassroots leaders perceive a lack of support. Periodic organizational diagnosis can lead to more equitable division of responsibilities and recruitment of more leaders and skilled participants. (SK)

Specifies criteria that long-term goals need to meet in order for Scholastic Press Associations to co-exist in a dynamic, thriving relationship. (MS)

Committees can be effective in helping accomplish organizational goals including affirmative action and non-discrimination goals. The most effective affirmative action committees are proactive and assertive. (MLW)

Demonstrates the value of studying organizational myths through dramatistic analysis of public relations materials. Uses rhetorical theory to critique the symbolic realities created by myth. Applies dramatistic criticism to Grand Teton National Park's interpretive literature to disclose organizational myths that permeate its public relations…

Examines the political and social changes that have inspired the Wise Use/Property Rights organizations operating in the American West. Discusses issues surrounding the actual numbers of people involved in the movement, public sentiment, and strategies used by key activists. (LZ)

Presents the case of radical humanism as an appropriate theory of social action within social democracies in the late 20th century, and argues that the team is a highly effective form of social organization which leads to the establishment of an organizational culture compatible with radical humanism. (JPS)

Reports the results of a survey of the Association for Assessment in Counseling (AAC) members concerning the organization's activities, its journal, its newsletter, strategic planning goals, and convention activities. Results indicate that there is widespread agreement with AAC mission and identity statements, and support for all nine planning…

Explains the impossibility of community colleges acquiring stature based on nearby four-year institutions' perceptions of them. Describes characteristics that contribute to excellence in community colleges (e.g, clarity about purposes, and action plans tied to purposes, goals, and short-term objectives). Offers a rationale for focusing on…

A survey of 220 Hewlett-Packard United Kingdom employees revealed that they attended total quality training because of management pressure. To be effective, total quality training should emphasize the company's objectives, demonstrate applicability to work, and help participants select feasible quality projects. (SK)

Discusses the use of behavioral simulations to study the processes that underlie strategy formulation and implementation. Seven behavioral simulations that attempt to mirror top management interactions in an organization are described and compared; research measures used are discussed; and implications for studies of strategic processes are…

Discusses strategic planning and describes three levels of strategic planning and thinking that can occur within an organization. Differences between reactive and proactive planning are explained, and a strategic planning model is presented that includes data collecting, planning, and implementation and evaluation. (10 references) (LRW)

Presents three examples of college buildings whose renovations have passed the test of time. Renovation problems, objectives, and cost data are provided for each. (GR)