Management embodies art, planning, control, organization, supervision, and leadership. (Author/RA)

Constructing an abstract model that accounts for the essential considerations of the real world of management is an aid to decisionmaking. (Author)

Advises reading professionals on how to approach legal testimony as an expert witness. (AEA)

A consulting teacher can be most effective in working with mildly handicapped students by training the regular class teachers and support staff to use a problem solving technique in determining intervention. Actively modeling the skills in actual classroom settings is very important. (CL)

Presents 11 steps to take in choosing a consultant. (IRT)

Presented is a satire on employee training, retraining, efficiency experts, consultants, team training, peer teaching, and behavioral objectives--based on the training of apple sorters at the Fantabalous Fruit Farm. (KC)

Examines the current level of knowledge about consultation as it applies in the instructional development context and makes suggestions for further inquiry. (Author/JEG)

Presents a framework for examining the consulting relationship which includes four consultation models; and identifies and discusses two dimensions of the instructional developer's task environment that may influence the use of these models. Results and implications of a study using the framework are reported. (Author/JEG)

Addresses the following aspects of consulting on library buildings: new trends, the need for a consultant, selecting a consultant, timeliness in hiring, expectations, following through, and the cost of consulting. (FM)

Examines the role of the consultant in the improvement of library staff, focusing on the institution's rules and regulations, staff intake, orientation programs, training programs, performance evaluations, techniques of promotions, transfers, and salary increases, and the methods of staff separation. (FM)

Curtis Canard's Geological Services of Tulsa researches and explores energy resource reserves and energy development plans; it is the only 100 percent Indian-owned company of its kind. In this interview Canard discusses such topics as how resources are evaluated, funding sources, marketing studies, and resource development agreements. (DS)

Surveys communications consulting from both the client's and the consultant's viewpoints. (RL)

Offers warnings on how to avoid rip-off artist consultants. Provides some clues on how to know when a consultant is needed and how to pick the right person. (IRT)

A nurse education consultant can help a college enhance the educational process and market effectively and ethically. Nurses considering consultancy should examine their personal qualities, skill and knowledge base, and personal values and beliefs about education and nursing. (SK)

Considers how human performance technology (HPT) can achieve greater recognition in the mainstream business world by developing interventions that are framed in terms of enhancing the overall valuation of the organization's intangible assets. Discusses a consulting model that can be used with clients and stakeholders to identify barriers to…