In educational consultation, responsibility for identifying and refining problems and modifying solutions remains with the consultee. Five steps of consultation are gaining entry, identifying the problem, engaging in action planning, evaluating, and disengaging. Consultant and consultee are in a nonhierarchical relationship. (SK)

Describes the services that consultants can provide to camps. Lists seven planning steps and decisions to be made before selecting a consultant, and seven strengths to look for when choosing a consulting firm. (SV)

Guidelines for selecting and working with computer consultants include the following: contract or hire?; select consultant; analyze system requirements; design system; implement system; make the system operational; and maintain the system. (JOW)

Interprets the process of consulting as an adult education process. Identifies four core adult education activities: encouraging self-directedness; honoring and analyzing experience; engaging in critical conversation; fostering critical reflection. (Author)

Would-be consultants need to assess their patterns of needs and values to see how congruent they are with a consulting career. They should continually assess how personal patterns relate to what they learn from consulting. (Author)

Discusses issues relevant to developing a consulting business while employed in a full-time academic position and examines how split work responsibilities can nurture professional passion and entrepreneurial spirit and, at the same time, connect to practice. (Author)

Outlines the nature of the learning organization and describes how action technologies can be used to build learning organizations. Outlines the strategies and dilemmas of consultants who use this approach to build learning organizations. (Author)

Reviews several general conceptual models that facilitate consultant's conceptual work. Notes that fundamental to effectiveness of consultation is consultant's ability to empower consultees conceptually. Presents and discusses several principles related to achieving this objective. Concludes with discussion targeted to objective of integrating…

Expresses concerns about "consultants" who, without real professional qualifications, put on a performance instead of conducting training. (SK)

Notes that consulting relationship differs from traditional counseling and psychotherapeutic relationships and that these differences require special consideration in evaluating ethical questions and conflicts, identifying ethical parameters within any given situation, and using existing ethical guidelines in determining appropriate courses of…

Sees successful consultation relying on consultant's ability to conceptualize operations of total organization. Presents overview of theoretical and practical applications of construct of organizational effectiveness (OE) in relation to consultation. Identifies barriers limiting earlier conceptualizations and applications of OE. Presents OE model…

Contends that counseling has much in common with organizational consulting. Provides overview of consulting practices that counselors might find useful should they decide to investigate organizational consulting. Includes aspects of market research, gauging competition, and target markets. Considers promotion, networking, and elements of…

Managers in transition to portfolio careers (n=25) identified themes related to making sense of the career: desire for a "real career," no going back, choice based on values and integrity, opportunity for personal growth, and consolidation. More research is needed on the sense-making schemes of individuals experiencing career change. (SK)

Shows how the College of Notre Dame of Maryland stays competitive with the right combo of consultants and facilities management software. (GR)

Participants in Educorps, a network of retired superintendents, travel throughout New York State to dispense hard-won advice to fellow school executives. During Educorps's first 20 months, 200 consultants have helped 60 school systems tackle financial planning, curriculum development, and public-relations issues. Services are free, minus…