Describes the Nominal Group process and how it allows management information staff to develop a bank of information about innovative goals of the organization or the problems. (Author)

A management consultant discusses distinctions between management and leadership and between style and behavior, and cites some theories of leadership style and behavior. (MF)

The term "organization development" (OD) encompasses techniques developed to facilitate communication and collaborative problem solving in work groups. This discussion focuses on defining OD, describing its current use in mental health and human service organizations, and assessing potential payoffs and disadvantages of implementing OD programs in…

The author stresses the importance of planning in setting up company training programs and the need for performance and instructional objectives. (MF)

Planning, with particular attention to organizational and behavioral change, is necessary to solve the problems of academic libraries through library cooperation. A formal organizational development program and the involvement of all library personnel and users in the creation of cooperative programs will facilitate necessary change. (Author/JAB)

The Mexican American Unity Council aims to bring about economic and social change to San Antonio's Chicano community. (NQ)

National and international dissemination and information centers are described, including the Educational Resources Information Center, the K. D. Uskinski Scientific Educational Library, the Scientific and Research Institute for the Theory of Education, the European Documentation and Information System for Education, the International Center for…

This paper argues that the usefulness of bureaucratic form to education is not high, presents the reasons leading to such a conclusion, and offers suggestions for limiting the future growth of educational bureaucracy, for reducing its present scope, and for coping with it as it now exists. (MJB)

Directions and goals of the Continuing Library Education Network and Exchange (CLENE). (KP)

A method is described to help identify important groups in an organization, rank their probable actions, and arrive at a list of the most important group-action pairs for that company. Available from: The Institute of Management Sciences, 146 Westminister Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903.

Two primary organizing dimensions, a service and an education orientation, were evident in a random sample of 184 continuing professional education centers. Centers were divided into groups based on these orientations. A discriminant function analysis weighted 19 environmental variables to distinguish service-oriented from education-oriented…

The literature on faculty development and institutional vitality from 1965 to 1985 was reviewed to catalogue existing and proposed strategies to develop faculty, departments, and institutions and to summarize recommendations for future faculty renewal programs. (MSE)

Discusses the wilderness lab medium for executive and team development. Provides insights on key design elements and facilitation challenges useful to potential wilderness lab "consumers." (JOW)

The article describes how computer-managed learning (CML) for both on-campus and off-campus students was successfully introduced into a tertiary educational institution in conjunction with an organizational development (OD) strategy. (Author)

Smooth relations between unions and management are shown as a function of solid planning and implementation. The authors discuss developing new organizational structures, creating new opportunities, designing and planning, governing and managing, developing and delivering training, and creating awareness. (CT)