A major obstacle to the diffusion of management development learning technologies from Higher Education Institutions to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) is a lack of understanding about how SME learners learn. This article examines the nature of learning in SMEs and considers the incidence of informal support for informal learning.…

This paper examines 100 years of study of managers and leaders. The paper is divided into five distinct eras, with a color scheme providing a metaphor for each period. The five periods and their dates are: (1) Management Foundations, 1886-1916, when the first call was issued for a systematic study of management; (2) Rollercoaster Economy,…

Outlined are 10 management factors (motivation, opportunity, training, honesty, evaluation, reward, help, objectives, obligation, diversity) and 10 employee factors (performance, attitude, teachical ability, responsibility, integrity, originality, tenacity, initiative, sincerity, and maturity) necessary for a successful management development…

This annotated bibliography is an extension of an earlier work published in the "Career Planning and Adult Development Journal" in 1983. It represents a cross-sectional look at the expanding field of career development as it relates to organizational behavior and human resource management disciplines and practice. Citations are included of 295…

An inservice program for administrators that received high praise from San Diego (California) school administrators was a management style seminar using the "Personnel Profile System" and the "Activity Perception System" developed by John G. Geier. After briefly discussing a number of different systems that describe management styles, the author…

Values, attitudes, and beliefs are frequently neglected in education for public service. It is difficult to teach these concepts in a traditional pedagogical manner. Instead, concentration on these concepts is more appropriate through the "andragogical" approach often used in executive development programs. "Andragogy" is based on the educational…

Based on interviews with more than 50 individuals at television stations, colleges, and publishing companies, as well as on a review of existing literature, this report summarizes the "state of the art" in telecourse use and makes recommendations for future research efforts. This document is part of a series of instructional materials…

This manual was prepared for use at a 2-day seminar to aid college and university administrators and station executives in making effective decisions about the use and implementation of telecourses. There are four objectives for the workshop: (1) to understand the characteristics, attitudes, needs, and desires of various groups involved in…

The Cooperative College Development Program (CCDP) began in 1965 to train inexperienced development officers in management development and to help generate activities such as community and alumni annual giving on the campuses of its 23 member institutions. In 1967, CCDP conducted a workshop, with emphasis on the team approach to fund-raising, for…

Investigated was the management of computer centers with emphasis on managing the programming effort. Problems and objectives of programming management were examined and techniques used in various business and governmental organizations are presented in the report. The aspects of the problem discussed in this report emphasize programming…

Presented is an analysis of the Ford Training and Placement Program from a managerial research point of view. It attempts four things: a) it explains the context that motivated its being written; b) it explains briefly its managerial stance; c) it applies that stance to selected training groups within the program; and d) it draws some conclusions…

Leadership is easier to describe and illustrate than it is to define. In this pamphlet, the author explores the various qualities and qualifications, skills and styles, and talents and training possessed by those who are successful executives and leaders in education and related organizations. Special attention is given to those who not only…

Plans for the development of New Careers nonprofessional public service employment are now a major element in all manpower and human service programs. This new stage in the developing New Careers program is defined by a variety of factors. Specific New Careers program amendments were added in 1968 to the various laws enacted by the 90th Congress.…

The contributions of Frederick W. Taylor, Henri Fayol and Elton Mayo to the development of current concepts of supervisory theory are outlined. Ten newer concepts of management, with graphics, provide the supervisor with an opportunity to formulate his own personal theory. Suggested bibliography for supervisors is given. (Author/NF)

This speech argues that educational administrators are ill-equipped to meet contemporary challenges because of their lack of present-day administrative knowledge. Two general modes of generating such knowledge are outlined and contrasted -- the humanist (involving verbal theory and "soft" data) and the scientific (involving formalized…