Resource allocation is a key factor in promoting or retarding innovation. In a restrictive economic climate, it is easy to use resource allocation for decremental rationing and to stifle innovative thinking. The technique can also be used to ensure that the institution's human resources are encouraged to identify opportunities for innovation. (MSE)

Risks to institutional data processing operations include physical damage, violations of data integrity, and restrictions of physical access. Development of a responsive and effective disaster recovery program is complex, requires significant effort and the use of specialized personnel, and spans all major disciplines and organizational levels.…

A study of 20 effective colleges suggests that the perspective a college or university president brings to the job may dictate his or her ability to provide the leadership an institution needs at a particular time and place in its history, a critical factor in moving an institution forward. (Author/MSE)

Analyzes 31 studies of size-performance relationships in organizational structures. Results show that organizational size and productivity are positively related to each other in contrast to review findings to date. Includes extensive references. (MD)

Considers the role of the Committee on Child Development, the organizational nature and function of the Society, and the influence of publications and individuals during the first 25 years' of the Society for Research in Child Development in light of the Depression, World War II, and financial problems. (BB)

Now in improved financial circumstances, the Ford Foundation has begun a major review of all of its grant-making and program activities in this country and around the world, an effort usually undertaken during a period of retrenchment rather than of increased resources. (MSE)

Factors promoting excellence in a technical university and requirements for obtaining or maintaining it are examined, and the problems encountered by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in achieving excellence in a decade of retrenchment are discussed. (MSE)

This special issue celebrates the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the National Association of Women Deans, Administrators, and Counselors. Articles that are included focus on the association's history, the education of women and student personnel workers, feminism, and black participation in the association. Challenging implications for…

Dutch university faculty and administrator participation in a complex organizational and management development system is described, and the use of management courses for administrator training is discussed with reference to three possible training program models. (MSE)

Describes a systematic approach to organizational change based on examination of prior consolidation experiences, which identifies organizational and individual employee needs and uses Maslow's sequence to plan for these needs. Use of this approach to manage transition period prior to consolidation of branch operations of the 3M Company is…

The management by objective system defines responsibility and evaluates success by setting and measuring the achievement of objectives. The zero based budgeting system starts budget formation at the $0 point and matches dollar amounts to specific goals. Together, these management concepts help develop an organizational structure. (DF)

Ways to improve communication, comprehension, and language skills and to adapt strategies and media to emphasize visual aspects are suggested to accommodate hearing impaired trainees. (SK)

Describes a student organization development program composed of undergraduate paraprofessionals who provide services to student organizations. Discusses selection and training of students, service delivery, and populations served. (JAC)

The author analyzes human resource planning, in which he gives the various aspects of career development a report card that, the author states, shows the field is far from achieving its self-stated goals. He states that succession planning and systems approaches would help this situation. (CT)

Guidelines for avoiding negative side effects of committee work include reasons for forming or not forming a committee, advantages and disadvantages of committees, and questions to help establish a committee in which members understand their role, task, and relationship to the administrator. (MJL)