To help new principals succeed, school districts are capitalizing on senior administrators' expertise by adding mentor programs to the practical training programs for beginning principals. This ERIC Digest in Spanish examines the nature of mentorships and discusses how they can prepare principals for the next stage of their careers. Although…

This paper discusses a study examining the lives of women (N=9) involved as either mentors or proteges in the U.S. Postal Service's Maintenance Leadership Program. Participant interviews consisted of the completion of several instruments including a personality inventory, a measure of agentic versus communal values, an instrument that examines…

There are many classifications of management teachers today. Each has his style, successes, and faults. Some of the more prominent are: the company man, the mamagement technician, the man of principle, the evangelist, and the entrepreneur. A mixture of these classifications would be ideal since each by itself has its faults. (DS)

In the exercise the task is to build a hydro electric tower. The students have responsibilities ranging from planning and objective setting to ordering materials and actual assembly. (MS)

A look at how the Trenton (New Jersey) Public Schools developed a project management system. (Author/HB)

Profile training should be designed to develop the four basic interaction skills of situation analysis, interaction objective establishment, behavior planning, and behavior monitoring. (KP)

Two articles contain reservations concerning courses held by the Tavistock Institute (1971) and a defense of such courses. A headmaster asserts that the content of such training programs typically fails to match the priorities of the practicing administrator. A second respondent reviews the purpose of such courses, their aims, evaluation, and…

Outlines outcomes of organization development in the York County Board of Education, Aurora, Ontario. (DS)

Criticizes the university-sponsored executive development programs as being designed more for the convenience of the institution than for the needs of the business man. (DS)

With a records and forms management system, the administrator can control his paperwork. (Ed.)

Discusses problems involving the replacement of expatriate managers with national managers.'' (Author)

The trainer or internal change agent in a firm undergoing an organizational development program may be instrumental in designing the implementation of a change strategy. Proposes a situational change typology which may be of use as a training instrument. (Author)

The authors, both psychologists employed by a large British company, examine some of the difficulties that can occur when the training department of an organization is asked to train managers in the use of an appraisal program. (Editor/AN)

The author discusses a program designed to provide project management training to educational personnel. (AK)